Like 25% of users report biking more. Lots of trips go across boundaries. MCDOT reported on their pilot in Silver Spring. They designated bike parking areas, required operators to remove improperly parked bikes within an hour and charged operators if the city had to move the bike. ...
That isan existing behavior with clear rules and expectations; and it's easier to do.There is no need to encourage drivers to pass while occupying parts of two lanes. 2.The State of Maryland will soon start erecting signs that say “Bicycles May Use Full Lane”.I think that “change ...
Good morning WABA hasa very clear and complete poston why the Rock Creek Park Trail has not been repaired in so long, on where the repaving project is and on when (2014/2015) the trail might finally be repaved and improved. The paving would take place on a 3.7-mile segment of the Ro...
They tried to argue that it is redundant since theSustainable DC Act of 2014, and the current state of transit parity in federal parking and transit benefits, already achieve these goals. But neither of those deals with bringing similar benefits to biking and walking. They argued that it micro...
And there's another mile plus of bike lanes scheduled for this year. There's also four bike trails partially or completely within Ward 8. Is the point that the DDOT is racist? That Williams, Fenty, Gray and every other non-white, non-milliennial DC Mayor, along with their appointed D...
In a couple of stories about the new Pennsylvania Ave NW bike lanes that are opening this week one thing is clear: AAA is kicking our asses. (Update: add the Post to the list) Seriously, how are they able to...
Railway Trail- Work iscurrently underwayin Calvert County on a section of this trail. "The Chesapeake Beach Rail Trail is well under way with severalpilesdriven and framing complete on the most western channel crossing. Paving on the land section started in September." Funding is from stateTE ...
Maryland is studying alternatives to expand I-495 and I-270 in the state with HOT lanes similar to those in Virginia. To do so they need permission from NCPC which has some oversight due to the Capper-Cramton Act and the fact that the highway expansion would impact as much as 20 acres...
Last year, Montgomery County Planning weighed in on the project, to advise the state of the walking and bicycling recommendations in theBicycle Master Planand otherarea master plansto reconnect the neighborhoods that were severed with the original construction ofI-495andI-270. They brought their atte...
Late last year, the Council of Governments presented the results their latest State of the Commute survey. There was nothing too Earth-shattering in it and it was, as usual, hampered by combining walking and biking in most statistics, but it does show - again - a connection between free ...