Transportation
Greater Greater Washington writes about how people get around the Washington region, whether on Metro, buses, streetcars, driving, walking, biking, or any other method.
One of the region’s strengths is the wide range of options for travel. There are many walkable places in DC, Maryland, and Virginia where people could choose transit, walk or bike, or if they don’t have their own car, grab a shared vehicle or hail a ride. This reduces the need to own cars, saving people money and reducing traffic congestion.
As our region grows, it is imperative to continue to make these options safe, economical, and available to even more people. It is imperative to ensure safe sidewalks and bicycle infrastructure, expand transit options, and add housing near existing transit stations.
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Pennsylvania Avenue cycle track slated for May
Cycle tracks on M Street SE/SW may be a gleam in Tommy Wells’ eye right now, but DDOT is hoping to move forward aggressively to build cycle tracks on several roads in downtown DC including Pennsylvania Avenue, a road Congressman Earl Blumenauer is eager to see get the cycle treatment. According to DDOT’s announcement, in addition to Pennsylvania, they plan to install… Keep reading…
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Wells wants to “complete” M Street SE/SW with cycle tracks
At the public meeting on M Street SE/SW, the subject that CouncilMember Tommy Wells wanted to discuss most was change: a changing neighborhood, a changing population, a changing idea of transportation in the city and most of all a changed M Street. While many people were enthusiastic about the proposal, ANC commissioners and leaders of other neighborhood groups were the most… Keep reading…
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Google Maps launches bike directions
Google has added a long-awaited feature to Google Maps: bike directions. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Things to oppose, to support, to do
Giant billboards at Gallery Place?; Should Georgetown dream of seceding?; Support bag fees in MD; Hear Monument Wars author Savage; Alexandria dispatch: Bikes and BRAC; Visit Arlington, go to summer 2009 festival; Who you calling a gentrifier?. Keep reading…
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Plans envision a “green street” for C Street, NE
Capitol Hill residents recently reviewed traffic-calming options for C Street, NE including separated bike paths (“cycle tracks”), reducing lanes, bulb-outs, “chicanes” where the road curves from side to side, reconfigured intersections, medians, stormwater bioretention araes, and more. C Street, NE through northeastern Capitol Hill serves… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rich counties should support transit
FairShareMetro.com; NACTO keeps taking our great people; Why are our suburbs so rich?; Enough on the tax breaks?; Growth at any cost, anywhere; Oops, we built in an environmentally sensitive spot; Sarles: good manager, not so open?. Keep reading…
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Get Metro a fair share
A coalition of transit groups have just created FairShareMetro.com to ask local governments to increase their contributions to WMATA and share cost of transit with riders. If local governments collectively contributed $73.7 million, we could balance the WMATA budget without painful service cuts such as no 8-car trains at rush hours, no Yellow Line on weekends, earlier… Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: So many events and links, so little time
Next American Party; Channel 4 blames the pedestrians; Why does government hate cities?; Broad Run garage a white elephant?; Perkins’ parking picks; Sprawler to run planning?; Rent control for Montgomery?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bad design, bad attitude
3 ped crashes, one hour; More safety along Connecticut; Big idea: clear sidewalks; I don’t walk, so walkability is bunk; Anti-density of the week; Yes, a bicycle is a transportation device; Virginia Avenue bike tunnel?. Keep reading…
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Weekend video: VRE 2010, San Francisco 1903
On Friday’s WAMU Politics Hour, Prince William Chairman Corey Stewart (R) discussed his opposition to a proposed VRE express train that would skip Prince William entirely. Tom Sherwood asked if VRE is “working” or “making money.” To the first question, Stewart replied, absolutely. No form of [transportation] makes money. Even… Keep reading…