Posts tagged Road Safety
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Breakfast links: Prince George’s moving forward, mostly
PG Metro board member yanked; Leslie Johnson won’t control development; Teen killed in hit and run; Gray education picks are strong reformers; Zimmerman looks ahead; Overhead wire bill approved; Dulles Metro station far for security reasons?; Tell station managers about escalators; And…. Keep reading…
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Residents, DDOT work on livability, mobility east of the river
The District Department of Transportation’s plans for several major streets in Southeast could improve livability and mobility in several East of the River neighborhoods. As a part of the Far Southeast Livability Study, DDOT has identified 6 corridors for further study. They held the second of 3 public meetings on Monday. Keep reading…
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Ward 7 residents define “livability” for their streets
A cross-section of residents in north Ward 7 gathered recently to help the District Department of Transportation and its consultants put a pin in the oft-used term “livability” at the second meeting of the Far Northeast Livability Study. In transit and smart growth circles, livability means multimodal transportation, transit-oriented development, and a Complete… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Power struggles
Pepco has reliability problems; Orange Crush will continue; Fairfax Fire and Rescue wants design by fire truck; Education advice for Gray; Traffic deaths down in DC; More pay-by-cell parking in MoCo; Ghost bike in Fairfax; A responsive transit agency in Rhode Island; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend video: When drivers run red lights
Reader Jeff passed along this fairly harrowing video showing a lot of examples of drivers running red lights and the sometimes tragic consequences. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Be thankful
DC becoming bike-friendlier; A lot to be thankful for in DC neighborhoods; Breakthroughs in 2010; Bike hit-and-run in Mt. Vernon Triangle; Gray’s slow transition irks some; Full body scanners on the Metro?; BWI rail platforms reopen; Is there a subtext to parking debates?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Dispatches from Fairfax
Fairfax of the future; Fairfax County parent forms bike train to school; Fairfax parks win gold; Blacks still struggle with employment in DC; Learning from Fear/Sanity; Should we consult original architects on redesigns?; Motorists usually at fault in bike crashes; Eliminate mortgage interest deduction; Cleveland can’t enforce city regs against big banks. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Act now
We could have killed 29,000 fewer people; Mall to get flood levee; Answers about CaBi; Arlington approves TJ’s; Megabus expands service from DC; Use it or lose it on HSR; Feds buying EVs; Baltimore Grand Prix goes green; And…. Keep reading…
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Can we eliminate death and serious injury from roadways?
After nine passengers died on the Red Line in 2009, we didn’t throw up our hands and chalk it up to issues beyond our control. Instead, the region has seen serious debate and action — however imperfect — to ensure that no one is killed or seriously injured while riding Metro. Why, then, do we take a more defeatist attitude toward the safety of our roadways? Why do… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not entirely effective
‘Effective’ DC teachers not effectively distributed; Metro escalator model problematic; Embassy wants parking to buy more cars; LA TV has windshield perspective too; Street crossers like lemmings?; ICC part 1 opening soon; NYC gets camera-enforced bus lanes; Suburban poor struggle in recession; And…. Keep reading…