Posts tagged Sidewalks
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Breakfast links: Location, location, location
Find some ped safety projects, quick; The cupcake shop doesn’t own the sidewalk; Sustainable federal sites a little pricier; Incentives to move CaBis where needed?; Wisconsin Giant about to start; Got $648 million? Want a building?; Orange lied about gay marriage opposition?; Bus driver charged in crash; And…. Keep reading…
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Silver Spring bike/ped connection nixes trees, ruffles feathers
Recently, Montgomery County created a small connection between the dead-end of Woodbury Drive and Fenton Street in accordance with the county’s planned trails in the area. This connection is needed to complete the Grove Street on-road bike route between the Green Trail at Wayne Avenue and the Metropolitan Branch Trail at Fenton Street. Unfortunately, they… Keep reading…
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Should DC limit sidewalk cycling in commercial areas?
At this morning’s oversight hearing for the bicycle and pedestrian advisory councils, Councilmember Jack Evans chastised cyclists who speed on jogging trails, and Tommy Wells expressed interest in exploring restrictions on sidewalk cycling in commercial areas of DC. At the start of the meeting, Evans said that he jogs regularly, and cyclists have almost hit him 3 or… Keep reading…
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Three years ago, GGW was born
Greater Greater Washington started publishing three years ago yesterday. What were we writing about then? Quite a few things that were still relevant today. Parking policy: Tommy Wells spoke at a Coalition for Smarter Growth forum about parking and how he himself became a convert on performance parking because of all the cars the baseball stadium was going to bring to his… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The cost of roads
Virginia borrow-for-roads bill advances; Maryland may increase tolls; Northern Virginia grows quickly; How did the candidates do?; Adams Morgan streetscape project starts soon; Metro stations, long ago; Convention Center hotel construction closes sidewalk; Social Security chooses suburban location for new center; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Make ‘em pay
Should Montgomery pay for the Purple Line?; Hugo succeeds in hurting his neighbors; Sarles won’t end bag searches; Utility companies under fire; MoCo commission calls for major reforms; Arlington debuts new bike map; DC area sites get preservation grants; Pizza everywhere, almost; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Finding flaws
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Bridge sidewalks need to be plowing priority
The commute on Wednesday for drivers and bus riders was terrible, but once plowing got going, DDOT cleared roads quite efficiently. I was disappointed, however, to still see sidewalks on bridges not among DDOT’s snow clearing priorities. By morning, my small residential road was completely clear, as were all roads along the walk to the Metro. Most property owners, too, got snow… Keep reading…
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Glover Park organizes neighborhood snow shovel team
Last month, DDOT and DPW asked residents whether they had organized their neighborhood snow shoveling teams. In the snow announcement, then-DDOT Director Gabe Klein specifically mentioned elderly and disabled residents who may need assistance with accumulated ice or snow. It’s worthwhile to examine the activities that one specific neighborhood, Glover Park, undertook… Keep reading…
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Cheh, Wells try again to fix snow fines
Mary Cheh and Tommy Wells reintroduced a bill this morning to set up fines for failing to clear sidewalks. During last year’s storms, many residents and businesses toiled to keep their sidewalks clear, but some did not. The biggest offenders were commercial properties like this parking lot or this apartment building, where one tenant told us the property owner didn’t… Keep reading…