Proposed Bikeshare Locations Released
July 26, 2010 by Michael Price
Filed under The People's Blog, Transportation
The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) is planning to expand a bikesharing program in the District. Recently, they released the following proposed locations for the bikeshare program. If you want to know more about the program, click here to read the fact sheet or click here to visit DDOT’s website for bicycle activities.
View Capital Bikeshare [...]
DDOT Launches Visitor Parking Permit Pilot in Ward 5
July 16, 2010 by Charles Mason
Filed under Community Action, The People's Blog, Transportation, We Alerts
District Department of Transportation
For Immediate Release
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Media Contact: John Lisle, 202-671-2004
DDOT Launches Visitor Parking Permit Pilot in Ward 5
Visitor Passes Will Be Mailed Beginning Next Week
Ward 3 Households Will Also Get New Passes
(Washington, D.C.) More District residents will soon have an easier way to provide parking for their visitors. Beginning on Monday, [...]
Task Force Seeks Public Input as it Begins Review of How Metro is Governed
June 24, 2010 by Michael Price
Filed under Community Action, Community Events, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, The People's Blog, Transportation
Elected officials, stakeholders, members of the public invited to open meeting, forum at COG on July 1
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 24, 2010
CONTACT: Steven Kania, 202-962-3249
The Joint WMATA Governance Review Task Force will hold an open meeting and forum on July 1, 2010 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments [...]
COG, Board of Trade to Lead Independent Review of WMATA Governance
May 25, 2010 by Michael Price
Filed under Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, The People's Blog, Transportation
The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) Board of Directors voted today to join the Greater Washington Board of Trade to encourage and assist a fast-tracked, independent review of the governance structure of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Agency. (Original post)
The review will be overseen by a public-private task force that will offer recommendations [...]
Closing Surface Parking Lot at Rhode Island Avenue-Brentwood Metrorail
April 1, 2010 by Charles Mason
Filed under Community Action, Neighborhood Revitalization, Transportation, We Alerts
We received the following information from Andrew Lawson at WMATA:
The purpose of this message is to notify residents that the Rhode Island Avenue-Brentwood Metrorail surface parking lot will close permanently at 3:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 1, 2010 for approximately 18 months to make way for a joint development project with Urban Atlantic Development and [...]
National Marathon Advisory for March 20th
March 17, 2010 by Charles Mason
Filed under Community Events, The People's Blog, Transportation, We Alerts
SunTrust National Marathon Street Closings
The 5th Annual SunTrust National Marathon, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield National Half Marathon and Team Relay Races will be run on Saturday, March 20, 2010, with a 7 a.m. start time and 1 p.m. finish time. The race route starts and ends at RFK Stadium and runs through six of the city’s [...]
Google Maps Now Shows Bike Lanes in DC
March 12, 2010 by Cass Luskin
Filed under The Green Economy, The People's Blog, Transportation
The most recent step towards making DC a bike friendly city was taken by Google–the company known for its internet search and mapping features.
Google, who has spent the last few years expanding its available means of travel–from driving, to walking, to public transportation. Now Google is two-wheel friendly as well, listing bike routes in cities [...]
DMV Announces New Online Change of Address Service
March 3, 2010 by Charles Mason
Filed under Community Action, The People's Blog, Transportation, We Alerts
We received the following release from the DC DMV:
DMV Announces New Online Change of Address Service
March 2, 2010
(Washington, DC) – Today, the DC Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) announced a new online service that allows residents to change their address through the dmv.dc.gov website (http://dmv.dc.gov/serv/dlicense/ChangeofAddress.shtm). DC DMV continues to offer services designed to help residents [...]
Metro Bus and Metro Access Fare Increases
February 18, 2010 by Charles Mason
Filed under Community Action, The People's Blog, Transportation, We Alerts
We know it’s not news you want to hear, but its news you need to know. On February 28, 2010, fares on Metrorail, Metro Bus and Metro Access will go up 10¢. Fares for senior citizens and people with disabilities will go up 5¢. The cost of passes, tokens and other transit cards will increase, [...]
Snow Issues? See it…Click it…Fix it
February 12, 2010 by Michael Price
Filed under Community Action, The City Fix, The People's Blog, Transportation
A lot of residents have been emailing Councilmember Brown’s office to report transportation issues due to the record breaking snow storms this week. We found a great way to compile all of your reports and share them with the various agencies dealing with ongoing issues. Councilmember Brown is a member of TheCityFix, a [...]
