Posts tagged Streetscape
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Events: A conversation with Matt Desmond on ending poverty in America
Discuss how we can end poverty in America with Matt Desmond. Strap on your helmet and lace up your shoes for this year’s National Bike and Roll to School Day. Attend the University of Maryland’s Resilience Research Hub Showcase. Read more in this week’s events post. Keep reading…
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Montgomery County seeks input on the future of the Norfolk Avenue streatery
Montgomery County canceled one of the outdoor dining zones it created in the pandemic, and scaled back on another. Now planners are asking for feedback on one of the last ones left, Norfolk Avenue in Bethesda. Keep reading…
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Parking spaces to parklets: PARK(ing) Day is back this September
If you’ve ever looked at a parking space and dreamed of what it could be without a big metal machine weighing it down, now’s your chance to find out. Keep reading…
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Unpacking the arguments against a traffic-calming plan for Bloomingdale
The District Department of Transportation is bringing long-awaited traffic-calming measures to First Street NW. Opponents say they’re getting in the way. Keep reading…
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A shuttered section of West Virginia Avenue gets new life with a kid-friendly mural
A new “playable” mural has been painted on a small segment of street that’s been closed to cars in the Near Northeast neighborhood. The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) just finished these kid-friendly designs on a short section of West Virginia Avenue at 8th and K streets. Keep reading…
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The size of city blocks can vary widely. Have you ever wondered why?
In Tuscon, Arizona, blocks are 400 feet per side, while Portland, Oregon has 200-foot blocks. Have you ever wondered why various cities choose one block size over another? Keep reading…
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National links: The availability of shade is an important measure of equity
The availability of shade—think trees and bus shelters—isn't equitably distributed in cities like Los Angeles. Mexico's Bus Rapid Transit is a success story. Atlanta, long known for being car-centric, may install a Dutch-style “woonerf” to create the “Time Square of the South.” Keep reading…
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National Links: The country’s most stylish streets have these things in common
The most stylish streets in the country are those that best reflect the soul of their city. When these three Boston transit wonks talk, the city listens (and makes laws). Ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft are cutting into people's use of alternative transportation. Check out what's happening around the nation and the world in transportation, land use, and other related areas.
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DC will get nine blocks of “shared streets” this fall
A new parking garage just opened for customers of the Maine Avenue Fish Market, and with it comes a little taste of the “shared space” streets that will thread through the soon-to-open District Wharf development in Southwest. Keep reading…
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In San Diego, an example of how “within walking distance” does not always mean “walkable”
I like to ride the San Diego Trolley when I visit family there, but the mile walk from the station to their house is so, so awful that it always makes me think twice about riding the train. Here at home, my walk to the Metro is the same distance, and I do it happily all the time. Keep reading…