Posts about Roads
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When governments make road data public, anyone can help make roads safer
This map shows where people have been caught speeding in Montgomery County this summer. If DC and other local jurisdictions released more open data, we could make maps like this for places all over the region. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: A new path for WMATA
Sayonara; Changing course; Time to say goodbye?; Help needed; Taking the leap?; Experimenting; Planning for tomorrow; A new challenge; And…; Thank you. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What’s on the Pike?
Plans for the Pike; Loss of communication; Schools, the commute killer; Quarry’s coming; I believe in MPD; Behind Marriott’s move; Suburbia, socially engineered; Cruising out of style; And…. Keep reading…
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The MARC’s Brunswick Line only goes one way in the AM and the other in the PM. It could do both.
Service on the MARC Brunswick Line only runs one way at a time: toward DC in the morning and away from DC in the afternoon and evening, on weekdays only. Some MARC riders think there is a simple way to make service between DC and Brunswick run both ways in the early and mid-afternoon. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Help wanted
Job unwanted; Slow MoCo; Vote of no confidence; Merger short-circuited; Watch your step; Beyond White Flint; Region is changing; Bridge to the new; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Spin
Crisis “management”; Cracks slow construction; Safety drill not up to snuff; What to do about murders?; More bikes, less congestion; Free rides for kids; A fair housing fix; Transportation conundrum; And…. Keep reading…
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Which local news sources did good actual reporting on the bad Texas A&M traffic study?
Every two years, a research institute at Texas A&M comes out with a flawed report on traffic. Each time, other transportation analysts debunk it. But most reporters breathlessly regurgitate quotes from author Tim Lomax every time without doing any actual reporting of their own. How did our local reporters fare this year? Keep reading…
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A protected bikeway will soon come to C Street NE
New bike lanes and walkways headline DDOT’s plans for a new C Street NE. The changes will go a long way in making it a complete street that’s safe for everyone. Keep reading…
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Hey look, that flawed Texas A&M traffic study is back and grabbing the usual headlines
The Texas Transportation Institute today released another one of its periodic reports on traffic congestion. This one ranked the DC area first in delay per car commuter. The last report, in 2012, came under considerable criticism for its flawed methodology, and the new one doesn’t seem to have changed much, though its author sounds a little more sophisticated about possible… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Slow down
If you build them; Keeping kids safe; Metro slows; Don’t stop; From streetcar to monorail; Electric merger rejected; Don’t yield to the law; And…. Keep reading…