Posts tagged Windshield Perspective
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Part of King Street in Alexandria could become car-free
A small section at the base of King Street in Alexandria, Virginia could become a car-free zone. The project is still in the research stage, and city staff are currently looking into closing some combination of the 100 block and 200 block of King Street to car traffic to make the space even more attractive and useful. Keep reading…
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Why do reporters still unquestioningly quote AAA on speed cameras?
AAA does not like speed cameras, and pursues a particular (and effective) strategy of constantly filing FOIA requests for data about the revenue from speed cameras and putting out press releases which cast the cameras in a negative light and try to frame the cameras as mostly being about a cash grab by local governments. Keep reading…
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National links: Can we design cities to make people less lonely?
Loneliness is reaching epidemic levels, but these interventions could help cities foster connection. Minneapolis is set to pass a plan that would upzone the entire city and do away with single-family zoning. The FRA is finally allowing lighter passenger railcars made in Asian and European countries on US rails. Keep reading…
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The Outer Beltway won’t help the people it’s supposed to
Calls for an Outer Beltway, or a new ring road far outside the Capital Beltway, have begun anew with the area's Transportation Planning Board agreeing to study the issue. It's still a bad idea, because a new road won't actually help any of the drivers supporters say it will. In fact, it could make things even worse. Keep reading…
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This school year, let’s teach kids to think critically about their city
With the new school year soon to start, it’s a good time to consider how we are or aren’t, teaching our students to think critically about their city. I teach high schoolers in Northern Virginia, and listening to them, I see how they’re primed to think about driving as “normal” and all other transportation choices as undesirable. Keep reading…
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If students were cars, schools would have opened sooner
Many of the region’s schools closed for a full week after the recent blizzard, leaving parents to scramble for childcare and students missing out on valuable classroom time. That’s what happens when your storm recovery efforts prioritize making it easy to drive rather than giving everyone a safe way to move around. Keep reading…
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Making room for transit can make better streets for everyone
Many proposed transit projects in our region, from streetcars to bus rapid transit and the Purple Line, involve vehicles running in the street. Giving transit a place on our busy streets can be a hard sell, especially when it means displacing cars. But a recent trip to Minneapolis shows how it can create better places for everyone, including drivers. Keep reading…
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Montgomery DOT ignores promises to the community and sabotages the White Flint plan
When the White Flint Sector Plan was adopted in 2010 after years of collaboration between residents, property owners, county officials, and civic leaders, it was hailed as a triumph of responsible, sustainable development. Now, county engineers are poised to undo years of work by pushing through a road design that does not include any of the elements the plan promised the community. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What we learned about bicycling
Milloy rides; “We don’t ticket our own”; Transformation and affordability; Inner Harbor 3.0; One step closer to ridesharing; Designing for mental health; Vancouver’s baby boom; DIY toll road; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Safety first
On the trail; Idaho Stops may be safer; Orange cones, no phones; Surviving earth, wind, and fire; Poverty in new places; Eastern Market more like 7-Eleven; Reinvigorating Crystal City; Casino’s signs worry neighbors; And…. Keep reading…