Posts tagged Traffic Cameras
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Amid scandal, don’t lose sight of Gray’s policy achievements
The charges filed yesterday against Vincent Gray’s former assistant campaign treasurer will surely reinforce the image in many voters’ minds of a scandal-plagued mayor who has accomplished nothing for the District. The scandals may be real, but his administration has also racked up some important achievements across the government. Instead of halting progress… Keep reading…
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Successful speed cameras require fair speed limits
Underlying the current discussion of speed cameras is the assumption that speed limits are rationally set, presumably by expert traffic engineers and safety officials. This assumption isn’t necessarily valid, and a speed camera set up in conjunction with an irrationally low speed limit will be a problem. The principal guide for setting a rational speed limit is the… Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Bike on
Many biked to work; Mixing cars created problem?; Divorce case increases marriage; Tech jobs growing; What billions buys; Pay camera tickets; Pop under in Dupont; Studies say; Parking’s blight; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: A new era in Ward 5
Councilmember McDuffie; Metro opens doors?; Res. 13 starts slowly; Budget harmony; Roads getting safer; Tweaks to Ike Memorial; Speed camera torched; Norton not allowed to represent; New Urbanists are the adults in the room; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Find a place
Buses need a home; Nothing can get approval; Fare hikes likely a go; Good for now; To err is human; Green plan not black and white; Hine is fine; But DC gave LivingSocial one!; Glen Echo loses last streetcar; Or just drive more safely?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Ambition
District of conservation; Slow down in MoCo; Bus driver has meningitis; Metro defibrillators get an outside look; Buy your own communion wine; Service eases the parking search; Rollin north; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Empty promises
ICC costs more than money; Reconciliation takes time; Traffic cameras not raking in the bucks; Stores get a surprise; Capitol Hemp alleges injustice; Push the primary; The biker blame game; The slow attrition of car use; And…. Keep reading…
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Neha Bhatt talks pedestrian safety on NewsTalk
Neha Bhatt, the chair of DC’s Pedestrian Advisory Council, appeared on Newschannel 8’s NewsTalk with Bruce DePuyt yesterday to talk about pedestrian safety and traffic cameras. Keep reading…
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At-large candidates, except Shapiro, pander to speeders
Except for Peter Shapiro, the candidates for DC Council at-large either don’t think pedestrian safety is a very pressing issue, think the only people who will vote tomorrow are drivers who’d rather speed than be safe, or both. On Friday, the Democratic candidates for DC Council at-large appeared on the WAMU Politics Hour with Kojo Nnamdi and Tom Sherwood. Sherwood… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Help wanted
Help wanted at Metro; Help wanted on ethics board; A blanket of traffic cameras; Henderson is chancellor, not Kwame Brown; No Bethesda vs. Wheaton; Cars over veggies; Affordable housing needed; Garvey wins; And…. Keep reading…