Get There Archive: Congestion
D.C. transportation chief's chat is illuminating
Entrepreneur-turned-District transportation czar Gabe Klein opined on everything from bike sharing to streetcars during an hour-long online chat Friday, the first in a monthly series of chats he plans on transportation topics. Klein took questions and requests from the public for more than an hour. Some people wanted more tree boxes on public sidewalks; others complained about unrepaired utility cuts; another asked when streetscape improvements to Pennsylvania Avenue SE would start (within the next month). It's clear that Klein has a host of innovative projects on his plate to enhance biking, parking and walking and to get traffic moving faster in the city. Funding and bureaucracy could slow some big projects, like the ambitious network of eight streetcar lines the Fenty administration envisions covering 37 miles along K Street through downtown, H Street and Benning Road, Georgia Avenue/14th Street/Seventh Street, and Rhode Island Avenue/U Street. For a text of...
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Gene Fynes
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November 20, 2009; 3:02 PM ET |
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Rail project work scheduled for I-66
The Dulles Metrorail project has scheduled some nighttime work along I-66, starting Friday, but will pull the plug on construction for a few days over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Here's the schedule. All work will occur between 9:30 p.m. and 5 a.m. unless it says otherwise. Westbound I-66 -- Friday night into Saturday morning, workers will close the middle and right through lanes for restriping. When those lanes reopen, the left lane will close. The work should be done by 9 a.m. Saturday. -- The left through lane of westbound I-66 will close again overnights starting as early as Sunday. The work -- concrete barrier placement -- is to be finished by overnight Tuesday. Dulles Connector Road (Route 267) flyover to I-66 -- The right through lane of the eastbound Dulles Connector Road flyover will close for barrier placement as early as Sunday night, and then again on Monday night....
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Robert Thomson
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November 18, 2009; 10:00 AM ET |
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| Tags: Dr. Gridlock, Dulles Rail
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Public Meeting Tonight on NY Ave Projects
The District Department of Transportation plans to hold a public meeting about the upcoming string of projects that will slow travel on New York Avenue NE. (See our Commuter page feature on their impact or see the DDOT Web site, www.fixingnewyorkave.com.) The session, where you will be able to comment on the plans as well as learn about how they will affect you, is scheduled for 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the McKinley Technology High School Auditorium, 151 T Street NE. There's parking at McKinley. The closest Metro station is New York Avenue, on the Red Line....
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Robert Thomson
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November 18, 2009; 9:00 AM ET |
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| Tags: Dr. Gridlock, New York Avenue
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Another road project on DC's eastern side
Combining necessity with the good luck of available federal money, the District continues to add road construction projects that will affect travel on the eastern side of the city. You know about the New York Avenue projects and the Pennsylvania Avenue SE reconstruction. Now comes the rebuilding of the Eastern Avenue bridge over Kenilworth Avenue (295). Work is scheduled to begin late this month. The old bridge will not be demolished until late December or early next year. Replacement will take about a year. The District Department of Transportation says that drivers will find two lanes open at all times, but that may include using the service roads for additional lane space. That will definitely be the case during construction of the bridge piers. Drivers approaching Kenilworth should watch for information about lane closings on electronic message boards in the District and Maryland. The other big project on Kenilworth, the...
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Robert Thomson
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November 11, 2009; 10:27 AM ET |
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| Tags: 295, DDOT, Dr. Gridlock, Eastern Avenue Bridge, Kenilworth Avenue
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The week ahead for traffic and transit
Some thing to look forward to this week. Changes in Tysons Beginning today, the service road of eastbound Route 7 between Pike 7 Plaza and the Koons GM car dealership will start to close permanently. Crews working on the Metrorail extension are closing portions of the service road one at a time until this entire stretch is gone. Tysons commuter bus It looks better and better all the time. This is the first day for the new express service from Woodbridge, making 15 stops in Tysons Corner. Read more details here. Powder Mill Road project Work is scheduled to begin this week on a $1.2 million road widening project along a half mile of Route 212 (Powder Mill Road) between Evans Trail Way/Allview Drive and Beltsville Drive in Beltsville. This should be done by next summer. During construction, the State Highway Administration will close single lanes on Powder Mill on...
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Robert Thomson
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November 9, 2009; 7:00 AM ET |
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Six Montgomery County bridges under repair
Drivers should be alert for lane closings as the Maryland State Highway Administration cleans and paints these six bridges: -- I-495 (Capital Beltway) bridge over Kensington Parkway in Kensington -- Route 185 (Connecticut Avenue) bridge over Rock Creek in Kensington -- Route 410 (East-West Highway) bridge over Rock Creek in Chevy Chase -- I-495 (Capital Beltway) bridge over Seven Locks Road in Potomac -- Bridge carrying the southbound I-270 ramp to I-495 inner loop in Bethesda -- Bridge carrying the southbound I-270 ramp to southbound Route 355 (Wisconsin Avenue) in Bethesda. Work already has begun on the I-495 bridge over Kensington Parkway and the Route 410 bridge over Rock Creek, the SHA says. They should be done by mid-November, and the work will shift to the I-495 bridge over Seven Locks Road and the Route 185 bridge over Rock Creek. On the Route 185 and 410 bridges, the SHA will...
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Robert Thomson
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November 6, 2009; 9:37 AM ET |
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