Mayor Vince Gray has proposed enough new speed and traffic cameras to produce $30 million in additional fines next year. But that's not all—he told the D.C. Council yesterday that he'd like see to cameras dot the city's landscape. more ›

Responding to the mild weather and the increase of people walking and cycling to work, D.C. police officers have been out in force this week enforcing pedestrian, cycling and driving laws as part of the annual Street Smart campaign. more ›

Over the last two weeks we've been called intolerant and rude (not to mention ugly and unable to drive), so it's nice to learn that maybe we're not totally awful -- we're actually great for cyclists and pedestrians. more ›

Today, members of the D.C. Council introduced two measures which would put additional emphasis on pedestrian safety, including a law which would reduce the speed limit in residential areas to 15 miles per hour. more ›

While taking a walk around the city with some out-of-town guests this weekend, yours truly received disbelieving looks after dropping the knowledge that District police can occasionally be spotted handing out tickets for jaywalking. more ›

It's hard not to like John Wall. We've gone on record several times with admiration of the young Wizards star. And despite the fact that his team is currently nearing a record for road futility, Wall has been embraced by the Wizards fanbase, and is one of the few things that is actually able to keep casual fans paying attention when a Wizards game is on. But we think we may have found one group of people who might have reason to hold a grudge with Wall: transit advocates. more ›

Did any of your kids take advantage of International Walk to School Day today? As the Washington Post notes:

Organizers says the percentage of students walking or bicycling to school in the United States has dropped from 41 percent in 1969 to 13 percent in 2001. Obesity among children, meanwhile, increased from 6.5 percent in 1980 to 19.6 percent in 2008.

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 ›

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

Walking to The Passenger last night, my mind drifted toward thoughts about the development of the area north of H Street along 7th Street NW. Perhaps it was destiny, then, that I stumbled over this photograph of Mt. Vernon Square taken in 1992 by Jack Boucher for the Historic American Buildings Survey of the Library of Congress, which DCist flickr contributor rockcreek shared with our image pool yesterday. It's a good reminder of how far the neighbohood has come in the last seventeen years. more ›

Metro says that all its stations, including Takoma, are open today: yay. On the other hand, Metro also says that things will be slow moving as trains make their way through the accident area: less yay, but not unexpected. The folks who run the trains say that those using the Red Line today should likely factor in an extra 30 minutes or more to get where they're going -- but one could make the argument that, at this point, Metro riders should be used to that diagnosis, nearly a month out from the Red Line crash. Our thoughts? It's a blissful 74 degrees at this moment -- walking or biking to your destination, if you can, sounds like a pretty good idea. more ›

Exciting news for people who like to put one foot in front of the other, via the Washington Business Journal. Maryland has become the first state in the country to adopt an official state exercise, and they've chosen walking. more ›

There tends to be a lot of attention given to the state of bicycling to maneuver this city's streets, and rightfully so. But what about those of us who don't have the benefit of a manpowered two-wheeler to ride to work? After all, recent statistics show that 11.8 percent of D.C. walks to work, compared to the 2 percent who pedal. more ›

Walking into Jammin’ Java Friday night, here’s what I knew about Philly rockers Marah: 1) High Fidelity and About a Boy author Nick Hornby, a man who has documented his musical preferences at least enough for me to know I largely share them, loves on this band so much he devoted one of his book columns in Believer magazine a couple of years ago to their largely unsung magnificence. 1a) Stephen King --Josh Ritter... more ›

This post is from DCist Contributor Joe Viola Located in the heart of Adams Morgan is the Little Fountain Café. The menu is quaint but extremely sophisticated, the ambiance quiet but romantic, and the service is friendly but unobtrusive. There’s no elevator music while you eat. Bono, Coldplay, Billy Joel, and smooth jazz covers by Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald enhance an already private affair. Walking downstairs into the Café you pass by the little... more ›

Renee Stout, a very cool D.C. resident and assemblage artist, has a new collection of works on view at Hemphill Fine Arts -- Journal: Book One. Walking into this cabinet of curiosity, you are greeted by a large, accurately painted advertisement for the corner psychic. By putting on the airs of alter ego Fatima Mayfield, Stout is able to role play as a fictitious herbalist/fortuneteller who enters the arena of the shadowy and strange.... more ›

