Posts tagged Sidewalks
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Greenbelt roundabout includes innovative bike bypass
Last summer, the city of Greenbelt built a roundabout at the entrance to the Metro station with an innovative bike bypass. This improves access to the Metro for cyclists, motorists and transit riders alike. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Everywhere bikes
Who’s ideological?; The real big danger; MoCo wants bike lanes near bikeshare; Make Maple Ave walkable, bikeable?; See your house by CaBi; Riders want technology; Taxi tidbits; Reps want to keep nonstops; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New York analogues
Rediscover Columbus Circle; Settle down about bikeshare, NYC; Adams Morgan = West Village?; KIPP will have to wait for Randall; Board sanctions Orange; Take a look; Is your commute an idyll?; Flood-control parkway; And…. Keep reading…
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Police vehicles may damage brand-new Union Station plaza
A project is almost complete to reconstruct the plaza in front of Union station. Unfortunately, Amtrak police continue to pull their cars up on the curb and park in the pedestrian areas. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: After Boston
Cities go on high alert; Mara profited from past donors; Unbuilt VA highway already creating sprawl?; This garage is convertible; DC gov subsidizes parking more; Sidewalk wars come to Hyattsville; Big verdict for unsafe bus stop; Metro fights fatigue; And…. Keep reading…
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Florida Avenue shouldn’t have to wait for real sidewalks
Florida Avenue, NE is one of the most dangerous roads in DC for all modes of transportation, and a 71-year-old pedestrian was just recently killed trying to cross. Past studies have recommended widening the sidewalks here, but residents likely have to wait even longer for fixes as DDOT embarks on yet another study. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Back to work
NOquester; Verizon Center gets its signs; Public (Parking) Storage?; MARC your schedules; Can you trust VDOT?; Bids everywhere; Bag fee: a history; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Know your rights
Public or private?; Legal video; How downtown is like Downton; Sequestration looms; Fairfax trail closed a year; A studio in Fairfax; What’s in a license plate?; And…. Keep reading…
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DDOT sidewalk gap policy has gaps of its own
Sidewalks are a network to get us from one place to another, just like roads. But the procedures DDOT uses to identify and fill sidewalk gaps take a piecemeal approach that sets up barriers to completing the network. Currently, DDOT requires that 51% of households on a single block approve the addition of a sidewalk, and that the neighborhood ANC file a corresponding resolution. Keep reading…
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Where in Ward 3 needs sidewalks most?
Sidewalks are more than a way to get from one place to another on foot. They connect us to our neighbors and neighborhoods. And they become even more crucial as we age. Iona Senior Services has spearheaded a pedestrian advocacy effort to focus on filling priority sidewalk gaps in Ward 3. This effort and has focused on updating the DC Department of Transportation (DDOT)‘s… Keep reading…