Posts tagged Skybridges
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What Tysons can learn about walkways and mall paths from other cities
Tysons is evolving from suburb to city, but try to walk around and it still feels disjointed, with very long walks from one block to the next. Filling in these spaces is a growing network of non-street paths, including elevated walkways and mall promenades. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro’s big bite of the Big Apple
NYC subway safety leader joins Metro; Mort Downey on the “death spiral”; Fairfax City does a 180 on homeless support; CaBi flourishes in Alexandria; Safety after the Fort Totten crash; Historic “shotgun house” plans; The skywalk is the limit…ing factor. Keep reading…
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Can the CCT bridge Wisconsin Ave in Bethesda?
The design of the Purple Line might mean displacing the Capital Crescent Trail from its Bethesda tunnel. Some say that an at-grade crossing of Wisconsin Avenue will be too dangerous for cyclists and pedestrians. But are there any good alternatives? I think that many hope that if only we make a strong commitment, bring creative imagination and bring professional expertise to… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: NPS is naughty and nice
Plan improves Rock Creek trails; Norton wants peace between pedicabs & NPS; DC buys 2 more streetcars; MD, VA forgo millions in gas tax; Big box development coming to NE DC; NTSB calls for cellphone ban; Food trucks activate vacant storefronts; Build down instead of up?; Pedestrian bridges fail in India. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bumper weekend
Driver strikes 3 protestors… intentionally?; WMATA wants to break radio silence; Borrowing is the new stealing?; Attend a town hall by hashtag; Gentrification, or more diversity?; DC Democrats become less democratic; RI Ave ped/bike bridge moving forward; And…. Keep reading…
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Facebook, live comments diametrically opposed on skybridge
The Montgomery County Council has again rejected a skybridge for the Silver Spring library, but the hearing revealed some fascinating facts about the ways people debate in person and on social media. On Tuesday, at-large councilmember Hans Riemer asked his Facebook followers what they thought about a long-running controversy: whether to build a skybridge over Fenton Street… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Feds pay up
Feds speed up Silver Line funding; Congress orders feds to pay stormwater fees; Transit can never be fully secured; Glenmont getting garage; Silver Spring still debating library ped bridge; Car passenger pulls gun on pedestrians; Are film incentives worth it?; Buy America makes HSR costly; And…. Keep reading…
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A conversation with a traffic engineer
A number of people have sent this hilarious xtranormal video where a traditional traffic engineer tries to explain a street “improvement” project to a resident of a nice, safe neighborhood street. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Bridge over political waters
Ervin flip-flops on bridge; Feel the power of local cyclists; Crowdsourcing Metro station names; TBD editor has frustrating pedestrian experience; Artists too rich or too poor; Affordable on Columbia Pike; Parking 18% more people in the same space. Keep reading…
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Dinner links: High to the sky
Airport insecurity; VA legislators try transit; Lego buildings at NBM; Teens jaywalk because bridge is inconvenient; Use Metro passes?; Costs going up in Arlington; $175/month for bike parking?; Bait bikes: police tool or entrapment?. Keep reading…