Comments on Breakfast links: More tickets - Greater Greater Washington

Comment by Beatbox

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 10:54:01 EDT

Housing for Hipsters--yes, let's prioritize those who choose to be poor instead of those who do not have much choice in the matter.

Comment by Sam

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 11:59:11 EDT

@ Falls Church

I emailed DDOT today to ask about the status of the L&M cycletracks. I haven't heard any news in many months and would like to know the status too. Haven't yet heard back from DDOT though.

Comment by Fischy (Ed F.)

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 11:57:32 EDT

About that "more tickets" headline -- and, for that matter, the bit about faster roads -- the cameras on the buses are an excellent idea to enforce a wholly justifiable safety rule that is inherently unsafe to violate -- to protect children who are not good at protecting themselves. The same is not true for many of the speed cameras, which all too often are placed in locations or in directions that are calculated to catch violators without impacting safety in any real way. If the idea is to get folks to slow down generally, that doesn't happen -- people learn where the cameras are and just slow down then before speeding up again. That's how I approach the so-called "work zone" on the north side of the Beltway.

As for making the roads safer for seniors, I think the critical analysis offered on the linked blog is just wrong. The recommendations would help senior drivers. Wider lanes -- the blogger says they do nothing to avoid the events that put accidents in motion.. This is not so. One huge problem seniors have is staying in their lanes. Drifting into other lanes is a huge road hazard, which wider lanes lanes would significantly reduce. I grew up just off the Bronx River Parkway. It's extremely curvy, and has the narrowest lanes of any highway I've ever driven on. You have to be constantly on alert for drivers drifting out of their lane. In fact, there are several stone bridges over this road which is two lanes in each direction. The lanes do not narrow under the bridges, but motorists drive as if they do. Though there are two lanes, it's highly unsafe to pass through one of these overpasses with another car on your right, because that driver will be panicked by being forced to stay in his/her lane.

My mother is 86 and says she isn't scared of driving on fast highways, but won't drive at night and is terrified of hitting pedestrians that she wouldn't see in time...on local roads and parking areas.

Straighter roads, wider lanes -- do allow or faster speeds. We shouldn't fear that, and we shouldn't artifically hold down the speed limits that are calibrated for different roads.

Comment by HogWash

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 11:34:03 EDT

Debonis' Redskins article is more blah blah blah. It's no secret that there is little Gray will be able to do that will capture his "One City" campaign. The anti's will have it no other way.

I'm not sure how much of a story the DDOT testimonials are..as they relate to the car-free lifestyle @DDOT. I imagine the same can be said for most DC residents who don't (but are able to) own cars.

Comment by @SamuelMoore

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 11:05:41 EDT

@ Falls Church DC Brau at an Arlington event? WTF?

Also, it's the "4" that really lets you know it's a hipsters only event...

Comment by Steve Strauss

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 10:37:30 EDT

Many DDOT employees are carless by choice.

Comment by Falls Church

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 10:22:04 EDT

If you call something "housing 4 hipsters" by definition, it is not for hipsters. Once you define a hipster, it dies. Like the uncertainty principle.

PBR??? More like DC Brau.

Great news about a couple of minor bike lane additions. But, what about those L&M cycletracks?!?!

Comment by LoLo

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 09:44:38 EDT

@Nick

Dude, you just blew my mind.

And if they really wanted to attract hipsters, instead of "housing 4 hipsters" they should have called it "colloquium of the mustache host and associated habitats." Now THAT would get you a hipster crowd.

Comment by Joe

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 09:15:09 EDT

Great piece from DeBonis; we need to keep up the pressure to ensure that Reservation 13 becomes the kind of neighborhood that will benefit the surrounding areas and the whole city rather than a professional sports facility.

Comment by Tim

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 09:14:18 EDT

Bill Shuster, not Bud. Bud is Bill's father, and was an earmark king back in his day. Drive through southern central Pennsylvania and you're bound to see a few pieces of infrastructure named after him.

Comment by Nick

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 08:47:06 EDT

Arlington is way too square for hipsters. There's nothing to gentrify!

Although, I guess it would be really ironic to live there if you are a hipster.

Comment by charlie

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 08:46:23 EDT

The bus I was riding was caught behind a car double parked in rush hour on M st last night. At lesast 10 minutes of honking. Bus mounted camereas a a no-brainer. I'd tinker with penalty system (one fine for rush hour parking, another for actually blocking a bus). You still need police on the ground however -- either to get the driver to move, or tow the vehicle in question.