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WMATA Board approves fare hikes, no service cuts
The WMATA Board just unanimously approved a budget including a large fare hike but no service cuts. The decision came very swiftly after a 3-hour “lunch break.” Oddly, when members returned to the room their bellies didn’t seem to have grown as much as one would expect for people who’ve been eating for three hours. Could they have been debating budget… Keep reading…
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3 questions with Md. delegate candidate Scott Goldberg
Scott Goldberg is a candidate for the Maryland House of Delegates, District 16, which includes Bethesda. Scott lives in downtown Bethesda, and founded his own small property management company. At his campaign kickoff, he expressed his support for the Purple Line in addition to detailed visions for alternative energy initiatives in Maryland. After the event, he enthusiastically… Keep reading…
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Social media enabled instant organizing for streetcars
The rapid and intense backlash against DC Council Chairman Vincent Gray’s cutting streetcar funds was a great victory for transit advocacy, but it was also a great victory for “social media” — blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and more. It was amazing to see the speed with which the news and calls to action spread, which according to Council officials generated… Keep reading…
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Style vs. character determines Silver Spring’s future
Last Saturday, designers, architects and planners held a charrette, or design workshop, at Fenton Street Market in downtown Silver Spring. East Silver Spring resident Hannah McCann, who founded the market last fall, organized the event. A senior editor for Architect magazine, she enlisted several local design professionals to lead the workshop, talking and drawing with… Keep reading…
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Video animates streetcar on K Street
Even with the H Street streetcar project on track, it’ll be several years before the streetcar can extend westward to K Street. The K Street Transitway plan would reconstruct K Street to have dedicated transit lanes in the center. The original design didn’t include a streetcar, but anticipated adding one to the transit lanes in the future. The Downtown BID and DDOT… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Big votes on money
What’s in the DC budget?; Fares hike may be approved today; Motivated seller; N Street eclipse; How you talk about it matters; And…; Up in Maryland; In the west. Keep reading…
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You did it! Streetcars restored… mostly
DC Council Chairman Gray has restored most funding for the streetcars after being swamped with calls from constituents upset at his 2 am excision of the project. The budget amendment, introduced by Gray after lunchtime discussions with streetcar supporters including Public Works and Transportation Chairman Jim Graham, restores $10 million in FY2010 so that DC can move ahead… Keep reading…
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What’s That? #25: The answers
Congratulations to Keith Shovlin, Teyo, Arm, Dustin, Reid, Joey, Justin S., Boots, Steven Yates and Sean for getting all three answers to last week’s What’s That? Keep reading…
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Moving AU law school could revitalize Tenleytown
American University is developing their 2011 campus plan, which will guide growth for the next decade. In effect, the plan is also an understanding between the neighborhood and the university about what the part of the city they share should look like in 2020… and 2060. In addition to some new buildings on campus AU proposes two major changes: First, the university would… Keep reading…
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Metro isn’t the NYC subway, part 2: Don’t forget transfers
The Post’s Sunday editorial says that Metrorail fares are subsidizing bus fares. It points out that in places like New York, people pay $2 or more for a bus ride, compared to $1.25 for a SmarTrip bus ride here. It’s true that bus fares are very low, and as Michael Perkins has pointed out, they haven’t kept pace with inflation. Michael said that a $1.50 bus fare would… Keep reading…