Posts tagged Terry Bellamy
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The DC Streetcar starts service on Saturday. It took a wild ride to get here.
When DC’s H Street and Benning Road streetcar opens on February 27, it’ll run on rails that were first installed almost seven years earlier. We’ve been talking about this project since 2008, with hundreds of posts. The following is a little walk down memory lane to look at everything that’s happened. 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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DDOT director and chief engineer are leaving
A source in the DC government just passed along the news that District Department of Transportation (DDOT) Director Terry Bellamy and Chief Engineer Ronaldo “Nick” Nicholson are leaving the agency. We don’t yet have information on exactly when they will leave, or where they are going. This is another step in what is likely to be a long string of high-profile… Keep reading…
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DDOT removes traffic calming on Wisconsin Avenue
In January, the District Department of Transportation replaced two lanes on Wisconsin Avenue in Glover Park with a painted median and turn lane to calm traffic. But due to pressure from residents and local elected officials, DDOT will end their year-long trial and return the street to six lanes. DDOT created the median between 35th and Garfield streets NW to draw attention to… Keep reading…
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DC visitor parking pass program lurches citywide
DC’s program of handing out free visitor parking passes will expand citywide, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) announced today. This isn’t, however, the result of thoughtful planning about how to fix problems with parking. Instead, the agency is slouching toward a messy parking policy because it can’t manage to develop a good one. Residents… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: How to ride
Streetcars by end of 2013, probably; Where’d you come from?; Really?; The quality of buses; Should FBI go?; ANCs not audited; BART not going anywhere; NYC taxes hurt renters; And…. Keep reading…
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What role will the private sector play in the streetcar?
City officials and business representatives haven’t yet reached consensus on whether to create a separate authority for the DC Streetcar, or how much the private sector should chip in to build it. At a meeting yesterday of the Mayor’s DC Streetcar Finance and Governance Taskforce, members talked about whether to create an independent authority to manage the streetcar. Keep reading…
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On WMATA Board, Bellamy can improve bus service
Mayor Gray has nominated DDOT Director Terry Bellamy to be an alternate member of the WMATA Board. This could be a chance to finally advance the many stalled proposals for making DC’s bus service better for riders and save money at the same time—if Bellamy is willing to make this critical issue a priority. Bellamy will be filling the seat vacated when Tony Giancola… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: 16 fewer cars
Metro pulls cars; DDOT still committed to bike lanes; New use for parking garage; Woodridge wants a main street; How should federal buildings look?; Students could lose parking privileges; DHS delayed; Keep sprawl in Czech; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Capital Bikeshare delivers
CaBi to expand further; CaBi employee recovers a stolen bike; CaBi blew SmartBike away; Chinatown Metro is really is crowded; Steps forward and back for transparency; What if Arlington never left DC?; No such thing as a free highway; Pedestrianize Penn Ave on Sundays?; And…. Keep reading…