Posts about Parking
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What’s happening this week
The District is getting back into full swing after the quiet of August. Lots going on this week: here’s a small sampling. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Frustrated about driving edition
The great bike lane debate continues: Friday’s post on right hooks and Alice Swanson reignited the debate over bike lanes. Do they make cyclists safer (by giving them dedicated space) or less safe (by moving them next to traffic where turning cars can hit them)? Infosnack HQ found this thoughtful paper on the issue. Keep reading…
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Pay-as-you-drive or pay-as-you-drive-safely?
Pay-as-you-drive auto insurance is an important tool to unbundle the costs of driving. Today, car insurance premiums depend on the driver’s record and amount of experience, but have almost nothing to do with whether the policyholder drives one thousand miles a year or one hundred thousand miles a year. The more you drive, the better deal you get on your insurance. That’s… Keep reading…
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Positive resident activism: Shell no!
Shell wants to build a new gas station at the corner of 12th Keep reading…
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Parking minimums irrelevant to Georgetown waterfront
At the Zoning Commission hearing on parking minimums a month ago, opponents of parking reform argued that removing minimums would cause widespread chaos. Barbara Zartman, of the Committee of 100, used her neighborhood of Georgetown as an example of a neighborhood built without minimums. She was trying to argue that Georgetown’s traffic and parking difficulties were a consequence… Keep reading…
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DC USA: SmartBike yes (eventually), racks in garage no
New Columbia Heights talked to DDOT’s bicycle program manager, Jim Sebastian, who confirmed that there will be a SmartBike station in Columbia Heights once SmartBike’s next round of expansion gets going (time indeterminate). Keep reading…
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Lunch links: Sprawl advocacy pro and con edition
Safety for their schools, not others: The Town of Chevy Chase is slowing traffic around one of its schools while, as ACT points out, advocating for a Purple Line bus alignment that would send rapid buses right past another school outside their limits. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Special interests edition
Roger Lewis on the Park and Shop: In his latest appearance on Kojo, architect Roger Lewis talks about the role of politics in historic preservation, including the loss of historic neighborhoods in Southwest in the 1960s, the Park and Shop at the Cleveland Park Metro, the MLK Library, and the closing of G Street to build the Verizon Center. Keep reading…
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Golden Gate congestion pricing out, performance parking in
After New York rejected congestion pricing Keep reading…
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The San Francisco way: curb cuts
San Francisco’s streets are filled with curb cuts for individual houses, sometimes to an absurd level. Each curb cut takes away a parking space (or, in the best case, about two-thirds of one) to create one off-street space, and along the way makes the street and the houses less inviting, less walkable, and less attractive. Here are some more examples:… Keep reading…