Posts by Ken Archer — Contributor

Ken Archer is CTO of a software firm in Tysons Corner. He commutes to Tysons by bus from his home in Georgetown, where he lives with his wife and son.  Ken completed a Masters degree in Philosophy from The Catholic University of America.

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  Support streetcars at Georgetown ANC meeting tonight

  TransitBy Ken Archer (Contributor) May 3, 2010 122

  ANCs across DC have been weighing in on streetcars recently, with some opposing streetcars with any wires in their communities and otherswelcoming streetcars even with a wire on some streets. Tonight, Georgetown weighs in at its ANC meeting at 6:30pm, when the ANC considers both the planned streetcars on K Street under the Whitehurst and the “planned to be studied”…  Keep reading…

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  Circulator starts banning unfolded strollers

  TransitBy Ken Archer (Contributor) January 13, 2010 145

  If we want to prevent young families from fleeing DC once they have kids, and to avoid designing our transit around the needs of men, then following most European and Canadian cities by allowing unfolded strollers on the bus (and soon, the trolleys) seems obvious.  To do otherwise is to effectively ban parents with infants and toddlers from the bus system.  Keep reading…