Posts tagged Pennsylvania Avenue Bike Lanes
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Breakfast links: Transformation
Bike on Penn now; “Glass half full” vs. “frowny inflection”; Tysons transformed! Well, eventually; More ethnic food carts, hooray; Tear down power lines, not flyers; Fenty late to Metro memorial; TOD without ped safety brings tragedy; The “compass crusader”. Keep reading…
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Pennsylvania Ave bike lanes now have (some) pylons
The Pennsylvania Avenue bike lanes have now been reconfigured to fit into the median. As DDOT had revealed, despite CFA’s opposition, the lanes will have pylons separating cyclists from motor vehicles in a few areas where the median is narrow. Here is a photo from reader ah showing the pylons in one area, around 7th Street. You can see the previous lane markings where a regular… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Arlington’s antis
OMG buildings!; Cross 395 soon; Where Arlington would put bike sharing; In-law apartment or second house?; Negative externalities of homeownership; DDOT updates; Examinations. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Fares and blogs
Metro fares going up, twice; Capital surcharge too; DDOT blogging; More food, drink for U; Should Arlington require shoveling?; Fenty FOIA fail; Seasons change, bloggers switch jobs; And…. Keep reading…
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DDOT supporters feeling burned by Penn. Ave. lanes
Reasonable people disagree about whether the change to the Pennsylvania Avenue bike lanes is for the better or worse. Personally, I’m not sure. But the experience makes it more difficult to keep defending DDOT against criticism that they’re not planning or communicating adequately. I’ve slightly modified my comments in yesterday’s post (with… Keep reading…
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DDOT squeezes bike lanes into Pennsylvania Ave median
DDOT has updated their plans for the Pennsylvania Avenue bike lanes following their Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Going up
Fare hike and more; The magic of sharing data; Metro PD bravery; Nobody uses them because they’re not open; DC drivers really are ignorant; Rubber sidewalks?; Lord Jesus Christ hit in crosswalk; Going without. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rails and money
Speak for streetcars; Metro money matters; Indifferent employees; Why do people take transit?; If it’s AAA, it leads; Not enough government in Maryland?; Flip him the smiley face; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend video: 4 kinds of transportation
DDOT has published a neat video showing a streetcar pulling into a possible future Anacostia Transit Center with streetcars, buses, Metro and mixed-use buildings. Riders on a Copenhagen bus route plan a special surprise for their bus driver’s birthday: Keep reading…
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TPB should stop stapling, start planning for sustainability
On Wednesday, the regional Transportation Planning Board heard a presentation on how the region needs to grow more sustainably to avoid out-of-control greenhouse gas emissions. They then voted to add numerous projects to the long-range plan that will significantly increase greenhouse gas emissions. The jurisdictions that submit projects also deleted a few, because the… Keep reading…