Posts about Albany
How not to build BRT: Albany and Schenectady's Bus Rapid Transit has been downgraded to regular limited-stop service because there wasn't space for dedicated lanes. Queue jumpers were installed but are used by cars instead. (Albany Times-Union) (Comment)
Free bus with your bread: Many supermarkets have loyalty programs that give free gas to shoppers, and most of those programs neglect to provide a similar benefit to their non-driving customers, like free transit. Now, Albany Price Chopper stores will offer bus discounts as well as gas. (WTEN) (Comment)
Big space, little space: While in Albany, Daniel Nairn photographed two spaces, one a large, Modernist civic plaza and the other a nearby old cobblestone street. It's clear which is more pleasant for humans. (Discovering Urbanism) (Comment)
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Successful speed cameras require fair speed limits
- Successful speed cameras require fair speed limits
- Amid scandal, don't lose sight of Gray's policy achievements
- Montgomery plans 160-mile, "gold standard" BRT system
- VDOT ignores own data, pushes widening I-66
- DC's parks are 5th best in the nation, says "Park Score"
- Bethesda gets new but terrible bike racks
- DC's divide need not be black and white
Thu May 24
6:30 pm M Street SE/SW public meeting
Wed May 30
10:00 am Bike-ped safety enforcement hearing
Mon Jun 4
Wed Jun 6
6:30 pm WMATA Riders' Advisory Council
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