Posts tagged Security
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DDOT being narrow-minded, overcautious on Park(ing) Day
People and cars operate every day in relatively close proximity. People walk on sidewalks right next to moving traffic on streets without parking. People walk along crosswalks while cars wait to turn, and cars enter and exit parking garages or alleys across the sidewalk. Sometimes this proximity results in injuries or deaths, but we don’t refuse to let pedestrians go in crosswalks. Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Representatives speak up
Three-quarters for transit; Reopen E Street; NYC Councilmember calls for MTA openness; Not the church reserve; 15 minutes of time savings worth more than a movie ticket; Another island, another parking debate; Terrorist right on only one thing: freeway policy. Keep reading…
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Lunch links: Metro breaking
Labor and Metro; ACT launches 270 transit campaign; Build part Yellow, part Green; Bus Really-slow Transit?; Whtie House farmer’s market; No longer in decline; Bike racks getting fixed; Metro employee struck by train. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Arlington to Canada to Japan
Metro down (this weekend); Recycling, bike racks up; Counting coming; Why “pedestrians”?; Photos okay at USDOT, assuming guards get the memo; Transit smart cards, improved; Not so bike friendly. Keep reading…
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A greater city is unafraid of citizens with point-and-shoot cameras
As you have hopefully heard by now, the wonderful Artomatic is taking place at 55 M Street, SE. The event is free, though donations are welcome. The nine-floor art festival is open Wednesdays through Sundays until July 5 and includes everything from Peeps diorama finalists to body paint shows. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Withdrawal symptoms
Performance Diet Coke-ing; Delusional parkers; Cars and graves only; Ode to concrete; Sprawl harms our health; Post says “don’t stop”; Will Americans break the addiction?; And. Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Visions of transportation
WABA action: restore Columbia Road bike lanes; Trail users “undesirable” to one Vienna councilmember; Making Thomas Circle a usable park; Baltimore Red Line fight looking a lot like purple; Cheaper gas changing little; Zoning Commission hears from proponents; DC unveils artistic bike racks; At least we’re not in London; People near transit own fewer cars. Keep reading…
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US DOT HQ security: No photos allowed, because I said so
If you thought insane no-photography policies were taken care of after last summer’s Union Station debacle, think again. On Sunday, around 6:30 pm, I stopped on M Street SE to photograph two of the transportation-inspired public art installations that surround the US DOT headquarters. I was taking a photograph of an installation of vintage bicycles when a security guard… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Good news for our streets
DDOT plans contraflow lane on 15th: After numerous public meetings and much listening, DDOT has decided to implement “Alternative 5” on 15th Street between Massachusetts and New Hampshire Avenues. (WashCycle) This alternative adds a standard northbound bicycle lane and a southbound contraflow lane between the parked cars and the sidewalk. Here’s… Keep reading…
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Then and Now: Union Station
Oh, how cute: people once played baseball across from Union Station. The U.S. Senate long ago took over this public space for storage of their personal vehicles. Via DC Metrocentric. Top: Union Station and Columbus Circle, 1925. Photo from the National Photo Company Collection. Bottom: Union Station today as seen in Google Earth. Keep reading…