Posts tagged Pedestrians
-
Catalyzing strip-mall sprawl into a mixed-use boulevard
How do you transform a low-density corridor of strip malls into a walkable, mixed-use community? That’s the question facing Rockville, whose Pike runs alongside the Red Line but is filled with one-story big-box retail and choked with traffic. It could be so much more, and Rockville agrees. Over the past few months, they’ve held community meetings (one of which I attended)… Keep reading…
-
Now those are bulb-outs
16th and U is one of DC’s highest pedestrian crash intersections. As part of the U Street redesign, DDOT has significantly modified this intersection, and what an improvement! Keep reading…
-
Mid-morning coffee links: tragedy of the commons edition
Is more chaos more safe? Too many road signs can, counterintuitively, be less safe than uncontrolled intersections, says an article in the Atlantic, using (slightly improperly) the analogy to the “tragedy of the commons”. The basic premise is right; according to George Branyan, Pedestrian Program Coordinator of DDOT, uncontrolled intersections (no traffic lights)… Keep reading…
-
Adams Morgan intersection update
At Adams Morgan’s crossroads, the intersection of 18th, Columbia, Adams Mill, and Calvert, DDOT is planning significant improvements for pedestrians. Keep reading…
-
Pedestrian safety: Fines? Lights? Two-way streets?
Pedestrian safety is barnstorming through the discourse in neighborhood after neighborhood. Last night, residents of Dupont Circle debated making 15th Street two-way. This morning, the DC Council held a hearing on a bill to raise fines for failing to yield to pedestrians. And in Chevy Chase, debate is raging over a special pedestrian signal at Connecticut and Morrison. Keep reading…
-
Support two-way 15th Street today
This evening is the DDOT public meeting about 15th Street. It’s from 6-8 pm at the 15th Street Presbyterian Church, 15th and R. The format will be an “open house” style, where you can peruse the materials and leave comments but don’t need to sit through a whole long meeting; there will be presentations at 6:15 and 7:15 about the options. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: streets for people edition
Outdoor seating causes rapes? Cleveland Park ANC Commissioner Frank Winstead was in top form Monday night to oppose late-night outdoor seating at Comet Ping Pong, arguing that it would “turn [the neigborhood] into Adams Morgan, with the murders [and] the rapes.” From Marc Fisher’s summary, it sounds like Winstead’s crusade and the resulting publicity… Keep reading…
-
Our transportation priorities
BeyondDC wrote about the latest Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), released by MWCOG’s Transportation Planning Board. This summarizes all transportation projects through 2014 that the region’s governments have funded or plan to fund. Keep reading…
-
WalkScore heat maps
Walk Score is a fantastic tool that does a good job quantifying something very hard to quantify: how walkable an area is. A Seattle condo even advertised its Walk Score as a selling point. Keep reading…
-
Making upper Georgia Avenue a great street
The DC Council held a hearing this afternoon on the Upper Georgia Avenue Great Streets Plan. Georgia Avenue is a long, continuous commercial corridor with some successful shops, some vacant ones, and many in between. Keep reading…