Posts tagged Traffic
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Would I-66 widening increase accidents? VDOT doesn’t know
Commenter Geof Gee posted a summary of last night’s meeting on widening I-66 in three spots by adding lanes between entry and exit ramps. Geof describes himself as guided by “practical considerations” and is “not inherently against increasing auto capacity,” but nonetheless came to the conclusion that the project is a bad idea, even by the standards… Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Yes we can reduce auto dependency
McCain pretends to like transit: An Obama spokesperson proudly touted Obama’s support for Dulles rail, Metro funding and infrastructure investments in a Q&A with WTOP’s Adam Tuss, while the McCain spokesperson danced around his candidate’s constant opposition to transit projects. Keep reading…
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“Traffic, traffic, traffic, parking, parking, traffic, parking”
Those were the words of OP’s Jennifer Steingasser at Wednesday’s Giant meeting in Cleveland Park. Steingasser was referring to the fact that concerns about the project are almost all actually transportation concerns, not zoning concerns. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Choices for unhappy drivers
One way to reduce the number of cars: People are torching their own cars in increasing numbers, in places like Capitol Hill’s “Car-B-Que Alley”. Even abandoned cars not on fire pose a nuisance, but DC’s law makes it difficult to remove them. (Post, City Paper, Infosnack) You could have driven to San Francisco: The average Washington commuter spent 60 hours in traffic last year,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Montgomery County extravaganza
SmartBike in MoCo? Councilmember Valerie Ervin (Silver Spring) is suggesting a SmartBike system for Montgomery County, with stations “in the downtowns of high-density area such as Silver Spring, Takoma Park, Wheaton and Bethesda.” How about making it compatible with DC’s, so someone could one day pick up a bike in Bethesda, ride to Friendship Heights or Tenleytown… Keep reading…
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MoCoCo agrees with Planning Board on Road Code
The Montgomery County Council thinks the Planning Board—and the GGW community—are right about the flaws in the Road Code. Six of them sent a letter to the MoCo DOT concurring with the Planning Board’s objections. From the letter: Keep reading…
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MoCo road code, AAA oppose tree-lined medians
Montgomery County is finalizing a new “road code” to define basic standards for roads of different types across the county. It’s a good idea to update the standards, but in the hands of MoCo’s traffic engineers and some county leaders, it’s become a blindly pro-traffic sledgehammer that will force pedestrian-unfriendly design throughout the… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Boston to Baltimore to Bloomingdale, oh my! edition
Close a road, reduce delays? We know that reducing lanes for cars can improve pedestrian safety, help a neighborhood, and lead to less traffic in the long run. But even Level of Service-minded traffic engineers can get behind closing certain roads. As the Economist reports, researchers studied Boston’s road network and determined that too many alternatives create more delay… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Envision the future edition
EveryBlock launches in DC: You can now get a feed of publicly-accessible information (like crime reports, requests for service from DDOT, DPW, etc., new real estate listings, and more) around any address. Keep reading…
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Lunch links: Transportation of our desire edition
Desired: A streetcar article not named Desire: A NYT article about streetcars has prompted blog posts everywhere about the topic. I’m so glad… but can we please move beyond blog posts entitled “A Desire Named Streetcar”? Keep reading…