Recent Posts
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Breakfast links: State of the union’s infrastructure
Obama for more infrastructure, clean energy; Cantor wants infrastructure but not to pay for it; Who doesn’t the GOP care about transit?; Smith to students: Don’t participate in our democracy; Many DCPS teachers turn down bonuses; Sarles brings stability, but…; Silver Line costs on the rise; More subways, not that kind; NoMa Summer Screen with trains!; And…. Keep reading…
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MARC will run more, shorter trains
MARC hopes to improve Penn Line service by running more frequent, shorter trains, MTA Chief of Staff Simon Taylor told the MARC Riders Advisory Council on Thursday. Shorter trains, Taylor explained, will put less strain on the engine and be less likely to break down. More frequent trains will supply at least as many total seats and make train travel more convenient. … Keep reading…
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3rd birthday party tonight, chat with Sekou Biddle and at-large candidate forum tomorrow
Come on down to RFD tonight for our third birthday party! We’ll be there from 6:30-9:30. The entrance is on 8th Street, NW between H and I, near Gallery Place Metro, lots of buses, and a Capital Bikeshare station. Keep reading…
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On-campus housing not the answer for Georgetown
In “GU takes student ghetto approach to housing undergrads,” Ken Archer argues that Georgetown University has created a “student ghetto” by failing to guarantee undergraduates four years of on-campus housing. In response, he suggests four locations where the University should build “multi-use” facilities behind the gates. However,… Keep reading…
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Virginia Republican pursuing vendetta against Arlington for not wanting to be a “giant interchange”
DC isn’t the only place in the area where a Republican legislative majority in a large, mostly exurban and rural geographic area is threatening serious budget blows against a small, Democratic-leaning, urban jurisdiction. In the Virginia legislature, at least one influential House Republican is looking to take a big bite out of Arlington County’s revenues as… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Spotlight on roads
PG residents want brighter roads; SHA trying darker roads; Bad bills and bad Senators who support them; Money’s for roads, but he wants control of Metro; Maryland needs new crosswalk strategy; Gray, Brown ride $2,000/month SUVs; Talking transit, taxes and election tactics; National Harbor to add gas station; And…. Keep reading…
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Map shows most popular Capital Bikeshare trips
Arlington’s CommuterPageBlog has an awesome map showing Capital Bikeshare usage. The darker the line, the more trips are made between the two stations that line connects. Keep reading…
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Why all the wailing over the Union Station railyard project?
The Committee of 100, Capitol Hill Restoration Society, and other groups which habitually oppose things in DC have been fighting the project over the Union Station railyards on the grounds that you will be able to see the building over historic Union Station. Lydia DePillis was at the recent Zoning Commission hearing. She quotes CHRS/C100 member Monte Edwards calling Union… Keep reading…
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A DC United stadium is likely to be truly urban
Last week, Erik posted that DC United is in discussions about small sites in the District for a 20-25,000 seat soccer stadium. The constraints of both Buzzard Point and the Florida Market sites guarantee that the stadium would be a celebrated urban stadium rather than a mini-FedEx Field. In February 2009, I outlined characteristics of a successful urban stadium. Either… Keep reading…
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Metro ponders new tunnels and connections
Before long, the Metro system will be bursting at the seams, besides those spots where trains are already stuffed to the gills. What can we do? To figure out some solutions, Metro’s planning department has been analyzing many different alternatives for fixing the capacity bottlenecks. They’ve been posting the presentations to their Technical Advisory Group… Keep reading…