Clockwise from top left: Comet Ping Pong, Red Rocks, 2 Amys, Bebo There are many factors that affect a pizza. The type of flour used for the dough. The temperature of the oven. The quality of the toppings. The skill and hands of the maker of the dough. The vigilance of the pizzaiolo (the person manning the oven). D.C. may not be known as much of a pizza town, but a few of the... more ›

Memorial Day is this Monday, meaning a lot of Washingtonians have a three day weekend. With the extra day comes extra opportunity to take a day trip (or two) around the area. We polled our staffer for some good destinations in the area to share, so pump up the bike tires, get out the hiking boots or start the car (Zip, Flex, or your own). And if you have any other good suggestions, let us... more ›

The Prints of Sean Scully, on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, is a thoughtful mini-retrospective chosen from a master set of prints that the artist gave to the permanent collection. Of the artist’s defiant set of prints, these are an answer to the ubiquitously decided notion that abstraction is super passé. His use of multiple printmaking methods on each print gives the works their tension. You name it, he’s done it: aquatint, monoprint, lithography, spitbite, sugarlift, etc. He departs from the typical refined surfaces produced by droves of other printmakers, and expands the complexity of his surfaces by mixing difficult printing techniques into strong technical cocktails. more ›

MONDAY >> You may not be able to pronounce their name, but !!! (chk, chk, chk)’s disco enfused indie pop will leave you speechless. The former band members from The Yah Mos, Black Liquorice and Popesmashers are on tour promoting their recent release Myth Takes. Catch them at the 9:30 Club tonight with Canadian experimental rockers, Holy Fuck. $18. TUESDAY >> Velvet Revolver kicked off their Re-evolution tour on May 3rd the same way they... more ›

Last Saturday morning, under grey skies and whipping winds, DCist rolled out of bed to take a walking tour of Embassy Row, one of the 60 free tours being offered in this weekend's WalkingTown DC, an event offered by Cultural Tourism DC. Like Sommer, I was initially sceptical that there was much to learn about the Dupont Circle neighborhood, a familiar stomping ground for many Washington young people. But on the Embassy Row tour,... more ›

Last week Prevention magazine put out its list of the Best Walking Cities of 2007. We were a little bit surprised by the results: 1. Madison, Wisconsin 2. Austin, Texas 3. San Francisco, California 4. Charlotte, North Carolina 5. Seattle, Washington 6. Henderson, Nevada 7. San Diego, California 8. San Jose, California 9. Chandler, Arizona 10. Virginia Beach, Virginia OK, so the top five cities are all plausible, even if we have a hard time... more ›

In the area around the D.C. Courthouse on Indiana Avenue NW near Judiciary Square, and we suspect elsewhere in the city, there are massive plumes of steam coming from the grates in the sidewalk. We usually don't pay any attention to the steam that regularly comes up from the grates around town, but thanks to the cold, cold, Vostok-esque weather, these are reaching higher than the surrounding buildings. Walking through them is like flying in... more ›

Greetings, Washington. Welcome to yet another shortened work week. With no less than three abbreviated work weeks (four for some) in the past month, the prospect of an unmitigated series of five-dayers looms large. So enjoy a back-to-work Tuesday while you can, but don't forget to wear a coat. That's right, January really is a winter month and today will see temps drop throughout the day accompanied by blustery winds, remnants of the deadly winter... more ›

Walking into the hastily opened Bebo Trattoria in the revitalized and almost pedestrian friendly Crystal Drive area in Crystal City (aka close-in Arlington), I thought: "Hey, this looks just like Oyamel. It's still vertical and orange, but they're serving pasta." When Roberto Donna realized he couldn't stand to be without a kitchen for a few months while Galileo's building is renovated, his pal Jose Andres came to the rescue. Andres wanted to move Oyamel to... more ›

We've used the power of blogging to get potholes fixed, so why not use it to spur some local development? At least that's what one blogger and Shaw resident is looking to do. The anonymous blogger behind Off Seventh -- My Chronicles of Shaw is sick and tired of seeing properties in the fast-growing neighborhood boarded up and undeveloped, and he wants do something about it. He writes: My wife and I were heading to... more ›

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We don't normally include musical events in Baltimore in this agenda, for obvious reasons. However, we are leading off with a singular opportunity up in Charm City this week, the production of Jake Heggie's opera Dead Man Walking (premiered by San Francisco Opera in 2000) at Baltimore Opera. This new opera was a smash success at its premiere and has been revived in several more successful productions in the years since. Having just gone up... more ›