Transit Diary: A planning professor crisscrosses state lines on trails & rails
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Here's your roundup of this week's must-read posts: Professor Kathryn Howell takes us along on her car-free travels across state lines and shares lessons for how to improve the places she visits; a Johns Hopkins study finds that 12' wide traffic lanes have a 50% higher rate of crashes than 9' lanes; With FBI headquarters moving, GGWash Contributor Patrick Maynard lays out a vision for an extended Green Line; plus, ways to get involved and Do Something!
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Kathryn Howell (Guest Contributor) • November 16, 2023
Kathryn Howell’s transit diary details a week spent commuting from Capitol Hill to College Park on bike, to University of Virginia on rail, and more, as she enjoys that car-lite life.
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Kea Wilson (Streetsblog) • November 15, 2023
While many state Departments of Transportation insist on larger lanes for safety, new research continues to demonstrate that wider lanes are more dangerous.
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Patrick Maynard (Guest Contributor) • November 14, 2023
Patrick Maynard makes a case that now’s the time to plan an extension of the Green Line, to take advantage of other major developments in the region.
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Alex Baca (DC Policy Director), Dan Reed (Regional Policy Director) • November 13, 2023
Here’s how you can Do Something this week: Zoning for Housing in Alexandria, the Baltimore Red Line’s resurrection, how to say that more density on Wisconsin Avenue is good, and our Sunday afternoon happy hour
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