About 45 minutes ago, the 64 bus, headed towards Federal Triangle, hit a small car in the bus lane off 11th St. The driver has yet to get out of the car, and it doesn’t look like a really high speed impact (I didn’t actually see it while it was occurring) but with something as [...]
Posts Tagged ‘driving’
12 Feb
And now, for your epic weekly disaster…
Today marks the first day of what can only be referred to as “reverse Snowmageddon”. Rather than fleeing the city in a panic back out to the suburbs, commuters from Maryland and Virginia flooded into the city, especially clogging roads like 495-N and I-66 E. What would normally have been a 30-45 minute commute turned [...]
23 Jan
Losing an ID on a Metro Bus: The Journey of My ID Badge
Like many other Washingtonians, I have a badge reel clip and a badge holder. It’s pretty much glued to my hip pocket but this time, it managed to wriggle itself loose from my pants and go on a little journey of its own. Now, this is not the first time this has happened – a [...]
18 Dec
SNOWNOZ!
Have you gone to the store yet to stock up on toilet paper, milk and assorted useless stuff you don’t need? What about GameStop? Yes? Then you’re probably a native. Chances are that, if you’ve grown up in this region, you react to snow kind of like Cookie Monster when he gets a cookie. Seriously, [...]
14 Oct
Dude Hits Trooper’s Car on Outer Loop, Then Tries to Hit Other Troopers
This morning, en route to work, I checked my e-mail on my phone and saw a breaking news headline from WTOP in my inbox; “Outer Loop Closed at Braddock Road”. Um. What? Crap. How is this bus going to get onto 395, then? No other real information in the e-mail. However, a couple of minutes [...]
3 Jun
VA DMV, VDOT, etc.
Up until last year, I had managed to go without having a car, and therefore, had gone without the knowledge that comes with owning a car in the state of Virginia. Right after I bought it, I didn’t worry about much until I had to pay the property tax on the thing several months later, [...]
24 Apr
Major Road Closures This Weekend
This might affect how you guys get to the Beer Olympics Tournament, if you’re coming… ROAD CLOSURES Beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 24, 2009 until 5 p.m. on Sunday, April 26, 2009, the following streets surrounding the IMF/World Bank will be closed to vehicular traffic: 18th Street, NW from G Street to Pennsylvania [...]
6 Apr
The 64
Normally, regional buses in DC (as in buses that only travel inside the city and not outside of it) are fairly reliable unless it’s raining or snowing outside, or there’s a major parade going on and routes are blocked off. Today, however, was not one of those days. I missed the first bus, as is [...]
1 Apr
Traffic Light Flowchart
I don’t know why you guys are searching for this, or how it’s getting you to my blog, but here we are. Enjoy. Flowchart for Traffic Light Control Program – from MIE 643 (Mechtronic System Design @ The University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Traffic Signal Engineering Academy – from UC Berkeley’s Institute of Transportation Studies. [...]
