Posts about Roads
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If car commercials were honest, this is what they’d look like
A sporty coupe glides joyfully along a seaside highway, all by itself. It’s heaven for the anonymous driver. That’s the standard, ridiculous car commercial. Keep reading…
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New road designs make Tysons more inviting for people on bike and foot
A street in Tysons just underwent some big changes, swapping driving lanes for bike lanes. The new design will make it easier to get around the area by bike and on foot. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Back to school
Share the wealth; Pay up; Design for health; Safety first; Airports and carshare; Pruning pays off; Playing around; Little Free zoning violation. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Spring forward
The SSTC, finally!; Crime keeps climbing; Stagnating rents; What’s next for White Flint; Cities bring safer cycling; Remembering Marion Barry; Make the peds pay; Houston, we have a solution; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: She’s got a ticket to ride
Don’t cross the Potomac; Ride On or not; Split or ride alone; Death on the road; Pershing Park proposals; Count them; Housing vouchers; Cash money; Hot stations; Fun fun fun. Keep reading…
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To bike across the Potomac, most use the 14th Street Bridge or Key Bridge
Most cyclists cross the Potomac River on either the 14th Street Bridge or Key Bridge. Even more people might use these bridges if there were more ways to get to them by bike. Keep reading…
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Complex traffic signals make streets less safe
Streets across the United States are often difficult and dangerous to walk on because wide lanes invite drivers to speed. That isn’t all that makes them dangerous, though: many also have signals that distract drivers and draw their eyes away from the road. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Never change
In the middle of change; Uber-difficult; Metro under the microscope; Take the A+ train; Baltimore on the back burner; Press on; Kensington school concerns; How to pay; Bike bits. Keep reading…
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Petworth residents say changes to a dangerous traffic circle should go further
Many people in Petworth lament how dangerous it is to cross the street and get to Grant Circle, one of their neighborhood parks. DDOT has an initial plan for addressing the problem, but pedestrian advocates say the real way to make the circle safer is to make the streets narrower and add more crosswalks. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: All aboard
Purple Line negotiations; Making Metro safer; A bus stop after all; Metro as a marketing tool; De-escalating; DC power; School for grown-ups; BnB fee; Bike bits. Keep reading…