Posts tagged San Francisco
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Breakfast links: Suburban traffic engineer follies
Fairfax proposes deathtrap at Wiehle; MCDOT speeds cars, makes area unsafe to walk; Arlington making Glebe safer; Tourmobile going, eventually; Wells hits deer; NYC bike lane survives lawsuit; Park ideas bloom; In mob news; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: It’s all about security, or something
Bike lane now a security threat?; Amount of Capitol parking is secret; Congressman discovers life without a car; Unlikely alliance opposes federal transportation cuts; NY state assemblyman micromanages parking; New York discovers single-line maps; Waistlines explode; Alexandria suspends taxis; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Precious on-street parking
Car sharing may get competition; Central DC parking spaces now have pay by phone; More on taxis; Ravtich Rhee-thinks Rhee-form; Transit site redesign a flop; Holy water denied; SF to LA, 32 hours on trains and buses; Mica’s district hates his plan; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: A Sunday stroll around the nation
Charm City is walkable, too; Walking on the dock of the bay; Jan Gehl explains walkable cities; So. Maryland gets smart about growth; Klein dreams big for Chicago; Senate skeptical of ethanol subsidies; Can cars be “green”?; Atlantans warming to rail. Keep reading…
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Are electric buses in the future?
Electric buses offer many advantages over traditional fossil fuel buses, but they are more expensive and difficult to run. A new model by General Motors may bring them to the mainstream. The most obvious advantage of electric buses is environmental, but the fact that they don’t spew any harmful gases into the atmosphere is hardly the only benefit. Electric buses are also… Keep reading…
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Weekend videos: Police and bikes
The NYPD have had a few high-profile clashes with cyclists in recent years. One of the issues cyclists have been having with the police is in regard to riding in the bike lane. Some officers are ticketing cyclists for not riding in the bike lane — something that is not illegal in New York City. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Higher or lower
The rent’s too damn high; And…; Lewis: Ease height limits; Preservationist frets over views of fat sunbathers; Musicians soundtrack the Mall; Bus helps tardy man arrive on time; No more ped-bike funding?; Jakarta goes car-free some days. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Whither the suburbs?
Suburbs dying?; City vs. suburb is outdated; What to do about Route 1?; SF performance parking launches, works; Instant Then and Nows; Activists want both TDM and parking for Walmart; Promoting bikes across race; Roof garden for the city. Keep reading…
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Market-rate parking comes to SF. What can DC learn?
San Francisco is ready to roll out demand-responsive parking prices, a move that the city hopes will reduce congestion and allow transit vehicles to move faster. San Francisco will adjust parking meter and garage parking prices based on measured demand. The District has a similar policy for adjusting prices in the Columbia Heights and ballpark “performance parking”… Keep reading…
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Arlington may measure parking occupancy with cameras
Arlington is interested in using license plate recognition technology to better understand how people park at meters. A better statistical picture could lead to more effective management and a fairer pricing scheme that generates higher revenues. Keep reading…