Apr 24, 2007
Traffic ‘Calming’ May Be Anything But
By DCist contributor Matt Pelkey “Out of the way, you slow f#@%!” Everyone’s probably yelled something to that effect from behind the wheel of a car. Following tomorrow’s launch of D.C.’s new traffic calming program, you may find yourself cursing dawdlers on the road more often. The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) and the Washington Area Bicyclist Association (WABA) are launching the D.C. Neighborhood Pace Car Program, in which drivers voluntarily sign a pledge to…
Apr 30, 2006
Elsewhere in the Ist-a-verse
Houstonist reports on cross-dressing thieves and undressing educators this week. A Peeping Tom defends himself with a papaya and an outraged onlooker asks Ken Lay, “TATER TOTS OR FRIES?” Also, FEMA wants it’s money back. LAist are a bug bunch of geeks. They’re Star Trek geeks, David Duchovny geeks and Frank Gehry geeks. During their Cochella preview their readers reveal themselves to be Depeche Mode geeks. Seattlest saw their basketball team preparing to leave for…
Jul 20, 2005
Two-Wheel Wednesday
Catchy title, no? While this may not become a weekly, if even monthly feature, today brings us two pieces of news that may be of interest to cyclists in the District. The District Department of Transportation is holding a meeting today to discuss the possibility of building a bike station on the west end of Union Station. The bike station — an innovative solution for cyclists currently used in Berkeley, Ca., Embarcadero, Ca., Palo Alto,…