Posts tagged Sam Zimbabwe
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Why the streetcar from Union Station to Georgetown died (mostly)
“DC Streetcar to Georgetown is dead,” read the headline. But the once-proposed DC Streetcar extension, likely in dedicated lanes, from Union Station to Georgetown didn’t just die. It died a long time ago. It’s just that reporters saw the death certificate, and that lent a certain finality to what many suspected and others already knew. Keep reading…
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Ellen Jones will be DDOT’s new Chief Project Delivery Officer
When Sam Zimbabwe left to head Seattle’s Department of Transportation, he left some big shoes to fill. That position will now go to Ellen Jones, who is currently Deputy Executive Director of the Downtown DC Business Improvement District and previously headed up the Washington Area Bicyclist Association. Keep reading…
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DDOT’s Sam Zimbabwe is leaving for Seattle
Sam Zimbabwe, the Chief Project Delivery Officer for the District Department of Transportation, will be moving across the country to lead the Seattle Department of Transportation. Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan announced the pick Tuesday afternoon. Keep reading…
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Flowerpots create a safer pedestrian crossing from Gallaudet to Union Market
Large flowerpots recently appeared on 6th Street NE along a crosswalk connecting Gallaudet University to Union Market. These aren’t the work of a rogue gardener; they’re a way for the city to narrow the crossing and enhance pedestrian safety. Keep reading…
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No, DC is not abandoning plans for most streetcar lines
If you read the headlines in the Post and WAMU today, you might come away thinking that the DC government has decided not to try to build a streetcar line on Georgia Avenue or from Anacostia to Buzzard Point. But that would be wrong. What’s going on? What happened yesterday is the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) announced three finalists for its contract… Keep reading…
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Will DC’s streetcar weary council embrace the ambitious moveDC plan?
In this second installment of Streetsblog’s interview with DDOT officials about moveDC, the conversation steered to the practicality of congestion pricing, implementation of the plan, and the elephant in the room: Whether a DC Council that just dramatically cut streetcar funding has the appetite to fund progressive transportation. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Silver Line cause and effect
Will Silver bring blue?; What can Green teach about Silver?; Back to school for mixed use; Virginia tells Uber to cease; EPA rule’s impacts will vary; A utility model for funding transit; New bus adjusts to riders; Voters gain development veto power; Seattle gives street space to kids; How the battle was won. Keep reading…
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“Every street’s going to prioritize pedestrians,” says moveDC’s lovely fine print
Livable streets advocates all over the country are buzzing about DC’s far-sighted new transportation plan, called moveDC. Yesterday, Streetsblog sat down to interview some of the people responsible for writing and implementing the plan. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Room on the sidewalk
Sidewalk cafes pay more?; Gardens sprout downtown; What’s new in new Metro cars; Some motion on 16th Street?; Federal St. E’s faces more hurdles; Money means restaurants; Slow down in Paris; Unlivable highways foil livable communities; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Pass the popcorn
Big screen trend; Are traditional downtowns over?; Will Metropolitan Branch ever be finished?; Older transit networks yield more growth; Churches everywhere dislike bike lanes; Makers and takers; DC’s changing demographics; And…. Keep reading…