Posts tagged South Capitol Street
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Gawk at DC’s beautiful new design for the South Capitol Street bridge
DC's design for the new Frederick Douglass Bridge is a soaring marvel of modern aesthetics. Keep reading…
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To bid a Navy ship farewell, this DC bridge swung open for one of the last times
For the last 30 years, an old Navy destroyer lived on the Anacostia River, at the Navy Yard. On Saturday, the soon-to-be-replaced South Capitol Street Bridge swung open for one of the last times to make way for the ship’s final voyage. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Help wanted
Job unwanted; Slow MoCo; Vote of no confidence; Merger short-circuited; Watch your step; Beyond White Flint; Region is changing; Bridge to the new; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New connections
To market, to market; Surprise opening; Bridge bonus; Tolling treat; Game day mode share; Who’s who; Fatal flaw; And…. Keep reading…
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Here’s what will (hopefully) happen in DC transportation over the next two years
DC will have more sidewalks, bike lanes, bus signal priority, real-time screens, many more finished studies, and other changes two years from now, if the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) follows through on a strong new “Action Plan” released today. The moveDC plan is a forward-thinking, ambitious, and comprehensive vision for transportation across… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Why cities?
Cities for everyone; For affordable housing, change zoning; Cities made for walking; Bike around construction; Tunnel delays; Takoma Park saves energy; Save South Capitol for pedestrians; Transit and food deserts; If you build it … ?; And…. Keep reading…
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Honor Frederick Douglass and DC with a worthy new bridge design
The Federick Douglass Bridge, which carries South Capitol Street over the Anacostia, will soon be rebuilt. It’s on one of DC’s main axes from the Capitol and honors a singular champion of the rights of all people regardless of race, ethnicity, or sex. But the result, so far, is an anticlimactic highway bridge that hunkers down instead of soaring. Keep reading…
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Cheh funds 11th Street Bridge Park, trees and recreation for Ivy City, and an Upper Northwest pool
Transportation chair Mary Cheh has released her serious budget proposals today, and has added funding to design and build a park on the piers of the old 11th Street Bridge, give the neglected Ivy City neighborhood new trees and a recreation center, and more. Keep reading…
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The new Frederick Douglass Bridge won’t connect to the Suitland Parkway Trail
The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) is proposing a new Frederick Douglas Memorial Bridge that will not connect to the Suitland Parkway Trail through Anacostia. The Suitland Parkway Trail’s trailhead is only one mile from the proposed bridge. DDOT will invest $600 million in a new South Capitol Street / Frederick Douglas Memorial Bridge across the Anacostia… Keep reading…
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New Douglass Bridge could be best bike bridge in DC
Last night, DDOT presented their latest design for the new Frederick Douglass Bridge, where South Capitol Street crosses the Anacostia. While the racetrack ovals proposed for both ends of the bridge have drawn criticism, the bridge itself has the potential to be DC’s best for bicyclists. Keep reading…