Within a three day period, I have spoken with two persons in completely unrelated situation (and different locales) who have made statements starting “when gas hits $4 a gallon we’ll have to . . . .” with something not-nice following.
You, dear readers, know how much I like dense urban development and reliable, efficient public transportation […]
Hubby and I live in a mid-grade rental apartment in a newly-nice neighborhood very close to downtown D.C. We both walk to work. (Washington, D.C. has one of the highest rates of pedestrian commuters in the country.) We don’t own a car. Most people who don’t live in New York or Los Angeles think we […]
Few friends come as good as K. (for Katharine, who’s identified herself with her blog, so I’m glad to do the same) who writes at pointedview. So I think she’ll forgive me for cribbing her whole post, addressed to metro Atlanta residents. But leave her the comments; it’s how you show the love.
Metro Atlanta residents: […]
Self-service shared bicycle stations, featured in European cities, comes to the United States first in Washington, D.C. (Or perhaps not; there seems to have been programs elsewhere. So it must be the automated, self-service piece.) A good idea, I think given our strong transit use and relatively flat terrain.
The stations locations, plainly, couldn’t be better […]
Goodness, I’m reading 201 news feeds now through Google Reader. Let me step back and point out some goodies I’ve read over the last few days.
A lengthy post at the Better Bibles Blog distinguishing internal Christian secrets and mysteries of the faith. (Which makes me want to ask what good reason [...]
Almost every day is Car Free DC Day for Hubby and I — we don’t own a car and we both routinely walk to work, but today is officially recognized as such, and I hope it become an annual event.
But if the concept is new to you, consider taking public transportation, a carpool, biking or […]
Happy Blog Day! (Why today, if you squint, 3108 — today’s date — looks like blog) . Here’s the rules:
Find 5 new Blogs that you find interesting
Notify the 5 bloggers that you are recommending them as part of BlogDay 2007
Write a short description [...]
Richard Layman (Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space) points out a handy resource — Walk Score — which mashes up Google Maps data to give a profile of how walkable an area in the United States is. This can be very important since reducing or eliminating car use and meat is probably the easiest way […]
Gotta love it — Google Maps and the beta Google Transit have mashed up, and just in time for General Assembly. (Portland, Oregon is one of the few systems that participates; please, please, please let Washington be next. Hear that, WMATA?)
Click the light rail symbol, see the times of the next trains. Wonderful!
See it live […]
If you’re riding the Washington Metro subway, stand on the right side of the escalator and walk on the right left. Yes, we know you don’t have subways from wherever you’re from, but surely common sense and good manners aren’t dead in the Outer Provinces. When your herd stands two abreast on the escalators, you […]
RSS Feed