Posts by Dan Malouff — Editorial Board
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See all the transit from Boston to DC on one animation
This incredible animation shows all—or at least most—of the trains and buses that run up and down the east coast, from Northern Virginia to New England, over the course of one 24 hour weekday. Keep reading…
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Did you miss the Botanic Garden’s model train station display? We got you covered
From November 2018 through New Year's Day, the US Botanic Garden featured a unique display of model train stations, all built from stems, twigs, leaves, and other plant parts. Just in case the transit nerd in your life missed it, here's a rundown of the most interesting models. Keep reading…
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See a week of Amtrak trips on one animated map
This animation shows how every Amtrak train in America is scheduled to move, over the course of one typical week. Keep reading…
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Georgetown University once almost built a neoclassical bus station
In 1985 as Georgetown University considered its plans for the future, University Architect Dean Price sketched this illustration of a possible neoclassical bus station. Keep reading…
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8 lessons about great transit I learned from riding the Paris Métro
Paris has one of the world’s great subway systems. Beyond its truly impressive coverage and service quality, here are eight wonderful details about how it operates that US systems would do well to mimic. Keep reading…
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NASA says space colonies should be urbanist
NASA has city planning guidelines that say future space cities should be exactly what urbanists advocate for here on Earth: walkable, transit-oriented, dense, and inclusive. Keep reading…
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Open the arboretum’s Maryland Avenue gate, says Eleanor Holmes Norton
Eleanor Holmes Norton says it's time to re-open the National Arboretum's southern gate, to once again make the arboretum work as a city park. Keep reading…
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DC’s most ineffective park is a parking lot in disguise
Capping an underground parking garage with a public park is such a nice idea. It’s a shame DC’s most prominent example is such a terrible park. The South Capitol parking crater is undeniably one of DC’s most inappropriately underused plots of land. It’s six complete blocks of parking lots, all in a cluster mere steps from the US Capitol. Keep reading…
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Getting a ‘D’ grade is actually pretty good for highways
Listen to any discussion of highway congestion and you will inevitably hear about Level of Service (LOS), which assigns a letter grade to the congestion level of road segments. Letter grades start with ‘A’ for free flow and run down to ‘F’ for “failing” (congested) roads. Simple enough…except that it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. Keep reading…
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For DASH bus, will Alexandrians choose more frequency or more coverage?
Alexandria is redrawing its DASH bus lines from the ground up. In so doing, the community must choose between competing priorities: Will buses come as often as possible but on only a few streets, or cover more land with routes that come much less often? Keep reading…