Posts tagged Bad Streets
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Wider lanes make city streets more dangerous
The “forgiving highway” approach to traffic engineering holds that wider is safer when it comes to street design. After decades of adherence to these standards, American cities are now criss-crossed by streets with 12-foot wide lanes. As Walkable City author Jeff Speck argued in CityLab last year, this is actually terrible for public safety and the pedestrian environment. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: More transit, please
Purple power; Courting the corridor; Ecodistrict will bloom; Ride hailing welcome; Greener pastures; Wilson School is history; The long game; No u-turns. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Budget barriers
DC budget brawl; Alexander rewards a contributor?; Bowser backs better buses; Silver Line, finally; Fairfaxers for unwalkability; Something about a map; Pay up Citibike; Robo-traffic?; And…. Keep reading…
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New sidewalk shows tension between people and trees
The sidewalk on the east side of Georgia Avenue in downtown Silver Spring just got a makeover, with new brick pavers and street trees. But will it have enough room for everyone who wants to use it? Keep reading…
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Montgomery’s fake cul-de-sacs don’t solve traffic woes
Concerned about through traffic, many neighborhoods in Montgomery County have closed off their once-connected streets. But the costs of a quiet street might outweigh the benefits. Montgomery County neighborhoods, like many in North America, generally fall into two categories: those with cul-de-sacs, and those without. Before World War II, and for a little while afterwards,… Keep reading…
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Can a parking deck be “green”? New Glenmont garage isn’t
County Executive Ike Leggett calls the new garage at the Glenmont Metro a “boon to transit and a boon to the environment.” A truly “green” garage at a transit station would make room for people, not just cars. Last week, Montgomery County officials cut the ribbon on the new parking facility, located on the west side of Georgia Avenue at Glenallan Avenue. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Vacant ethics
Ethics posts go unfilled; Montgomery grows for once; Intersection design still critical; Take the Rapid out of BRT; NPS says no triathlon; A poorly appraised situation; Red-top meters red flagged; Bit of K Street to get an upgrade; And…:. Keep reading…
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Music venues can and should engage the public realm
Music clubs can help revitalize neighborhoods, but too often, they do little to nothing to activate or engage street life, and instead wall themselves off from the activity around them. The Fillmore Silver Spring opened last month, and local music venues are voicing concern that the Live Nation-owned music hall could threaten promoters in the District and even Baltimore. Already,… Keep reading…
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Lunch links: Attitudes in the city
Red light cameras catch unsafe driving; Opinions of fence flip over 20 years; Metro pass advocacy gets a site; Gray taking steps; MD could adopt station overlay districts; A tea party-urban coalition?; Hunger rising in suburbs; Shrinking cities grew in the core. Keep reading…
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Renovated Safeway at Seven Corners dismisses pedestrians
The Safeway in the Willston Center near Seven Corners in Fairfax County recently underwent a major renovation. This renovation provides no access for pedestrians along the sidewalk in front of the store, forcing pedestrians to walk in the parking lot. The new renovation is a vast improvement over the old Safeway store that was here. It’s bigger, newer, cleaner and includes… Keep reading…