Posts tagged Pedestrians
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Breakfast links: Bridging the gap
No skybridges allowed? After a Montgomery County Council committee voted to choose an option for the Silver Spring Library containing a $684,000 (and unnecessary) skybridge, Planning Board Staff discovered a 1999 policy for Silver Spring prohibiting skybridges. The Council may hold another community meeting in January to dedcide. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Big steps
One small step for Virginia, one giant leap for the FTA: Perhaps they saw the writing on the wall, that the Federal Transit Administration is soon to be transformed into an agency that actually promotes transit. Or perhaps Virginia really did allay their concerns. Yesterday, the FTA approved federal funding for the Silver Line, after months of analysis and frenetic lobbying. Keep reading…
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Midnight links: I will protest injustice more
Traditional sidewalk values: Citing California’s precedent of taking away minority rights by majority vote, a group of Princeton students is pushing Princeton Proposition 8, to “preserve traditional sidewalk values” that reserve sidewalks for sophomores, juniors, seniors, grad students, faculty, staff, visitors, and others, but not freshmen. (AmericaBlog)… Keep reading…
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This alternative is technically impossible because neighbors would complain
Do transportation consulting companies really provide unbiased analysis, or do they simply conclude whatever their paying client wants to hear? Keep reading…
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Urbanism in the public realm: the Silver Spring library
Last Thursday, I attended the public meeting on the new Silver Spring Library. As David already posted, the consultants, RKTL, have proposed a variety of options for discussion. Only four options remain: 1b, 1c, 6a, and 6b. The others had to be disqualified, as some were impractical for the library, while others wouldn’t attract a private developer to build the residential… Keep reading…
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DDOT proposes new option with cycle track for 15th Street
When a group of residents on 15th Street asked DDOT to find ways to slow traffic on their “urban highway” of a street, DDOT planners created four alternatives. 15th street is much wider than necessary, with four northbound lanes that suddenly funnel into only one after New Hampshire Avenue. One neighborhood historian told me that this road was meant to connect to the east-west… Keep reading…
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Skybridges and voids return in Silver Spring library designs
Back in February, when this blog had recently launched, the issue that generated the most comments was… skybridges. This 1960s design fad, which segregated pedestrians into elevated crossings from building to building, made streets less safe and damaged the pedestrian character in cities like Des Moines and Denver. Keep reading…
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Assuring sidewalks vs. assuring good sidewalks
At the beginning of 2007, Mary Cheh introduced a bill (cosponsored by Barry, Brown, Wells and even, yes, Schwartz) to require sidewalks be installed on at least one side of a street when it’s being reconstructed or resurfaced. Keep reading…
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Better Know a Single-Member District: 7D06
“The fightin’ 7D06” Walkable urbanism is coming to 7D06 and the surrounding neighborhood. The burning political question in the area is, are residents ready for it, and will it benefit their community? 7D06 is one of four Single-Member Districts touching the corner of Minnesota Avenue and Benning Road, often called “downtown Ward 7.”… Keep reading…
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Guess the location: pedestrian street
Where’s this lively, urban, retail street that creates a pedestrian space but still accommodates occasional vehicular traffic? Keep reading…