Posts tagged Signal Priority
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We’re not the only place with growth and transportation challenges. Here’s Seattle’s approach.
Similar to our region, Seattle has had an economic boom and a flurry of new residents in recent years. They’re using transit to manage the growth Keep reading…
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16th Street’s traffic lights are now optimized for buses
While planning for a 16th Street bus lane continues, DDOT has quietly made another important but nearly invisible improvement there: The traffic signals are now optimized for buses. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bus lanes in Virginia
Bus bridge blues; BRT for Route 7; MoCo’s commitment to senior housing; Pool party pushback; SafeTrack safe tally; Military needs transit too; Speed kills; Free CaBi this weekend; Gentrification comes to Denver. Keep reading…
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National links: State-sponsored sprawl
Transportation planners in Arkansas are telling residents that turning a highway into a boulevard would be unsafe, dive bars are dying out in urban areas, and might Millennials be over cities? Check out what’s happening around the world in transportation, land use, and other related areas! No boulevard for you: There’s a movement to turn Little Rock’s I-30… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: More Shelters, fewer riders
Shelters out-of-place?; Ridership down; To peak or not-peak; Toxic department; Bus lane patience; Taxing Reston; Pay to build?; BRT in Richmond; Breaking even; Ackridge out. Keep reading…
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Buses are slow on 16th Street. Waits for people boarding and traffic lights are the biggest culprits.
When buses on 16th Street in DC are not moving, almost half the time they’re waiting at a traffic signal. Most of the rest of the time, they’re sitting at a bus stop, waiting for people to get on and off. Those are some findings from an ongoing study to speed up bus service on 16th Street. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro changes
Safety strides; New addition; Red light, green light; Evict-ory for tenants; Balancing act; Education budget in limbo; Reset; Funding mass transit; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: A pleasant rebirth
Apartments rise from the ashes; Buses get priority; Reeves off the table; Transportation bills stall; Amtrak on the move; Georgetown gondola closer to reality?; Pay more, get less; Frack away?; Marion Barry, city-builder. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Barriers to entry
Concert closures; No kids around the office; Lane block; For the birds; Transportation on the table; ICC complete; Suburban crawl; Buses vs. “neighborhood feel”; And…. Keep reading…
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Here’s what will (hopefully) happen in DC transportation over the next two years
DC will have more sidewalks, bike lanes, bus signal priority, real-time screens, many more finished studies, and other changes two years from now, if the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) follows through on a strong new “Action Plan” released today. The moveDC plan is a forward-thinking, ambitious, and comprehensive vision for transportation across… Keep reading…