Posts about District of Columbia
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How road design could stop drivers smashing into Dolcezza
Twice in the last three months, a car has careened through the storefront windows at 6th and Penn Street NE, on the western side of Gallaudet. The crashes are symptoms of a common problem: drivers reaching dangerously high speeds on 6th between Florida Avenue and Brentwood Parkway. Here are some thoughts on how to fix that. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Priority and population
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A trail from NoMa to the National Arboretum is in the works
Planning is officially underway for a new pedestrian and bike trail parallel to New York Avenue NE. The trail would run from NoMa through Ivy City and out to the National Arboretum. Keep reading…
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A bridge used to connect Eckington and Brentwood
A better way to get from the Metropolitan Branch Trail (MBT) to Union Market seems like a no brainer, especially as the neighborhoods on both sides of the railroad tracks grow. While various studies of what to do here continue, a similar connection used to exist at T Street NE. Keep reading…
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How urban foresters made Canal Road’s new traffic signal way more useful
In December, a traffic signal went up on Canal Road near Fletcher’s Boathouse, meaning there’s now a safe way for pedestrians and cyclists to cross that very recently did not exist. But if it weren’t for the work of DDOT’s urban foresters, a key sidewalk leading up to the crossing would still be totally useless. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Site and sound
Location, location, location; A signal of the start; Noisy neighbors; DC’s newest union members; Might still merge; Back to basics; A national transit map; Let’s build a better bike city. Keep reading…
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15th Street’s protected bikeway is a sidewalk now
At 15th and L Street NW, where construction is underway to turn the now former Washington Post building into Fannie Mae’s new headquarters, the protected bikeway is also serving as a sidewalk. DC’s policies say this kind of situation should be avoided if at all possible, and in this particular case, it could be. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New homes and homeless
Housing vs plaza; Maker space and more; Homeless in Georgetown; Metro passes for students; Click for paratransit?; Purple Line details; Rail not welcome; Where Williams works; Crime down; Raiding the wrong house. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Broke passage, new passes
Arlington Memorial Bridge is falling down; A new way to pay fare; By the numbers; Minimum wage waits; Metro tightens its belt; Bad housing math; Poor parking policy; A sketch on the streetcar. Keep reading…
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Here are the answers to whichStreetcar
On Tuesday, we celebrated the opening of the DC Streetcar line with a whichStreetcar contest. Here are the answers. How did you do? We got 26 guesses. Nineteen got all five. Great work! Keep reading…