Washington DC
Protected Bike Lanes Attract Riders Wherever They Appear
Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. Second in a series.
June 3, 2014
DC Region’s New Long-Range Plan Fails to Meet Its Own Climate Goals
If sea levels rise just one foot in the Washington, DC, area, nearly 1,700 homes could be lost. Is the region’s transportation planning agency doing enough to stop that from happening? Several environmental and smart-growth organizations in the region are saying no. Seventeen groups have signed on to a letter, being delivered today, urging the agency to take action. The comment period on the agency's latest long-range transportation plan closes tomorrow.
April 11, 2014
DC Bike Counts Show Continuing Surge in Protected Lane Use
Michael Andersen is a staff writer for the Green Lane Project. This story was crossposted from the PeopleForBikes Green Lane Project.
April 1, 2014
Our Cities Can’t Afford So Many Rooftop Spas
First, let me be clear: Tomorrow is April Fools, not today. This is real.
March 31, 2014
DC Police Ticketed Deceased Victim of City’s Negligent Snow Removal
Joseph Brown might be alive today if the District of Columbia had cleared the snow from the sidewalks on the John Phillip Sousa Bridge across the Anacostia River last week. Instead, Brown celebrated his 61st birthday in the hospital after being struck by a pickup truck driver, then succumbed to his injuries on Monday. How did DC police respond? They gave Brown a ticket for walking in the street, reports Greater Greater Washington.
February 20, 2014
WSJ Invites More Ignorant Anti-Bike Zealots to Sully Its Pages
Law professor Frank H. Buckley seems to want to be the next Dororthy Rabinowitz. That is, he wants to gain notoriety by clinging to old and unsafe street designs while, simultaneously, shoring up the Wall Street Journal's reputation as a bastion of change-averse curmudgeons. Done and done.
November 11, 2013
DC’s New Parents Aren’t Fleeing to the Burbs
Reading this sentence in a mainstream publication just validated everything I feel about the kind of parent I want to be: "It doesn’t mean millennials put parenthood second, but their definition of what makes a good parent is Mom and Dad being happy, and exposing their child to all the things that they have enjoyed."
October 21, 2013
Gridlock Everywhere: Congressional Impasse Shuts Down DC’s Trails
Washington, DC's bicycle commuters woke up this morning to find that one popular rail-trail was closed due to the government shutdown, which took effect at midnight.
October 1, 2013
Park(ing) Day 2013: DC Edition
There's only one reason to be inside on a beautiful day like today, and that is to upload pictures of this beautiful day. More to the point, it's Park(ing) Day, a celebration of better uses for on-street parking spaces. All over this city, and in cities around the country, temporary parklets have sprung up in spaces normally reserved for car storage. They're a real-life illustration of how much more vibrant our cities could be if we let people take up street space instead of cars.
September 20, 2013