Posts from August 2014
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Here are the answers to whichWMATA week 18
On Monday, we posted our eighteenth photo challenge to see how well you know Metro. Three of our readers took photos of different stations. Here are the answers. How well did you do? We got 30 guesses on this post. Seven of you got all five. Great work, iaom, Patrick, Russell, Phil, Justin…., Peter K, and Adam H. Keep reading…
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More households near transit mean more transit riders
Pop quiz! Can you name the 5 Metro stations that have the highest number of households within a half-mile walk? Here’s a hint: More riders walk to those 5 stations each morning than to just about any others in the system. It’s not a coincidence. According to WMATA’s PlanItMetro blog, “the more people can walk to transit, the more people do walk to transit… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: More money, more problems
Million dollar candidate; Housing on a budget; A crude conundrum; Baker goes to China; Seat Pleasant mayor not pleasant; App fights blight; Better grids mean better health; And…. Keep reading…
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Photo: An actual bus running in the Route 1 transitway
This bus is not in service. But it is running in Alexandria’s Metroway BRT corridor, presumably on a test run. It’s pretty exciting to see the region’s first BRT so close to starting. Keep reading…
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How do you get people excited about Bus Rapid Transit? Bring a bus to the county fair
Bus Rapid Transit has become an increasingly popular concept for communities in the DC area, but to see it in action, you’d have to travel to Cleveland or Los Angeles. This week, you can get a glimpse of our possible future at the Montgomery County fair in Gaithersburg. Keep reading…
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One struggling reader plus another may equal a boost in reading skills for both
A DC nonprofit called Reach Incorporated hires struggling high school readers to tutor struggling elementary school readers. It may sound counterintuitive, but both groups seem to benefit. Fewer than 20% of DC 8th-graders read at a proficient level, according to national test results last year. The proportion of proficient 4th-grade readers is only slightly better. Where… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Transit trials
Plans for BRT; Study first; Should busking be allowed?; Less transit regulation?; Faster transit projects; A city without slums; A better bus stop; And…. Keep reading…
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Do you know the station? It’s whichWMATA week 18
This week, it’s time for a little something different on whichWMATA: Your entries. We picked the best five images from reader submissions. Can you guess the five stations these images depict? Keep reading…
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DDOT’s 5-point plan to improve 16th Street buses
DDOT isn’t yet willing to install a bus lane on 16th Street, but the agency is moving forward on a host of other improvements, and will study a bus lane next year. The 16th Street bus line is bursting at the seams. It carries more than half of rush hour trips on 16th Street. But the buses are slow, and they’re so full that riders in the city’s close-in neighborhoods… Keep reading…
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A school choice advocate argues for a student assignment proposal that no longer exists
An op-ed in yesterday’s Washington Post expressed support for a “recently released proposal” that would shift DC from a system of neighborhood schools toward “a geographically broader school assignment process.” But that proposal, which DC officials put forward in April, was abandoned months ago in favor of one that would keep neighborhood… Keep reading…