Posts tagged Road Safety
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How else can DC’s camera program improve safety?
The District’s traffic camera program is a good idea and a very important initiative, but it won’t enjoy public support unless it’s clear to voters that safety is the goal, not revenue. A task force, which I’m serving on, will meet soon to formulate recommendations for Councilmembers Cheh and Wells. Last week, I suggested some ways DC might identify… Keep reading…
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Maryland leads, but counties hesitate on new bike signs
The Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) has started installing new signs informing users that “Bicycles May Use Full Lane.” But most roads are managed by local governments, and none of them yet plan to use the sign as extensively. The decision to place “use full lane” signs on state highways took asustained campaign by the Washington… Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Jail time
Driver gets prison term; Copenhagen’s bikes ride “superhighway”; Improve the whole NEC at once?; Unemployment falls in DC; Charter Washington Latin to take abandoned school; And…. Keep reading…
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A major NTSB safety recommendation remains forgotten
After the fatal Metro crash at Fort Totten, state, local, and federal agencies all agreed that Metro must comply with the recommendations of the National Transportation Safety Board at all cost. Metro is now spending well over a billion dollars to satisfy NTSB point by point. Yet our region’s transportation system is ignoring one NTSB recommendation — even… Keep reading…
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How did the derecho affect you?
How has your neighborhood fared in the aftermath of the derecho? Friday’s violent storm left trees down and hundreds of thousands of residents without power across the region, especially in areas without underground power lines. Residents without power swarmed to electrified business districts in search of cooling, unspoiled food and outlets to charge a phone. On… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: A new era in Ward 5
Councilmember McDuffie; Metro opens doors?; Res. 13 starts slowly; Budget harmony; Roads getting safer; Tweaks to Ike Memorial; Speed camera torched; Norton not allowed to represent; New Urbanists are the adults in the room; And…. Keep reading…
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Our car/bike/ped fights will get fiercer with driverless cars
Driverless cars sound less and less like science fiction with each passing month, and that’s prompted widespread discussion about how they might change society. They will bring many changes, but when it comes to the car’s role in the city, they may just intensify current tensions. The Atlantic Cities’ Emily Badger interviewed a research team of computer… Keep reading…
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Lower camera fines? Sure, once we have more cameras
Are DC speed camera fines too high? One resident who created a petition, some reporters, and AAA all seem to think so. Lowering fines actually might be the right policy, but only once DC installs more cameras, as promised for over a year, to catch unsafe driving behavior. Even now, most instances of speeding, running red lights, blocking crosswalks, turning right on red without… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not yet in the bag
Baker boosting bag fee; College Park TOD gets friendlier; Obama’s Metro cut “ominous”; What’s not passing Congress; Office cafeterias decline; NYPD knows little, does less; NYPD knows about bike tickets; TOD Walmart lacks T or D; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Smile or frown
Smile for the camera; DOES overpays; Bondi responds; Mark Center traffic not yet bad; Have an extra room?; MWAA opening up a little; Share the road in bright colors; And…. Keep reading…