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One Year After Metro Crash: Let’s Make Sustainable Transit Safer
June 23, 2010 – 11:26 am | One Comment

One Year After Metro Crash: Let’s Make Sustainable Transit Safer

If you see your bus driver texting – or dozing – what can you do? Or how about if you notice a train conductor talking on a cell phone?
These were some of the questions that …

Making Connecticut Ave Safer for Pedestrians
April 1, 2010 – 10:12 am | No Comment

Making Connecticut Ave Safer for Pedestrians

Have you had an accident or a close call when walking along Connecticut Avenue? If so, you’re not alone. The arterial, one of Washington’s main streets, has some of the highest car speeds …

Let’s Start Our Own Ciclovía!
March 26, 2010 – 10:54 am | No Comment

Let’s Start Our Own Ciclovía!

Greater Greater Washington had an excellent post yesterday morning advocating that D.C. create its own version of New York’s Summer Streets. We at TheCityFix think this is a great idea. To further motivate …

Time to Dust Off Your Bike!
March 17, 2010 – 1:33 pm | 2 Comments

Time to Dust Off Your Bike!

If your bike has been buried under a pile of snow for the past couple months, or locked away in a closet, it’s time to take it out. Warm weather is here, and so …

Congrats to Our Hometown Bicycle Friendly Businesses!
March 12, 2010 – 1:32 pm | 3 Comments

Congrats to Our Hometown Bicycle Friendly Businesses!

The D.C. area is home to two of the winners from the League of American Bicyclists’ latest round of Bicycle Friendly Business (BFB) awards.  Congrats to our hometown awardees: Revolution Cycles in Arlington and the …

The Double Edge of Density: Local Pollution
July 27, 2009 – 11:10 am | 2 Comments

The Double Edge of Density: Local Pollution

The environmental movement is, rightfully, focused almost entirely on greenhouse gas emissions right now. That is almost certainly strategically correct, given the stakes. It’s important to remember, though, that there lots of kinds of pollution …

Easing The Pain Caused by High Fuel Prices
June 30, 2008 – 9:48 am | 3 Comments

Easing The Pain Caused by High Fuel Prices

Photo by whatatravisty.
With oil prices hovering around $135 a barrel, many Americans are feeling uneasy about the future. And for good reason; higher prices at the pump channel money away from things like health …