Posts about Roads
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Breakfast links: Future visions
Data-based sting; Affordability counts; Keep the warehouses; Hard choices; Schools shift credit; Highway funding fixes; I hate the interstate; And…. Keep reading…
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Finally, the stop signs residents pushed for… along with some startling news
Residents near the intersections of Kansas Avenue and Quincy Street NW spent the last few years asking for four-way stop signs at the intersection. Recently, the intersection saw two traffic collisions on the same day. The stop signs followed soon after. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Safety first
MPD on the MBT; Striping for safety; Metro, meet Congress; More Parkway CaBi; More rides for Metrorail; Still poor; The new ghost town; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rides for all
No room on the bus; Keeping Metro safe; Rockville debates Confederate monument; Set up shop; Not an accident; Nats fans use Metro. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Hogan’s plans
New deadlines; Highway veteran; On the waterfront; Vision zero kick-off; Green schools are too much; Transportation bill moves; The other side of the tracks; Shifting right; Frequent driver miles. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Tough times
So many troubles; Cracked silver; Catch a (compliant) cab; VRE safety; Victory!; Tap and go. Keep reading…
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Ask GGW: Why is the street grid lopsided east of Georgia Ave NW?
The street grid east of Georgia Avenue and south of Madison Street is slightly lopsided, with horizontal streets angled slightly towards the northeast and vertical streets angled slightly towards the northwest. Reader Robb wants to know why this is the case. Truth be told, we’re not sure. What we do know is that the neighborhoods that this section of Georgia Avenue… Keep reading…
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Virginia pressures Maryland to add Legion Bridge HOT lanes
Virginia transportation officials plan to recommend a new strategy to address travel between Maryland and Virginia: Pressure Maryland into extending Virginia’s Beltway HOT lanes across the American Legion Bridge, all the way to I-270. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: For the city
From the top; Failure to launch; Water works; Not bigger, just pricier; Bike share is not a boondoggle; Somebody help; Paved with plastic; And…. Keep reading…
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A Maryland road widening will be more costly than the transit it replaces
Maryland governor Larry Hogan wants to build roads with money saved from cancelling the Baltimore Red Line and cutting back the Purple Line. The governor says the two light rail lines cost too much. But his marquee highway project, a wider Route 404 on the Eastern Shore, looks to be far less cost-effective than either. The Route 404 widening will turn 12 miles of two-lane… Keep reading…