Posts about Roads
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Breakfast links: Up in smoke
Pepco no-go; Someone beats the Wiz; No paper trail; Last call; Blunt disagreement; River Road response; Streetcar clap back; FBI price check. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: We could have nice things
Tear it down; DCRA fail; Streetcar haters gonna hate; Rand won’t ride; Housing and poverty linked; USDOT threats; Buzzard Point Marina closed; Let’s move beyond the automobile. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Let’s ride!
Streetcars are open; Retired trains; Separation of powers?; 11th Street bridge in 2019; Fix Fed buildings; Shelter-skelter; Baker attacks Hogan; The architecture of oppression. Keep reading…
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National links: State-sponsored sprawl
Transportation planners in Arkansas are telling residents that turning a highway into a boulevard would be unsafe, dive bars are dying out in urban areas, and might Millennials be over cities? Check out what’s happening around the world in transportation, land use, and other related areas! No boulevard for you: There’s a movement to turn Little Rock’s I-30… Keep reading…
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This summer, Alexandria’s King Street could become a complete street… or not
When it repaves a stretch of King Street this summer, the City of Alexandria wants make it safer for all users. But of the three design options Alexandria is considering, only one would make for a complete street. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Silver clouds and linings
Silver hurt Metro?; Silver helped Fairfax; Can you hear me now?; A second chance for Ramsey; Restaurant restrictions in Georgetown; Bi-County Parkway voted out; Unbalanced statues. Keep reading…
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Could a Fairfax school turn into an urban street grid?
In 2019, the private school Paul VI will move to Loudoun County from its Fairfax City campus. Plans for what to do with the land are starting to take shape, and there’s a big opportunity to make the space walkable and transit-friendly. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Human error
Red light problems; Bad news for buses; Bring on the user fees; WMATA Real talk; Shelter selection woes; United on MetroAccess; Alexandria housing drama; Ivy City is gonna be huge; Power to the principals; Teacher pay tension. Keep reading…
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DC will swap driving lanes for bike lanes in four key places
Around the District, four new sections of bike lanes and protected bikeways will replace existing driving lanes. These are part of four miles of planned new segments that will close gaps in the city’s bike infrastructure. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Costly delays
Slowly to Silver; Metro opens (the wrong) doors; The region on widening; Farragut v Franklin; Bike bills in legislation; A different kind of smoke; Diagnosing DC FEMS; Ban the Box going strong; Tickets for taxis; Weigh in on WMATA funding priorities. Keep reading…