By David Alpert (Executive Director) • February 21, 2020
In 2019 DC got bus lanes on H and I streets NW, and a bus lane on 16th Street will start construction this summer. Now, there’s also a bus lane in the works for part of 14th Street in Columbia Heights.
Do rich cities get richer? Oregon’s “rosy” plan for transportation. Are we looking at the way we measure segregation wrong? All this and more in this week’s urbanist National links.
By D. Taylor Reich (Contributor) • February 21, 2020
There’s an imbalance in how authors write about our region. Washington, DC, is the subject of volume after volume, from academic history to crime novels to literary fiction and more—not to mention the endless exposés of political Washington. Where are the books about the people and places elsewhere in our region?
On March 18, Capital Bikeshare will begin to introduce 1,500 electric bikes to its fleet. Capital Bikeshare first rolled out e-bikes in September 2018 as part of a pilot program but soon withdrew the bikes due to braking issues. (Colleen Grablick / DCist)
According to the National Park Service, a footbridge in Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia that was damaged after a freight train derailment in December will remain closed indefinitely as park officials continue to assess the damage and determine the cost of repairs. (Luz Lazo / Post)
A driver struck and killed a pedestrian on Saturday night in the White Oak area of Montgomery County. Another pedestrian was seriously injured after being struck by a driver while crossing Route 355 in Gaithersburg on Friday night. (Bethesda Beat)
A landscape architecture firm tasked with designing the open space around Amazon’s HQ2 in Arlington could expand the site’s existing green space by 5.5 acres if the county grants them permission to incorporate underused roads and street-level parking nearby. (Jonathan Capriel / WBJ)
A proposed redevelopment of five residential buildings along Columbia Pike in Arlington would deliver 401 condos with 124 considered affordable and 164 street-level bicycle spaces. (Nena Perry-Brown / UrbanTurf)
LEGO cars have been getting wider and sidewalks narrower, and there are no bike lanes on the road plates. A Dutch councillor suggested changing it, without success. (Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge)
In a virtual forum on Thursday, Montgomery County public school officials assured students that potential changes to school boundaries wouldn’t affect commuting times or split up existing school communities. (Caitlynn Peetz / Bethesda Beat)
