Posts tagged Signs
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Breakfast links: Freezing
Walk carefully; Baltimore bishop charged with manslaughter; Clean up the Inner Harbor!; Ride On increases service; Trail for Fort Totten; When bad behavior is self-defense; Embarrassments in Frederick; No gas here; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Parking to parks
Park pops-up in Tysons; Park off limits to residents; Mayor Gray’s legacy; HOT Lanes then and now; Poverty, desperation, and stroads; Can’t walk; Food, food everywhere; Next stop: confusion; Not just for kids; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: More or less
Less crime on Metro; More and less parking needed; We’re the most expensive! Or least!; Scrutiny for traffic cameras; Who killed Kirby; Hear, hear statehood; A sign of the times; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Home sweet home no more?
Residents could lose homes; Shotgun housing; Unaffordable housing; NoRamp for NoMA?; Need more human enforcement; Parking problems in the future?; Living up to his name; Fund is temporarily trusty again; And…. Keep reading…
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Metro considers labeling trains as Northbound, Southbound, etc. as part of new sign concept
You might soon be catching a Southbound Green Line train to L’Enfant Plaza and transfer to an Eastbound Orange Line train, if Metro goes ahead with a concept to revamp signs and navigation in the rail system. Keep reading…
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The man who designed Metro’s pylons (and much more) dies
Well-known and influential designer Massimo Vignelli died yesterday at age 83. Perhaps most known (at least in transit circles) for his 1972 diagrammatic New York Subway map, he also designed the iconic pylons that stand on Metro platforms today. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Deal or no deal
Soccer stadium deal pending; Spy versus preservationists; Budget autonomy overturned; Better cycling around the Mall; Silver Line a step closer; Metro signs say what?; Springtime for Hitler bus ads; McDuffie for McMillan; And…. Keep reading…
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Cheh proposes hoverboard lanes and a Palisades stadium
DC may hire a dedicated person to help drivers read stop signs, build hoverboard lanes, and place the DC United stadium atop the Palisades Safeway, under budget recommendations from DC Councilmember and transportation chair Mary Cheh. As you might guess, these are a joke. April Fool’s Day was six weeks ago, but today is the day for joviality from Cheh and her staff, who put… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Safety first
On the trail; Idaho Stops may be safer; Orange cones, no phones; Surviving earth, wind, and fire; Poverty in new places; Eastern Market more like 7-Eleven; Reinvigorating Crystal City; Casino’s signs worry neighbors; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: It snowed
Can DC survive the snow emergency?; Snow will limit transportation options; Potholes be gone; WSSC being sued for dumping; Guerrilla signage gives away NYC transit secrets; Develop or preserve Anacostia?; Are multi-city Olympics the future?; Will Seattle’s building boom yield rent stabilization?. Keep reading…