Posts tagged Road Safety
-
Breakfast links: Room on the sidewalk
Sidewalk cafes pay more?; Gardens sprout downtown; What’s new in new Metro cars; Some motion on 16th Street?; Federal St. E’s faces more hurdles; Money means restaurants; Slow down in Paris; Unlivable highways foil livable communities; And…. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: Safety first
On the trail; Idaho Stops may be safer; Orange cones, no phones; Surviving earth, wind, and fire; Poverty in new places; Eastern Market more like 7-Eleven; Reinvigorating Crystal City; Casino’s signs worry neighbors; And…. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: Victims of the road
Cycling hit on Bike to School Day; Hit-and-run gets 6 months; Intersection of doom; Did confusion kill?; Transit first in MoCo; Right to play; Heights stay; Returning home; Diversifying the housing stock; Can’t build there. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: Making waves
High water; It’s electric; Ridesharing companies fight regs; Mo’ concrete mo’ problems; Public housing delayed; DC General closing?; See the schools change; Many Marylanders would move; And…. Keep reading…
-
Google self-driving car is polite to cyclists
Google released a video showing how its prototype self-driving car can deal with many situations on urban streets, such as construction zones bicyclists. The car politely waits for a cyclist who signals to move into the car’s lane, and waits for a cyclist to pass from behind before turning. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: Less driving
Californians drive less; But the nation drives more; Sea change for Virginia; Transit or social service?; Coast Guard brings few benefits; NY’s bikeshare hits bumps; Drive fast, ride free; Housing affordability or higher incomes?; What’s it called? Maglev!; And…. Keep reading…
-
Despite community support, Alexandria board again wants to delay King Street bike lanes
Almost 60% of residents spoke up for Alexandria’s King Street bike lanes Tuesday night, but the city’s Traffic and Parking Board once again voted to recommend that the City Council delay building them because of concerns about lost parking. The proposal would remove 27 parking spaces and add bike lanes to King Street between Russell Road and Highland Place, west… Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: New developments
Does DC need a new sports complex?; Transformation of Barry Farm; Bowser gains on Gray; The boom moves outward; Silver Line fine; Worst Metro escalators of 2013 and 2014 (so far); The problem with tech buses; Tragic; Driving is down; And…. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: Still waiting
Silver Line will be delayed again; Better cycling will follow Silver Line; Streetcar’s opponents forget history; Gray’s plan could worsen homeless troubles; Meet the new planning boss; New building could provide flexible units; Pedestrian deaths are no accident; Winter weather felt days later; You matter; Far from Folsom prison…; Reinventing America’s oldest railroad; And…. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: Turning it around
A park for Silver Spring?; Plow the trails, Arlington!; Pause for Montgomery’s urban roads bill; Democrats embracing urbanism?; Historic and empty; How boring; No biking for you… ever; Camera clips; And…. Keep reading…