Posts tagged Traffic
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Maryland can’t afford the costs of building more highways
If the question is how do we reduce traffic congestion, the answer will usually involve building more highways. Perhaps we should ask whether can we afford the costs of building more highways. Keep reading…
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Opponents of a Spring Valley bike lane are singing a familiar, erroneous tune
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a group of residents is opposing plans to add bike lanes because they think it will lead to increased congestion, despite traffic counts that show the road is overbuilt. The latest iteration of this is unfolding in the Spring Valley neighborhood in Northwest DC along Dalecarlia Parkway. Keep reading…
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A 19-year-old dies in a traffic crash in Congress Heights
A 19-year-old man died Monday night after an SUV driver collided with him on his moped on the 2900 block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue SE in Congress Heights, according to the Metropolitan Police Department’s Major Crash Investigations Unit. This street is known to be dangerous and has been the site of many crashes. Keep reading…
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It’s deja-vroom: That flawed Texas A&M traffic study is back yet again
In 2011 and 2015, the Texas Transportation Institute at Texas A&M released an “Urban Mobility Report” which grabbed a lot of headlines, like “Washington area tied with Chicago for traffic congestion, study finds.” The study led me and many others to write articles debunking its bad methodology. Keep reading…
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DC’s National Synagogue members have a long and dangerous road to worship
Every Friday around dusk, members of Ohev Sholom National Synagogue make their way on foot from their homes to their place of worship located on 16th Street between the Shepherd Park and Colonial Village neighborhoods. In observance of their religious beliefs, members do not drive or use electricity on Shabbat from Friday evenings through Saturday sundown. For the some members of Ohev, about 1,011 strong including many children and elderly people, the journey can be downright dangerous. Keep reading…
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These “road diets” would make streets safer and barely affect traffic. Why do people oppose them?
Recently, some local projects to calm traffic and increase safety for all road users have been met with a surprising amount of resistence. Worse, regional officials seem to be prioritizing voices of opposition over actual studies, and it’s keeping our communities unsafe. So what can these incidents tell us? Keep reading…
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A community mourns Abdul Seck and demands safer roads east of the Anacostia
The sun was setting as neighbors, supporters and mourners gathered on a hilly corner in Anacostia on Wednesday, April 24 to say goodbye and celebrate the life of someone gone too soon. Abdul Seck, 31, from Bronx, New York City, was killed this past Easter Sunday during a fatal traffic crash that injured five others, including two children. Keep reading…
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What’s decongestion pricing, anyway?
New York City is on track to be the first city in the country to implement decongestion pricing. This raises the prospect that other areas, such as the Washington region, might follow in New York’s footsteps. Keep reading…
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Decongestion pricing could help fix traffic in the Washington region
State lawmakers recently sealed a deal to make New York City the first city in the country to implement decongestion pricing, a measure intended to cut down on the city’s infamous gridlock traffic, while also raising much-needed revenue to improve and maintain its aging subway system. Could such a system work in our region? Keep reading…
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National links: Los Angeles’ scooter pilot has sparked a debate about surveillance
Los Angeles is about to launch a one-year scooter pilot that collects trip data. Japanese inventor Seiichi Miyake made cities more accessible to people who are visually impaired. More US cities are ending their recycling programs after China stopped purchasing their recyclable materials. Keep reading…