Posts by Dan Tangherlini — Contributor

Dan Tangherlini currently serves as a managing director with the Emerson Collective. He served as the first DDOT director, as interim Metro general manager, DC city administrator, and in a variety of roles with the federal government. He is a former board member and longstanding contributor to GGWash.

The Circulator is dead. Long live the Circulator!

TransitOpinionBy Dan Tangherlini (Contributor), Joe Sternlieb May 28, 2024

At a time when bus service wasn’t thriving in the District, the Circulator was established with funds that had to be used by DC explicitly on bus. Key goals were to connect the National Mall to the soon-to-be-developed Southwest Waterfront, and to make bus appealing to a wider range of riders than before. 20 years later, its founders are ready to bid it a fond farewell (mostly). Read their reflections on the system’s history and aims. Keep reading…
We need an accountable WMATA Board of Directors

TransitBy Dan Tangherlini (Contributor) March 8, 2017 9

In the final installment of his three-part series on WMATA governance, GGWash board member Dan Tangherlini offers suggestions for some big time shakeups to the WMATA Board of Directors. Keep reading…
What is with this GGWash thing, anyway?

About GGWashBy Dan Tangherlini (Contributor) March 2, 2017 1

I donate to GGWash because these are the issues I care about, the dialogue is thoughtful, and the team is borderline heroic. Can we count on you to do the same? Keep reading…
This is how you fix Metro’s funding problems

TransitBy Dan Tangherlini (Contributor) March 1, 2017 59

For WMATA to function, we need to be able to pay for it. A tax on real estate near Metro stations is the way to do that. Keep reading…
What do we want WMATA to do?

TransitBy Dan Tangherlini (Contributor) February 22, 2017 40

There are many forms of transportation in our region, and we need one system for regulating and providing it. Keep reading…
2016’s greatest hits: Metro should never have bought the 7000 series railcars

TransitBy Dan Tangherlini (Contributor) December 27, 2016 35

Last summer, I took my first ride on one of Metro’s new 7000 series railcars. They’re impressive, but had I gotten my way back in 2006, when I was Keep reading…
Federal employees: Please don’t quit your jobs under Trump

GovernmentBy Dan Tangherlini (Contributor) December 8, 2016 68

Donald Trump’s election came as a surprise to most Americans, including those who’ve worked in the government for up to eight years under President Obama. If you’re one of them, you may be thinking about leaving. I hope you’ll think twice before you do. Keep reading…
If Metro had been more like Southwest Airlines, it’d have saved a lot of headaches

TransitBy Dan Tangherlini (Contributor) May 25, 2016 43

Last summer, I took my first ride on one of Metro’s new 7000 series railcars. They’re impressive, but had I gotten my way back in 2006, when I was WMATA’s interim General Manager, that ride would have never happened. Keep reading…