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. ...
Issue an annual "State of Transportation" report - if so, I can't find it. There are other items labeled "bicycle element" that seem less important so I skipped them. The two-year plan seems like a mixed bag. They did most of these things eventually, but some behind schedule, and ...
require DDOT to be more transparent, report more data online, issue curbside loading rules, study every fatal crash, explain what steps it's taking towards Vision Zero in large projects; and to add a protected bike lane to any road where it is called for DC Multimodal Long-Range Transportat...
Contractors closed up the sites and then management was transferred to the state which took over, via MDOT and MTA, some of the contracts. The state says it's committed to completing the project, and using money from the Transportation Trust Fund to do so, but Maryland also says that the...
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...
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...
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 ...
even when it was required by law. And it's true that many injured riders had head injuries. What they fail to establish is that a higher helmet use rate would have reduced head injuries. In fact the data they cite seems to imply that it would not. They state that only 5% of patients...
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 ...
Good morning WABA has a very clear and complete post on 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...