Prior to the early 1900s, many of the neighborhoods we now live in had very different street names. It's too bad some of them had to go. more ›

DDOT is studying what to do with M Street SW/SE as the Southwest Waterfront and Navy Yard become more populated. Longtime residents are worried about their parking spaces. more ›

Ever wonder what a bicycle sees as it winds in and out of traffic along the busy streets of the District? more ›

UPDATE: Everything is all clear now, and 7th Street is back open to traffic and pedestrians. more ›

What did we tell you about Michael A. Brown and his unstoppable thirst for renaming District streets? That's right, we called him unstoppable. But while renaming three of the District's most-used roads in an attempt to promote statehood/confuse the hell out of everyone -- quick pop quiz: can you name even one of the convoluted statehood names without cheating? -- is one thing, it's another entirely to introduce legislation to ceremoniously rename a portion of a street after your own father. more ›

Remember when Michael A. Brown asked the public to help him come up with snappy ideas to rename a street in the District to something statehood related? (You were all so quick to pitch in!) Well, so many people told Brown they liked the idea that the at-large Councilmember is planning to introduce a bill to redub three major streets -- Pennsylvania, Independence and Constitution Avenues -- to D.C. Statehood Way, Let D.C. Vote Way and Free D.C. Avenue, respectively. Nah, that won't confuse anyone. more ›

D.C. Councilmember Michael A. Brown (Ind.-At-Large), who chaired on the Council's Special Committee on Statehood and Self-Determination before the body killed it last summer, has been busy on the statehood front: he recently met with new D.C. budget overlord Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO) and introduced the "District of Columbia as the 51st State of the Union Resolution of 2011". The real ace up Brown's sleeve is a push to slap a statehood slogan on a street somewhere the District. But he needs your help, Washington! more ›

Here's something awesome we just had to share: Julia Lovett, a student at Georgetown University, took a ride around the District on her bicycle last fall with the intention to capture a photograph of every state-named roadway in the District proper. She then took the time to mold those images into a map of the U.S., placing each street sign into the appropriate state. more ›

UPDATE: The station has reopened and the situation is clear. This should make for a fun rush hour this evening: Metro reports that it has closed the Federal Center SW Metrorail station due to a suspicious package in the area. The package was reported around 4 p.m. this afternoon. Trains are still passing through the station, but are not stopping. Police have also closed surrounding streets to traffic and pedestrians, including 3rd Street between C and E Streets and D Street between 2nd and 3rd Streets. The package has been described by police as a "briefcase with wires coming out of it." more ›

Remember those garish streetscape plans for 14th Street NW, the ones that residents were not particularly impressed with -- and which one DCist commenter dubbed "hideous tacky crap" -- when they were unveiled at the end of September? Well, turns out that District Department of Transportation Director Gabe Klein isn't really thrilled about the plans for one of the project's main focus points either. According to a report in Greater Greater Washington, Klein has asked the project team to "present a better plan" for the 14th and U intersection redesign. According to the post, Klein has also instructed the project team to assume that the Reeves Center will be standing as is for some time -- there are those out there who believe that the Center should be demolished and rebuilt with a new footprint, but it sounds like Klein is reluctant to plan on that happening anytime soon. more ›

Just how conceptual do you want your sidewalks to be? That was the question asked of residents last night at the Reeves Center during a public meeting to discuss DDOT's planned 14th Street streetscape project. Mike Houh and Allen Yang of Precision Systems, Inc. (PSI), which has been contracted to design the new streetscape, presented a 25-page outline of the original and an alternative design plan. more ›

Find some good sneakers. more ›

A new traffic pattern is coming to a three-block stretch of 15th Street. more ›

Adrian Fenty is asking if those of you who are out there braving the elements could please come inside now. more ›

Did you know that Segway riders are banned from riding on sidewalks within the Central Business District? What about that some small fraction of disabled people regularly ride Segways? These are the true and exciting facts that can be learned from this Examiner story today on a little bit of D.C. Council business that went down yesterday. See, it turns out that Miles Groves, the president of the Downtown Neighborhood Association, is a chronic pain sufferer and a Segway rider. Groves uses a Segway to get around the city easier, and was recently given "a polite warning" by a police officer that he wasn't supposed to be riding on the sidewalk. Not included in the Examiner story: the phone call Groves presumably placed to Tommy Wells, champion of alternative transportation. And Wells came to the rescue yesterday, convincing the Council to pass emergency legislation to give disabled Segway riders a pass on being forced to ride in the street. more ›