Posts about Walking
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Breakfast links: Tackling crime
Electronic thefts up on Metro; To catch a Metro thief; Bollards not boutiques for Poplar Point?; Cab fares won’t be capped; Wells investigating city vehicles; Howard County proactive on aggressive driving; Maryland considers reckless driving bill; And…. Keep reading…
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Struck in DC last week: 12 pedestrians, 2 cyclists
Here are some of last week’s reported pedestrian and cyclist crashes in the District. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Symbols of sprawl
Walmart reveals suburban site plan; ICC not (yet) causing sprawl; Kwame Brown insisted on “fully loaded” SUV; Get hit in PW, get a ticket; VA legislature has no time to hear from you; T is for trouble; Conservative columnist supports rail spending. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: On the streets of Arlington
Cyclist doored, police don’t take report; Arlington rejects design by fire truck; Is Rosslyn evolving?; Klein defends DDOT; Businesses fight late-night cuts; Various guards don’t know you can photograph buildings; Coucil may raid solar rebates; News without wires; And…. Keep reading…
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Silver Spring construction shuts sidewalks, violating policy
Ongoing residential construction on three projects in Silver Spring needlessly closed sidewalks, forcing pedestrians to either navigate confusing, circuitous detours or to walk in the roadway. For neighbors, it’s been an ongoing nightmare. Keep reading…
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Ped/bike safety enforcement stories, part 3: Charles Schwartz
At Friday’s hearing on pedestrian and bicycle safety enforcement. Sally Schwartz related the story of her father, Charles Schwartz, killed at Connecticut and Nebraska Avenues by a driver allegedly on his cell phone. Keep reading…
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Enforce sidewalk shoveling, especially for large properties
This morning at 10 is a DC Council hearing on Tommy Wells’ and Mary Cheh’s bill to fix the enforcement rules for unshoveled sidewalks so DC can realistically write tickets. Now that Tommy Wells is chairing the committee, chances for passage are very good. Below is my testimony. Mr. Chairman, My wife has knee and ankle problems which have been a struggle for several… Keep reading…
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Where is the AARP on urbanist issues?
The AARP is one of the nation’s largest lobbies, spending over $20 million per year on lobbying. The AARP also supports livable communities. So why is advocacy for livable communities heroically carried out by small non-profits that few have heard of? This asymmetry between the advocates for urbanism and urbanism’s actual constituency is largely responsible… Keep reading…
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Ped/bike safety enforcement stories, part 2: Nancy Szemraj
At Friday’s hearing on pedestrian and bicycle safety enforcement. Nancy Szemraj explained how her daughter was hit last June, while crossing Connecticut Avenue at Macomb Street, by a driver running a red light, and suffered long-term physical and emotional scars. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Virginia all-in for roads
VA senate passes McDonnell’s roads plan; Wider roads top priority in new report; More “design by fire truck”; DoD should be chipping in for transportation; Evans unfazed by Snyder lawsuit; Development team selected for New Carrollton; Pepco frustration continues, MoCo eyes other options; More research says cities safer than suburbs for kids; Remembering freedom bus rides; And…. Keep reading…