Posts about Roads
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Breakfast links: Give thanks you survived
Really mean holiday streets; Traffic cameras blah blah blah; We’re paying for their cars; Youth pushed into train; ‘Round about Loudoun; Jim Lehrer, transit aficionado. Keep reading…
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Comment on Greater Washington’s future
Today is the last day to comment on the Greater Washington 2050 report. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Water water everywhere
Metro migraines; The Mall Map; Two-driver car replaces driverless cars?; I was wondering that too; Right hand, meet left hand’s billboard; Driving on the left in Missouri; Not Rhombus Heights. Keep reading…
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Traffic on and around WAMU
On Wednesday, Diane Rehm talked traffic with Traffic author Tom Vanderbilt, Deputy US Secretary of Transportation John Porcari, and Brookings fellow Robert Puentes. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Sharing is caring
DC close to deal with Bixi?; Rent out your car (in Baltimore); Half of highway costs are subsidized; Taxi discrimination confirmed; The secret, deadly crosswalk; Broke? Add more lanes anyway!; And…. Keep reading…
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Plan for bikes, peds, transit as well as cars? Heresy!
Would it bring doomsday to weigh sustainability in the region’s growth and promote wider choice in transportation? If you listen to Virginia road booster Bob Chase or AAA Mid-Atlantic, thinking broadly would be the greatest disaster since the extinction of dinosaurs. Please submit comments on the Greater Washington 2050 report. It recommends shaping the region’s… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Few consequences
Shot a cyclist? It’s OK; Let there be light, and airport buses; Desire lines of Brasilia; Be on the Planning Board; Tweet your space; Everybody wants biotech. Keep reading…
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Sidewalks, median, and two-way streets among Glover Park recommendations
DDOT is recommending pedestrian improvements, bike lanes, consolidating bus stops, two-way streets, a Wisconsin Avenue median, performance parking and more in their recently-completed Glover Park Transportation Study. Toole Design Group conducted the study on behalf of DDOT. They conducted a survey of residents, which found that 33% commute by bus compared to 20% by car,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Parking and/or central Maryland
Check the foundation first please; Champlain Street lane open; Floating houses, underground parking; Don’t take a taxi to work; “Dundalk pays, Potomac plays”; Street-facing, and retail, but not street-facing retail; Dorsey-Oriented Tunnel. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Take it away
PG policy: No ped safety unless there are more peds; Leasebacks still squeezing cities; That would be enough bike infrastructure; Coming soon to DC neighborhoods; Chat with Gabe Klein; On two coasts; Rule 1, don’t hit other trains. Keep reading…