Posts tagged Roads
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Watch the Obama cabinet’s biggest surprise
The video is now available from my July 22 Netroots Nation panel with US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, Duncan “Atrios” Black, and Radhika Fox of PolicyLink. Keep reading…
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Struck in DC this week: 8 pedestrians, 4 cyclists
On Wednesday’s Kojo Nnamdi Show, DDOT Director Gabe Klein said: Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Now serving crepes
Metro Station Map Makeover; Metro Center misnomer; The Smart Money’s on Smart Growth; The Footloose Synagogue; Bike-Share Your Way to Global Tyranny; VRE Slowing; Bus Stops Become Parking in NY; Connecting the Anacostia Tributary Trails; Street Crêpes Easier in Arlington. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Up and down
And…; Power line problems; “Home Rule 2.0”?; No bus here; New ZCer already siding with feds; Watch a church evolve; Who’s the boss? (in Rockville?); Money for electric cars, none for transit?; Costco doesn’t need gas after all. Keep reading…
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Students fix Foggy Bottom’s waterfront problems
Lydia DePillis’s constant attendance at community meetings turned up a fascinating plan from the Catholic University Urban Design Studio to improve some of Foggy Bottom’s biggest flaws: the mess of freeways between the neighborhood and the waterfront. A professor and team of students came up with the vision, which has no funding but which DePillis reports they… Keep reading…
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Traffic reduction: An urgent public health priority
Traffic is the leading cause of death among children worldwide and the leading cause of death among 1-34 year olds in the United States. So, why isn’t traffic considered the top threat to public health by the CDC, WHO and federal, state and local governments? Why don’t officials approach traffic reduction with the same urgency that they approach, say,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Transcend the mediocre
Buy now; Midcity?; Truck driver in Swanson incident arrested; Barry the blocker; Changing behavior in Paris without government; And…; Fair use and prior restraint. Keep reading…
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LaHood, Black, Fox and Alpert, live from Las Vegas
At 1:30 (10:30 Pacific), I’m moderating a panel at Netroots Nation with U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, blogger Duncan Black (“Atrios”), and Radhika Fox of PolicyLink. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Keeping it moving
Metro’s misfortunes; Blue Bus becomes Circulator 9/1; Bus stop consolidation very tough politically; BRAC imminent; Security sprawl; Washington Monument competition too modern?; Repeat after me. Keep reading…
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Life as a DC tour guide, part 1: Impossible schedules
Tourism, and the consequent presence of tourists, is a way of life in Washington, DC. But what does the perennial tourist swarm look like from the other side: the tour guide’s point of view? One of the most persistent complaints, both from DC residents and visitors, are about tour buses and the accompanying congestion. A recent letter by Senator Webb (D-VA) criticized congestion… Keep reading…