DDOT
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A closer look at who's responsible in pedestrian crashes
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The District's data from 2004 to 2010 breaks down how and where walkers and drivers ran into one another.
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Happy 10th birthday to Washington, D.C.'s Department of Transportation
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DDOT has become an integral part of the capital's transportation in its first year yet several challenges of discipline remain for the young government agency.
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Will Capital Bikeshare helmet sales hurt our D.C. bike shops?
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Neil Sandler, editor and publisher of Spokes magazine, says that our local government should stay out of the business of selling bike helmets and leave that commerce to Washington, D.C.'s bike shops.
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The new 511: How Maryland and Virginia convey traffic updates and video
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Our neighbor states have created new programs to provide real-time status updates about our roads, including live video of what's happening. No fuss, no confusion, and no delays, all from dialing three digits.
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Capital Bikeshare hits two million trips
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The bikeshare network's growth has begun accelerating in the last year as it adds more stations and expanded service.
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Washington, D.C. now sports 1,360 LED street lights in its alleyways
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This morning, Mayor Vince Gray will venture into a Columbia Heights alleyway to replace the last of about 1,360 old alley street lights with newer energy-efficient LED lights expected to save 591,000 kilowatt hours of electricity a year as well as reduce carbon-dioxide emissions by 719 tons.
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No traffic fatalities in 10 years? Chicago's new transportation goals
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The Windy City proposes an ambitious new plan for traffic safety from the minds of people who once ran D.C.'s transportation department.
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Car2Go paid D.C. $578,000 for its meter-proof parking agreement
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How much is not paying parking tickets worth to you? One transportation company valued the virtue at more than half a million dollars and gave up the city curbside parking spaces it won last year.
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No spaces! The parking agony of downtown Washington D.C.
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The Downtown BID conducted a study of two sample areas last year and showed that more than nine out of 10 parking spaces is occupied at any given time. How's a driver to manage?
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Shouldn't D.C.'s parking be a little easier in the 21st century?
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Our city government is considering the possibilties of getting real-time parking data to its residents.
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Washington, D.C.'s new parking manager looks to smart growth
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DDOT's newest employee Angelo Rao has a long history of promoting livable, walkable cities, even when cities find his policies controversial.
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Unfortunate calculations of streetcar math
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The District has finally ordered the remaining two streetcars for H Street, but don't get your hopes up for seeing the line begin before fall of 2013.
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Doubts emerge about D.C.'s ability to execute transportation projects
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How can D.C. make 75% of trips car-free in 20 years when our current transportation department struggles to finalize contracts and transfer money?
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Report those potholes! We're in the midst of Potholepalooza
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The city's fourth anti-pothole campaign will run through late May. Consider keeping an eye out and ending any road woes sooner rather than later.
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The pedestrian menace of overgrown grass?
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The Petworth listserv has called out the city of D.C. for that most insidious of community crimes — not cutting the grass! Can these citizens fine the D.C. government for not doing their neighborly duty?
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The 'One City' streetcar line? Community says no thanks
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Tensions apparently ran high at last night's DDOT meeting. See how the reaction played out online.
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The District isn't quite sure how to balance streetcars and bikes
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Will D.C.'s bicyclists be able to safely navigate around the 37 miles of streetcar track the capital hopes to install? Other cities have struggled — in Portland, 7 out of 10 bicyclists have crashed along that city's tracks.
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D.C.'s bike projects spring forward as weather warms
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Green Lanes to WMATA bike racks to DDOT-installed bike lanes — the list of bicycle victories rises. Is the District poised to become America's biking capital?
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