Posts tagged Prtc
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Breakfast links: Goodbye, Ray
LaHood leaving; Surplus salted away; Chevy Chase sidewalk contentious; No mandatory helmets in Maryland; Superhuman cyclists aren’t most of us; MoCo bag fee 1 year old; Lower benefit hurts bus ridership; And…. Keep reading…
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Which DC-area transit agencies offer open data?
Projects like the Mobility Lab’s real-time screens and Transit Near Me can help riders and boost transit usage, but they can only show information for agencies which provide open data. How do our region’s agencies stack up? The table below lists the many transit agencies in the Washington region and their open data progress. In a nutshell, there are 2 kinds of open data: schedule… Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Development starting to roll
Leesburg is form-based; A better place to slug; Vacant building and gas station no more; Montgomery gets big projects, transit-oriented and not; Arlington is the healthiest; Car sharing gone from Wilson Building; Bill Nye, the high-speed rail guy. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Growth in Virginia
Smart Growth a success in NoVa; Virginia growth strengthens urbanized areas; Stafford wants to use UDAs to accommodate growth; DC Council hears about bike and pedestrian safety; MetroAccess customers face fare hike; Eisenhower memorial could have been Education plaza; Snyder mad over parking revenue?; ARRA spending on new roads is “squadered” money; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Keeping up appearances
Were fancy new libraries worth it?; Fake meters go in Shirlington; Councilmember Gabe Klein?; No Ellwood Thompson at DC USA; LaHood listens to ped/bike advocates; Potomac Mills cuts commuter parking; State avenues make up a nation; DC streetcars on the web; And…. Keep reading…
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NPS, Secret Service close to approving 15th Street bike lane
DDOT could start extending the 15th Street bike lane as early as Friday, DCist reported yesterday. By the time construction gets down to the White House area, DDOT believes they will have final approvals from the Park Service and Secret Service for the segments around Lafayette Park and the White House. The new lanes will extend the current 15th Street bike lane south to E Street,… Keep reading…
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VDOT was supposed to install signal where pedestrian killed
A traffic signal and crosswalk was already planned for Virginia Route 234 at the very spot a man was killed yesterday. The signal had been promised for spring 2010, but hasn’t yet been installed. The man was crossing between a McDonald’s and a commuter bus lot near Route 1 in Dumfries where Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission (PRTC) buses travel to… Keep reading…