The website Greater Greater Washington.org asked for pictures of so-called "sneckdowns". Those are photo's that show where cars don't use space on an intersection. Space that could be used for pedestrians to make it safer and easier to cross the road.
10th St N and Fairfax
I went to the intersection of 10th St N and Fairfax Road, close to our house. With the planned redo of the Clarendon Circle, more traffic is expected here. Crossing from the George Mason University campus to the other side of Fairfax (or 10th St N) is not easy for pedestrians. The light across Fairfax, six lanes, is only 10 seconds (!).
The first photo shows there is place for a very large pedestrian refuge which will make crossing 10th St much easier. The second picture shows that in the median of Fairfax there is room for a large pedestrian refuge also -- making it safe to cross Fairfax in two stages.
Kirkwood and 13th St
Thanks to careful traffic calming over the past decades, Kirkwood is only a two-lane road, instead of the 4-lane road it easily could have been. Crossing is not always easy though, especially during rush hour or late at night. The cut through the median where Kirkwood and 13th St meet is much wider than is needed (and there is no sidewalk). This photo shows that cars really don't need so much space there.
We celebrated Sasha's birthday the three of us at home, and had our parents on through Skype. 
Nora turned two yesterday and we celebrated it in Secaucus. It was a great day, and Nora had a lot of fun.
We are in Secaucus and there's a large amount of snow on the ground. 
