Posts tagged Vdot
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Breakfast links: The blind spot
Found it; Turns out it was unsafe after all; Against big government, except at VDOT?; Sun says “lose the lanes”; Now the traffic and megachurch reserve?; Tidbits from a secret meeting; One intersection “repaired,” more to go; Your childhood neighborhood affects your income. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Benefits not always visible
iSee subway stations; Oh, there’s a Metro station there?; Cantorism in NoVA; Hands off our pike; Medical Center Metro entrance lives to fight another day; Nobody wants to live here, except lots of people; Don’t drink and dial; Underground pipe to waterfront park. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Making and fixing mistakes
Safe but illegal routes to school; Highways becoming safer, still dangerous; Single tracking, here we come; Following in our mistakes; We’re like California, but at least we’re not like New England; Only Boston is more Luddite; And…; Bleedin’ billboard. Keep reading…
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“Priority bus” a valuable part of the transit mix when done right
Regional planners have been focusing their efforts recently on improving transit by creating better and faster bus service. Metro is working hard to develop “priority bus corridors,” with express buses that run more often, more quickly, and more reliably than existing service. And a committee at the Transportation Planning Board has been developing a priority bus… Keep reading…
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Breakfast Links: Narrowing, tunnelling, and bulldozing streets
Suburbs going multi-modal: Fresh off the heels of Virginia’s cul-de-sac ban, VDOT plans to convert two lanes of Reston’s Lawyers Road into two bike lanes, plus a center turn lane. The Reston Association has also recommended reducing the speed limit from 45 to 35 miles per hour. For context, as recently as 1967, Lawyers Road was a one-lane dirt path. (Restonian,… Keep reading…
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Highway departments set on HOT lanes
VDOT and the Commonwealth Transportation Board have made up their minds to add high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes to I-395. Arlington and Alexandria, through which the lanes will pass, aren’t so sure, and claim VDOT hasn’t provided answers to their questions about the impact or benefits of the lanes. As a result, they are taking formal steps to oppose the plan. Keep reading…
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Virginia’s new street connectivity regulations: the specifics
As mentioned Monday, new regulations in Virginia will prohibit residential subdivisions composed purely of culs de sac. Instead, the regulations will require that all new neighborhoods connect, or provide provisions to connect, to surrounding streets and properties. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: It’s the 21st century
Union Station bicycle transit center photos: DC has begun construction on the Union Station bicycle transit center, which will have parking for 150 bikes and lockers, though no shower facilities. DC Bicycle Examiner has more information and a slide show of the station’s construction. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: on and on and on
Columbia Pike streetcar gets design money: Arlington has approved funding to design and plan a Columbia Pike streetcar. This $3 million will let the county work on figuring out how to come up with the rest of the money they need to actually build the thing. (How about having VDOT use more transportation dollars for streetcars instead of all highways all the time?) P.S. I call on all DC… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Figaro qua, Figaro là
Bikes at Shady Grove: Metro is “considering [whether] to allow Montgomery County to build [a] bike path to [the] Shady Grove” Metro station. Metro acknowledges it can’t always afford all desired improvements itself, but is it really questioning whether to allow the County to construct a bike facility using its own dollars? (Examiner)… Keep reading…