Posts tagged Safety
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Bus service for one city in Virginia was completely shuttered for a day. Here’s what happened.
Petersburg Area Transit (PAT), which services the Tri-Cities, a conurbation just south of Richmond, appears to be the first in the nation to cease operations completely — at least for a day. Keep reading…
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Traffic safety may be subjective, but designing the road shouldn’t be
A fundamental tenet of Vision Zero is the explicit acknowledgment that the transportation network needs to be designed for the safety of everyone - people driving, people using transit, people walking, and people bicycling or using scooters, etc. However, most (but not all) transportation infrastructure has been built to facilitate automobiles and roadway design that implicitly supports motor vehicle primacy and safety. Keep reading…
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9th Street’s bikeway project is at a standstill, again
Facing a divided council, Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau withdrew her emergency legislation to install the 9th Street Cycletrack during a legislative hearing on Tuesday. Keep reading…
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Check out these cool designs of the 16th Street NW bus lanes
The much-anticipated construction of the 16th Street NW bus lanes, which will run between H Street NW and Arkansas Avenue NW, is expected to start sometime this year. Until then, however, DDOT recently released some preliminary designs, showing where the bus striping would go. Keep reading…
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We need more public restrooms in DC. But how do we make them usable for all?
DC is inching towards increasing its number of public restrooms with the passage of a 2018 law that would add two new facilities and incentivize business owners to open their bathrooms to the public. However, many public restroom designs aren’t accessible to many of their potential users. Keep reading…
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This safe streets group wants to support people traumatized by traffic violence
Here are the numbers. In 2019 alone, there were 25 traffic fatalities in DC. This number is down 19% from last year. However, if you pull back a bit you see that from 2014 to 2018 pedestrian fatalities have been on the rise. Keep reading…
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DC students face violence and transit delays on their commute to school
Students trying to get to class in DC face violence and a plethora of obstacles and delays—and children, parents, and teachers say that needs to change. This past week, the DC Education Coalition for Change (DECC) gathered top agency heads for a transportation town hall to investigate ways to make streets safer for kids, and transportation more efficient and reliable. Keep reading…
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Opponents of a Spring Valley bike lane are singing a familiar, erroneous tune
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a group of residents is opposing plans to add bike lanes because they think it will lead to increased congestion, despite traffic counts that show the road is overbuilt. The latest iteration of this is unfolding in the Spring Valley neighborhood in Northwest DC along Dalecarlia Parkway. Keep reading…
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Riders call for more oversight of the Metro Transit Police at a DC Council hearing
Metro police need more oversight and transparency—that’s the message that continued to bubble up over four hours of testimony at the DC Council’s joint roundtable on Tuesday, November 12. A small but vocal group of residents, advocates, and attorneys testified about how the Metro Transit Police Department’s practices impact people of color, while police testimony largely revolved around fare evasion. Keep reading…
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Chesterfield County plans one intersection with a monster price tag
Recently, Richmond has garnered a reputation as something of a transit wunderkind thanks to its bus route redesign, award-winning Pulse Bus Rapid Transit, subsequent 17% growth in ridership, and the dynamic new CEO at the helm of the Greater Richmond Transit Company (GRTC). Meanwhile, Chesterfield County—the locality to the city’s south that owns the other half of GRTC—is busting its budget to double down on car culture. Keep reading…