Posts tagged Pennsylvania Avenue Bike Lanes
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Breakfast links: The political consequences
The GOP’s Virginia hopes; Conservatives take on transit; Japan’s big maglev offer; Instant biking cities; Where are the fed jobs?; Monday night derailment; Pentagon City Mall improvements; Bike lanes planned for North Bethesda; DC approves licenses for the undocumented; Around the world. Keep reading…
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I will continue to ride, bent frame and all
I started biking in DC to become a moving, breathing part of the city. But Monday morning, while in the center bike lane on Pennsylvania Avenue between 7th and 9th streets, a driver made an illegal U-turn straight into my bike. I feel compelled to say I was obeying all laws and going the speed limit when I was hit. I catapulted into the side of her car, was jostled off my bike and… Keep reading…
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Will cycletrack barriers on Pennsylvania Avenue work?
In response to drivers making U-turns across the Pennsylvania Avenue bike lanes, DDOT has completed the first stage of installing a special kind of barrier called a Zebra. Now that the Zebras are out in the wild, will they work? Keep reading…
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“Zebras” get go-ahead for Pennsylvania Ave bike lanes
Drivers making illegal U-turns on Pennsylvania Avenue are a danger to cyclists in the bike lanes, but a small physical barrier called a Zebra could stop them once and for all. The federal Commission on Fine Arts has given DC transportation officials permission for a trial run, but it’s unclear when it’ll actually happen. Keep reading…
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CFA doesn’t have a say over Pennsylvania Avenue bike lanes
Pennsylvania Avenue is a nationally and historically significant street, and the Commission on Fine Arts works to preserve it. But their input has become an obstacle to bicyclists who want to use the street safely. Does CFA legally have as much authority as they say they do? DC officials repeatedly say that they don’t have jurisdiction to do what they want on Pennsylvania… Keep reading…
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Zebras will get a trial run on Pennsylvania Avenue
DC transportation officials say a small physical barrier called the Zebra could prevent illegal U-turns on Pennsylvania Avenue, which endanger cyclists using the bike lanes. After some delays, they intend to present a proposal and do a trial installation in September. Last month, officials from the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) announced that they would… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: When it rains it pours
Be careful accepting gifts; Pay your way; Penn Ave update; Fare gates: The next generation; Wiener doored; Libertarians for lighter trains; Night service; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Regulatory choices
Large retailers may have to pay more; Food truck rules going down; NPS stepping back on Penn; Utility problems; Compare bikeshare geographically; Companies quiet on transit nationally; And …. Keep reading…
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“Zebra” could prevent U-turns on Pennsylvania Avenue
3 years after DC first installed bike lanes on Pennsylvania Avenue, drivers making illegal U-turns continue to endanger cyclists. DC officials hope that a small and relatively unobtrusive physical barrier called the Zebra could prevent them, but will federal agencies go for it? Drivers frequently make illegal U-turns across the lanes, which run down the middle of Pennsylvania… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Best policies
How to fix tax breaks; U Street moratorium gets hearing; Penn Ave bike lane update; Micro-living without a car; Metro riders can be hot; PR for public housing; Foxx outlines vision; And…. Keep reading…