Posts tagged San Francisco
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With the streetcar, H Street will need clear signs
For streetcars to move through traffic, rail tracks have to be free of parked cars. To keep them that way, the rules of the road must be crystal clear for drivers. Keep reading…
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Could Metro allow bicycles during rush hour?
Yesterday, San Francisco’s BART system lifted its long-standing ban on allowing bicycles on rush-hour trains. Given bicycling’s popularity in the DC area, and the Metro system’s packed park and ride lots, perhaps a similar reform would work here. After a lengthy trial process, BART will allow bikes on all its trains at all times, finally giving people an… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Solidarity
Taxi drivers (kinda) unionize; All hands on deck for Height Act hearings; Montgomery installs school bus cameras; Math geeks make bikeshare better; UMD golf course will stay; Amtrak unveils new cars; SCOTUS will hear rail-trail case; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Virginia highways
Dulles toll going up; Highway growth continues; Casino bidding war; St. Elizabeths pavilion opens; Should transit worker strikes be illegal?; Pedestrian and cyclist traffic deaths rise; Chicago passes Portland in biker count; London bans subterranean expansions; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Skyscrapers for DC?
DC weighs in on height; Support for BRT in MoCo; First Right to Purchase underfunded?; What should DC do if feds shut down?; Hill East development approved; DC carpool community built on trust; Slow start in San Fran; Transit not most important to TOD?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: By themselves
In the council; DC singles trend continues; DC ranks high for sharing; ANC considers no-parking development on 14th; Elrich fights for BRT on Connecticut; DC used bike sale exemption?; Bike lanes on King Street?; Stand right, walk left. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: It’s electric
Electric bikes are coming; E-bikeshare?; Huge increase in biking to Metro; WMATA didn’t talk to MoCo; DC’s broken parking meter problem; “I Have a Dream”; More parking for 5333 Connecticut?; And…. Keep reading…
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PARKING APOCALYPSE?
This parody flyer recently appeared on a San Francisco street, but could almost apply verbatim to most DC-area debates over road space — Glover Park’s median, the M Street cycletrack, and many more. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Readiness
EMTs in short supply; Just-in-time memorial fix; Bike lane paving scheduled; Howard Co. goes electric; Think tank goes IMBY; Eastern Shore bridge to be replaced; Bus driver stabbed; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Parking on top
Multi-use parking garage; Parking funds for transit; Bikeshare in Howard County?; Mural against graffiti; Hyperloop for the future?; Generational divide?; Fuel for DC growth. Keep reading…