Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Washington DC

Cartoon Tuesday: Crisis Mode

By Brad Aaron | | No Comments
This cartoon, by Tom Toles of the Washington Post via Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space, refers to DC subway funding, now under attack from conservative "think tanks." But it could just as easily apply to transportation and public works projects across the country, which continue to be largely overlooked despite their prior role as […]

Streetfilms: DC Bike-Share Hits the Ground Rolling

By Brad Aaron | | 16 Comments
With the first US bike-share system starting up just a short Amtrak ride away in Washington, DC, you know it wouldn’t take long for the Streetfilms crew to make the scene. This week, Elizabeth Press, Clarence Eckerson and Robin Urban Smith took the already-popular SmartBike DC for a spin, and talked to local citizens, advocates […]

Bike-Share Debuts in Washington D.C.

By Ben Fried | | 6 Comments
Public bike-share in the U.S. hit a milestone yesterday when SmartBike DC, the first program of its kind in an American city, launched in full. Coverage in the Washington Post was heavy on the implications for D.C.’s image: Today the city will join the ranks of Paris and Barcelona with the launch of the first […]

Wanted: A Progressive DOT Director for Washington D.C.

By Aaron Naparstek | | 8 Comments
Washington D.C.’s Transportation Director Emeka Moneme is resigning, opening up a window of opportunity for that city’s active livable streets movement. Greater Greater Washington’s David Alpert is pointing Mayor Adrian Fenty to New York City’s recent experience in choosing a new DOT Commissioner: Mayor Bloomberg chose Sadik-Khan, and now we have separated bike lanes, brand-new […]

Robert Novak Cited in Possible Hit-and-Run

By Aaron Naparstek | | 13 Comments
Politico is reporting that conservative columnist Robert Novak, a.k.a. "The Prince of Darkness," hit a 66-year-old pedestrian with his black Corvette this morning in Washington D.C. and then drove away. Some of the facts don’t quite seem to add up just yet — specifically the part about the Novak not knowing he hit someone and […]
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