Posts about Roads
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Proposed rules aim to get serious about road safety in DC
The DC government has committed to “Vision Zero,” a goal of eliminating all road deaths. A detailed plan from the Bowser Administration will come out Wednesday, but in the meantime, legislators have been putting forth their own proposals for laws around safety. Four bills in the DC Council about road safety proposals were the subject of a hearing on December 8. Here’s… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Dude, where’s my railcar
New railcars on hold; Strengthen your core; Housing and politics; Meadowlands for DC?; Poor job on job training; Rockville tunnel; No development for Lake Anne; Biz for Prince George’s; FreshPAC money back; MoCo tackles student debt. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: From traffic to transit
Purple proposals are in; DC traffic fines climb; Multimodal demands on 395; Putting up money for murals; Prince William transit woes; Holy affordable housing; No school left behind; Bridging VA to MD; And…. Keep reading…
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For new bike lanes in College Park, there’s good news and bad news
New drawings are out for bike lanes along Route 1 in College Park, between the University of Maryland and Greenbelt Road. The State Highway Administration is now proposing buffered bike lanes on the main street through College Park, but community leaders want a protected bike lane, or at least a bigger buffer. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Going Gray
Gray out of the shadow; What’s up with WMATA?; Bike lanes for Fairfax; Housing boom and bust; Affordable housing on the Hill; Feds in high castles; Factoring in future feds; It’s not the bikes; And…. Keep reading…
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This group built a Metro map out of cans as part of a charity drive
Every year, participants in Canstruction, a charity food drive, create sculptures out of canned goods. This year’s theme was transportation, which led to replicas of the Metro map, Washington Dulles International airport, and a Car2Go. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: In the name of love
DC’s vision zero; Idaho stop in DC; Region together; Dulles subsidy; Richmond to Washington, faster; Send us your poor and educated; DC 2215; Programmable architecture; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Catch the bus
BRT or bust; Hit the ground running; Keep it simple; DC’s dime; Office worker walkers; Feds riding Metro; Transit saves you money; Fairfax school space available; Ditch this deal; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Someday my streetcar will come
Not this year; Sell don’t swap FBI; Charters for change; Metro for all Marylanders; Local labor pool; MoCo’s Bike Master Plan; Billboard fights congestion; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What took so long?
Federal funding, finally; The customer comes first; Shifting demographics in DC; Bus lane support; Locked up in Lorton; Purple line property rights; Seriously, no parking. Keep reading…