Posts tagged Pennsylvania Avenue
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Breakfast links: Highs and lows
DCA breaks records again; Extreme weather squashes Metro ridership; Grocery delivery debacle; Parking panderers; The “bike lobby” hits Alexandria?; Just hope you find a chair in time; Not in my expansive back yard!; And…. Keep reading…
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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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New murals sprout across DC
DC is awash in murals. Four new murals recently went up as part of an arts festival sponsored by Heineken. Ward 7 residents banded together to give a beloved restaurant a mural. And a filmmaker’s making a documentary about what murals mean to DC’s culture. Located on Pennsylvania Avenue SE just east of the Anacostia River, Thai Orchid is the sole sit-down restaurant… 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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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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Breakfast links: By bike or by boat
Ferry to work; Bikeshare and baseball; Costco gas station under fire again; Can Reeves boost Anacostia?; Turn off black boxes in cars?; Dead ball for soccer stadium?; Cyclists like protected bike lanes; How much for the White House?; Electric buses powered through pavement; And…. Keep reading…
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Can Eastern Market park become a gathering place?
Barracks Row Main Street is studying ways to redesign the public space around the Eastern Market Metro station. While many neighbors see the potential to make a great gathering place, others don’t want anything to change at all. Architect Amy Weinstein of Esocoff & Associates is leading the Congressionally-funded Eastern Market Metro Park study, which will explore… 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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Breakfast links: Caught on tape
Police ticket U turns on Penn; School buildings to charters; Outer Beltway opposition grows; Suburban versus urban poverty; Fragile Northeast corridor; Uber still hates regulations; And…. Keep reading…