Posts about Roads
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Baltimore swapped a car lane for bike lanes on Harford Road. Will the city do it again?
This past May, Baltimore swapped a car lane for bike lanes on one of the busiest and most dangerous stretches of one of its busiest and most dangerous roads. Some local officials hope the Hamilton Business District Streetscape Project serves as a model transforming other busy Baltimore streets. Others say the freeway has been turned into a “parking lot.” Keep reading…
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Happy Halloween! Stay safe on these scary roads around the region.
While donning a costume and gorging on candy is pretty sweet, Halloween can be a scary time to navigate streets on foot or bicycle. Since more people are commuting in the dark, fatality rates for vulnerable road users tend to go up as days become shorter and when daylight saving time ends (this year, that’s on November 3). Keep reading…
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In just 5 hours, volunteers collected over 300 bike lane violations in Arlington
On October 17, 40 volunteers and I spread out across bike lanes in Crystal City, Rosslyn, and Ballston to see just how many drivers stop in or otherwise block bicycle lanes. We collected more than 300 bike lane violations in just five hours! Keep reading…
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How can Arlington Boulevard be safer for all road users?
VDOT is thinking about the future of Arlington Boulevard/Route 50 through Falls Church, and it created a survey to understand what the public thinks and wants to be done in the area. Keep reading…
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After a pedestrian dies in a bus crash, Richmond sees renewed calls for better infrastructure
Last week, Alice E. Woodson died after she stepped into a bus lane and was struck by a Greater Richmond Transit Company (GRTC) Pulse driver, leaving Richmond stunned. As Virginia’s capital grapples with grief, a consensus is emerging around what should be done to improve pedestrian safety along one of the city’s main corridors and only bus rapid transit line. Keep reading…
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Check out these beautiful color-coded maps of the region’s streets and roads
Street names can tell stories. Sometimes street names give us big headlines, like when Route 1 in Crystal City was recently changed from “Jefferson Davis Highway” to “Richmond Highway.” Sometimes street names reveal unexpected details. Beach Drive, in Rock Creek Park, has a surprisingly landlocked origin story. Its namesake, Lansing Hoskins Beach, was born in Iowa. Keep reading…
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Fairfax Board of Supervisors hopefuls Sperling and Herrity debate housing & transportation
In the Springfield district in southwestern Fairfax County, Democrat Linda Sperling hopes to beat the Board of Supervisors’ only incumbent Republican, Pat Herrity. The two squared off at a forum hosted by the Springfield District Council Monday night, where they showed clear differences on road expansion versus transit and on denser, multi-family housing. Keep reading…
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Maryland wants to slash its funding for transit, and it would hit Baltimore hard
The Maryland Department of Transportation is slashing transit funding over the next six years by $345 million, and the cuts will hit Baltimore particularly hard. The list of new transit projects in the pipeline for the Baltimore area until 2025 consists of a single pedestrian bridge at the Patapsco light rail station south of the Baltimore City-County line. Keep reading…
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Part of Georgia Avenue will be closed to cars for Open Streets this weekend
As we reported in August, a three-mile section of Georgia Avenue will be closed to automobile traffic—but open to people!—on Saturday, October 5 between 10 am and 2 pm. This is the District’s inaugural Open Streets event. Keep reading…
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A shuttered section of West Virginia Avenue gets new life with a kid-friendly mural
A new “playable” mural has been painted on a small segment of street that’s been closed to cars in the Near Northeast neighborhood. The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) just finished these kid-friendly designs on a short section of West Virginia Avenue at 8th and K streets. Keep reading…