Posts tagged Cat:roads
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Here’s an interactive map of DC’s efforts to fix potholes
Like daffodils and Cherry Blossoms budding in spring, potholes are in bloom on DC’s streets. In the spring, the District runs a campaign called Potholepalooza, where it encourages residents to report potholes and works to patch them faster than usual. You can track this year’s efforts with this interactive map:… Keep reading…
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Use this map to share your ideas for better east-west travel across DC
Is it frustrating to try to travel from Columbia Heights to Brookland on foot, bike, bus, or car? The District Department of Transportation is studying ways to make it easier to travel east-west in this area, and a new interactive map lets you point out problems. Keep reading…
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Do red lights encourage reckless choices?
I almost hit a cyclist last week while driving. The cyclist would have been at fault; he ran a red light. But did the red light encourage his bad behavior, and would a stop sign be safer? I was driving down 18th Street mid-morning, approaching P. The light was green and I was traveling about 25 mph. As I started to enter the intersection, I suddenly saw a cyclist ride into the intersection… Keep reading…
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No carmageddon at McMillan, says a study
Redeveloping DC’s McMillan Sand Filtration site will not choke neighborhoods in new traffic as long as the District follows through on transit plans, says a transportation study from the project team. Keep reading…
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Tom Sherwood defends speed cameras
WAMU Politics Hour co-host, NBC 4 reporter, and Dream City co-author Tom Sherwood defended the District’s speed camera enforcement program during a brief exchange with host Kojo Nnamdi on last Friday’s show. Sherwood said he felt “irritated” by the May 29 Washington Post article by Ashley Halsey III on speed cameras. That story led off with the fact… Keep reading…
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America’s most efficient city is… Miami?
DC may be tops when it comes to green roofs, but the region stands out less on a more impactful environmental indicator: how efficiently our infrastructure is laid out. Keep reading…
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Maryland considering mandatory helmets for drivers
This article was posted as an April Fool’s joke. Following a rash of pedestrian-car collisions across the state, Maryland legislators have proposed requiring all drivers to wear helmets. While driving activists are split on the issue, area pedestrians say it’s about time drivers took responsibility for themselves. Yesterday, state delegate Arundela… Keep reading…
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Follow the money in Virginia’s transportation bill
Virginia’s complex transportation funding bill, HB2313, is headed to Governor McDonnell for his signature and potential amendments. The bill is a prime example of political sausage, seeking to satisfy Republican and Democrat, urban and rural, transit and road constituencies. It also represents poor public policy by undermining the “user pays” principle,… Keep reading…
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DC Council bill would lower traffic camera fines
Councilmembers Tommy Wells (ward 6), Mary Cheh (ward 3), and Marion Barry (ward 8) just introduced a bill to lower traffic camera fines for low levels of speeding, blocking the box, stop signs and more. The bill will drop fines to $50 for certain offenses:Speeding up to 20 mph over the limit Blocking the box Not yielding to a pedestrian in a crosswalk Not coming to a complete… Keep reading…
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Federal transportation bill clings to the status quo
Congress passed a major transportation bill last week, authorizing more than $100 billion in spending for highways, transit, and other modes over the next 2 years. The bill changes a number of rules and shifts the ways in which money is distributed, in an effort to preserve highway funding. The bill generally maintains the status quo of federal transportation spending,… Keep reading…