Posts tagged Traffic
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Traffic counting and parking: I’m quoted in the press
DDOT is upgrading their automatic traffic counting machines, to not only count cars but the amount of snow, temperature, sizes of trucks, and more, reports the Examiner. I told the Examiner reporter about the way DDOT can be great or terrible depending on who’s involved with a project, and ended up with a good quote:… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: conventional wisdom can be wrong edition
Learning traffic from Proust: Wilson Quarterly discusses the legacy of Hans Monderman, the revolutionary traffic engineer who convinced the Dutch town of Drachten to remove all traffic signals and signs. Contrary to decades of standard practice, it made traffic flow better and more safely. (Also, I didn’t know that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was a traffic engineer.)… Keep reading…
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Optical illusions slow drivers
Philadelphia will be painting optical illusion speed bumps at 100 dangerous intersections. These are designed to look like raised triangles, making drivers stop and think and hopefully slow down. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: transportation across the nation edition
Only in Portland? Hundreds of people gathered to tear up an underutilized parking lot and replace it with a community garden. Streetfilms created a video of the festivities. My favorite part is the dancers on stilts wielding giant jackhammers. Keep reading…
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Our transportation priorities
BeyondDC wrote about the latest Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), released by MWCOG’s Transportation Planning Board. This summarizes all transportation projects through 2014 that the region’s governments have funded or plan to fund. Keep reading…
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Which of these things is not like the others?
Today’s Post has a story about airport “backtrackers”, commuters from Loudoun who drive through Dulles Airport and buy a cup of coffee so they can use the cheaper and less traffic-choked Dulles Access Road and the carpool lanes on I-66 as solo drivers. If only there were another alternative for them to take to get to work… something that would be quicker than… Keep reading…
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The whirlpool of induced demand
Each of our transportation choices, no matter how small, have far-reaching effects. Every day, people make the decision to drive, take transit, bike or walk. And every day, some people move to a new home, and choose the location of that home based on the transportation choices available to them. Keep reading…
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Another good project and annoying press
DCist covers DDOT’s proposal to convert 15th Street to two-way operation which I covered when it was first announced in January. DDOT presented it to the Council yesterday. Keep reading…
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Hot issues in Greater Washington
Welcome Marc Fisher and Atrios readers! Here are a few of the most popular recent posts on Greater Greater Washington: Keep reading…
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MoCo planners considering congestion pricing
Traffic in Montgomery County is terrible and getting worse, that much is clear. But instead of simply calling for more and more road widenings and other LOS obsession, the head of Montgomery County’s Planning Board is at least open to smarter solutions like congestion pricing. Keep reading…