Posts tagged Pennsylvania Avenue Bike Lanes
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DDOT redoing Pennsylvania Avenue bike lanes?
DC Wire reports that DDOT will delay opening the Pennsylvania Avenue bike lanes, because they’ve decided they take up too much space. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bikes, buildings, budgets, and bull
Cyclists, drivers, police, the usual; Bike bits; Kornheiser Jr.; Ward 7 project gets worse; Development dispatches; Fixing Kensington; Montgomery musings; CDC misled on lead. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Let’s dance
Yup, a Barnes Dance; The sordid saga of 1922 3rd; AAA national doesn’t hate bikes like AAA Mid-Atlantic does; Not a crash at all; Jellef will stay with Maret, get lights; Temporary housing in the backyard? Why not?; Keep buying produce, Bethesda; Walk! ing! Town!. Keep reading…
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Streetcars, bike lanes gain support
While downtown for the streetcar unveiling, Tom Sherwood of News 4 talked to some people about the Pennsylvania Avenue bike lanes as well and explained DDOT’s efforts toward non-auto transportation in DC: Even random people on the street like the bike lanes, as does our own Michael Perkins (the third person interviewed). Via WashCycle. Matt Johnson also stopped… Keep reading…
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DDOT moves planned I Street cycle track to M Street
As Pennsylvania Avenue gets its new bike lanes, DDOT has adjusted and improved its plans for the other downtown cycle tracks. A DC government source said that the agency has eliminated the proposed westbound cycle track on I Street and shifted it to M Street between 15th and 29th Streets. The reasons for this change are twofold. First, traffic models indicated that removing… Keep reading…
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AAA says “share the road,” AAA Mid-Atlantic hogs it
AAA Mid-Atlantic must not have gotten the memo: bicycles aren’t a scourge to oppose at all costs. May is National Bike Month, and the national organization put out a press release urging drivers to respect bicyclists. “AAA appreciates the continued efforts of stakeholders and transportation officials towards making roads safer for motorists and cyclists alike.”… Keep reading…
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Connect bike lanes through closed Pennsylvania Avenue
In early March, DDOT presented an exciting plan for bike lanes across downtown DC. They are a fantastic step forward, painted lanes or not. Yet there’s one piece DDOT didn’t present: a marked bike lane on Pennsylvania Avenue past the White House. Since the two most famous blocks of Pennsylvania Avenue, from 15th to 17th, were closed to traffic, they have provided… Keep reading…
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Amid exciting innovations, DDOT neglecting bus priority
DDOT is moving forward with many exciting transportation projects that will improve DC, from bike lanes to streetcars. However, their plans for these projects fail to also consider the vital task of making our existing bus service more efficient. There are a few key places where lots of buses use a single street, and get slowed down by traffic. According to data from WMATA, the… Keep reading…
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CFA says no poles, paint on Pennsylvania Avenue
WashCycle is reporting that the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, “in its public meeting last Thursday, expressed its unanimous support for facilitating bicycle use and approved the basic design of the Pennsylvania Avenue bike lanes, but advised against the installation of the plastic poles and the use of color on the pavement.”… Keep reading…