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Reno Park Update 090804A: Transit Radii

August 4, 2009December 31, 2013Reno Park Project, Reno Park Studiesbuses, geography, maps, metro, pedestrians, studies, tenleytown, tobago dc, van ness, walkshedLeave a Comment

I’m still working on the buildings and pedestrian maps, but I took a break to chart out the public transportation resources. I’ve included all public transportation resources, but not AU shuttles or the W45/47. Those aren’t accessible to 90% of potential park users, so I’m not interested. So, to start, here’s a route map. Clearly, it gets kind of insane around Tenleytown.

Note: These drawings are in an Adobe CMYK color space, so may look wacky on some computers.

So that’s a good beginning. These are obvious facts. Under the fold is an analysis of the walksheds for each stop, station, and line.

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Soapstone Valley gets blogged!

July 30, 2009July 30, 2009Local, Otherforest hills, fort reno park, geography, geology, internet, soapstone valley, van nessLeave a Comment

In a blog post tangentially related to the Reno Park department, a geologist from NOVA took a look at Soapstone Valley, a deep forested gash that divides Forest Hills from Van Ness. I don’t know so much about the science of rocks, but the article is actually really interesting. Soapstone is a very soft stone, consisting of talc that kind of feels smooth but sticky, like soap. Anyway, it’s an interesting article, and the guy has many other posts about DC geology that are also interesting. Have a look.