Posts about Roads
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Breakfast links: The worst bus stop in America?
This bus stop is awful; A new home for Metro?; Now you can connect; Passengers prevail over cargo; Mega-wide Pike; Road revisions; More TOD for Reston; And…. Keep reading…
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67 Congress members to feds: Measure the movement of people, not cars
The federal government hands states about $40 billion a year for transportation, money they can basically spend however they want. The result in many places is a lot of expensive, traffic-inducing highways that get clogged with cars soon after they’re finished. Can measuring the effect of all this spending lead to better decisions? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Derailed and delayed
Derailment on the Orange and Silver Lines; Still up for public input; Can’t stop won’t stop RPP; Wizards facility price goes up; Better buses for I-66; Trip tracking not just for fun; Red signal special; Charlotte’s solid walls; Keeping up with the Joneses. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: On to IZ
Affordable housing in the zone; Fewer parking spots near Silver; Take note, WMATA; Bikeshare for Falls Church; Housing hot in Arlington; Red light for Red Line; Smaller spots and remote lots; And…. Keep reading…
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DC’s 43,766 acres: 25% “roads,” 2% high-rises
The District of Columbia spans over 68 square miles. About half its land area goes to buildings, 20% is open space, and over a quarter is “road infrastructure.” Among residential land, half is single family detached houses while high-rise apartments occupy less than 2% of DC’s total. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Step back, doors closing (early)
Goodnight, Metro; More bus bays coming; SafeTrack chief speaks; Sunny days ahead; Slowing traffic slowly; If you build it, will they come?; Children can’t play; Contentious cranium; Term limits?; Brake for Bigfoot. Keep reading…
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This video compares LA’s streets of 70 years ago to today’s
How does a street change in 70 years? In some ways a lot, and in others, not at all, as this video of Los Angeles from the New Yorker shows. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Build that housing
Permit effects on housing; H Street’s newest connection; Mixed income with a community pool; Development east of the Anacostia; Maryland Ave NE road diet; Fight over Metro firing; Uber surges and SafeTrack; Open gangways for NYC’s subway. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Headlines, bread-lines blow my mind
Rent is outpacing income; Rent is lower than SF, NY; “Sue the suburbs” gets a win; New wmata.com; “Privatize” Metro?; Bidding for paratransit; Car2go, the car killer; Meals on wheels; Automation and safety. Keep reading…
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Traffic jams are up during SafeTrack
Getting from Point A to Point B by car has taken longer than usual during SafeTrack, and while people changed when they commute during some of the work surges, few changed their actual routes. Those are two of the key takeaways from an analysis of rush hour congestion during SafeTrack that came out on Monday. Keep reading…