Posts tagged Pennsylvania Avenue
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What would fix Pennsylvania and Potomac?
It’s confusing and inconvenient to cross the intersection of Pennsylvania and Potomac Avenues on foot, to get to and from the Potomac Avenue Metro station. Could a different intersection design work better? The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) kicked off an environmental study of the intersection with a public meeting Thursday night. This was the first… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Second term approaches
Obama takes one step for DC rights; Inauguration items; Norton asks for statehood, again; Better biking past the White House; New housing won’t have free parking; Maryland will consider bottle bill; Wells approaching mayoral run; Tennessee drops highway; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What’s the law?
U-turns on Penn illegal, really; CMs exempt from parking laws?; Bike easier to GMU; Arlington wants more CaBi; Tiny homes in DC?; DC’s most unsafe playgrounds; Commutes slower for black folks; Traffic pollution boosts autism?; And…. Keep reading…
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Everyone mixed on Pennsylvania Ave. a century ago
Before cities engineered their roads and traffic patterns for the cars, many modes mixed together. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Too little and too much
Too little Metro yesterday; Potomac Yard Metro could be pricey; Leggett says MoCo tapped out; Still committed to Route 1 streetcar; Bike lines to disappear and reappear; Height limit a “shadow tax”?; And…. Keep reading…
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DMV believes U-turns on Penn are legal
WABA is reporting that the Department of Motor Vehicles isn’t upholding tickets for U-turns across Pennsylvania Avenue. When an MPD officer writes a ticket, the person ticketed has the opportunity to challenge that ticket through adjudication. This process is handled by the DMV, not the police. And on this issue, the DMV adjudicator has interpreted the… Keep reading…
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Pre-Sandy video: Why the Netherlands went bicycle
Speaking of another part of the world even more prone to coastal flooding, someone recently shared a link to this video about why a top-notch network of bike paths came to the Netherlands. I often hear the question, why do other parts of the world do bicycling so much better than we do? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Ride the rails
Dupont south reopens; More people take Amtrak; Less for VRE?; Councilmembers for business; Not the way to stop U-turns; Grosso gains on Brown; Fix roads for bikes too; DC is most affordable?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Different opinions
Approaches to cameras; Pennsylvania Ave. in danger, or not?; The at-large candidates talk parking; A brief history of bumpy tiles; Hill East in smaller bites; Montgomery planners are open; The train of Versailles; And…. Keep reading…
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Barbecue Battle fences cut the public off downtown
Most events on the National Mall or Pennsylvania Avenue have an open and inviting atmosphere, helping make DC a great place to live or visit. The annual Barbeque Battle, however, creates a fenced enclosure on Pennsylvania Avenue that makes downtown DC very difficult for pedestrians and cyclists to navigate. This year’s enclosure fenced off 5 blocks as well as side-streets,… Keep reading…