Posts about Russia
Diplomats flout parking laws: Foreign embassies owe DC $500,000 in unpaid parking tickets. Russia owes $27,200 in unpaid fines, while the UK owes just $20. The city confirmed that it does occasionally boot and tow diplomats' cars. (WTOP) (Comment)
Dostoevsky on DC: DC and St. Petersburg, Russia, were both designed as national capitals. A close reading of Dostoevsky and Gogol reveals the cities share a lot in common from calculated street systems to calculating, systematic bureaucrats. (TBD) (Comment)
And...: The dream of a railroad connecting Russia and Alaska lives on. (MSNBC) ... Buy a house in Baltimore for $10,000. (Baltimore Sun) ... A DDOT customer service center will replace an art gallery that's been living rent-free in the Reeves Center. (City Paper) (Comment)
How Moscow handles its escalators: The Russian capital keeps its Metro escalators operating, vital to clearing rush-hour platforms in very deep stations before another full train comes 90 seconds later. However, they do have the money to keep 3,000 mechanics on staff and post dedicated escalator watchers at every station to intervene the moment a problem arises. (Post) (Comment)
DIY subway: One man in Russia is single-handedly building a subway system underneath his neighborhood. He has been working on it since 1984. It even has permits. (English Russia via Planetizen) (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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