Safety
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How to keep your pet safe this 4th of July
CommentOur pet expert shares some tips on how to keep your pets safe this 4th of July.
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Car seat safety
CommentCar seats are meant to keep our kids safe, but only if properly used. Here's how to make sure your child is buckled up the right way.
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Poison Prevention
CommentFind out some ways to prevent an unintentional poisoning.
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Unsettling view from inside a D.C. Metrobus (video)
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Perhaps those Metrobus drivers do need protective shields, after all. A video shows the tension that can spread through a bus when one rider accuses another of theft.
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A photo guide to bicycling in the dark
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December may be a colder, darker month but many people still take to their bicycles to get around the District of Columbia. Here are 8 things worth remembering about the activity.
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The District's bike lanes need more women
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Men are far more likely than women to take to the handlebars in the District of Columbia. Why and what can be done? The Washington Area Bicyclist Association plans to tackle some of these questions in its first-ever Women's Cycling Forum next Monday night.
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Leisure, work, money, and a whole lot of exhausted Metro workers
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Recent Metro news is all about work hours and exhaustion and how WMATA employees have been known to, at times, work upwards of 16 hours in a row despite a 16-hour cap. WMATA now proposes a 14-hour cap for its employees. But what really explains these hours of work underground?
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Watch out for dimmer November commutes after daylight saving time, pedestrians
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November is an especially dangerous month to be a pedestrian. There's less daylight to enjoy, which is of course depressing, but there's also typically a spike in pedestrian deaths as commuters get used to the dimmer rides home.
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15 miles/hour? Why we shouldn't lower D.C.'s residential speed limits
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The D.C. Council is considering a new law that would force us all to drive slower through the city's neighborhood. Of course drivers should behave more carefully .... but why don't we just enforce the limits we already have?
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The danger of sneezing at the wheel
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A Salisbury driver suffered from a sneezing attack and his passenger is now dead and he's in the hospital with broken ribs. How dangerous is road sneezing and just how can it lead you to be charged with reckless driving?
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A calmer, prettier Met Branch Trail looks toward fall
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Neighborhood activity and community have continued to characterize the year-old in the last two months despite a summer that began with crime and weekly security patrols. Come out this Saturday for a day of service and learn about DDOT's long-term trail plans.
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Georgia Ave/Pleasant Plains Trail debuts October 15
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A new trail will link the Petworth and Howard Metro stations and places a special importance on the deep well of history that exists in these neighborhoods.
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Guardian Angels now patrol the Metropolitan Branch Trail
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Volunteers come together to deter some of the crime that's happened along the polished year-old bike trail.
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MetroAccess bus drivers rally against MV Transportation, long hours
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MV Transportation, the company that operates MetroAccess, scheduled its drivers to work 13-hour shifts about six weeks ago, but drivers say it's too tiring and that sooner or later, someone will end up dead. Today they marched to protest the dangers.
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A baby stroller was caught in the Metro car doors today
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Most commuters have observed people get items jammed in the Metro doors, but the mistake becomes much scarier when a small child is attached.
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Picture of the day: What the free Capital Bikeshare helmets will look like
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The bikesharing service is giving away 500 helmets to their members to help encourage a safer biking culture in the District, and the first photos of what the surprisingly stylish headgear will look like are here.
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Idea of the day: Ditch the bike helmet
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A speaker in Copenhagen isn't convinced the safety they allegedly provide is worth the ride — or the cost to a nation's cycling community.
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Crime continues on the Met Branch Trail
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As a robbery from this past weekend reminds us, the path is still far from safe and may need the recent weekly security patrols.
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