Posts tagged 7000 Series
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Breakfast links: Columbus Day
Streetcars get historic; Zoning update hyperbole; Don’t bother with new bike map; Germans love transit; Live on the Mall?; Homelessness rises; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not like it used to be
The action is in the core; Verizon Center aims for new signage; Bikeshare survey says; New cars won’t come in time; Do they need the money?; Another “power grab”; Who’s running for what?; Chicago is stumbling; Rio’s growing pains; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: WMATA on the move
Real-time signs real soon; Suicide during suicide debate; High income disparity in DC; Georgetown drives less; Lack of funding causes delays, uncertainty; Really express bus; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: HOT for cars, cool on bikes
USDOT wants HOT lanes; New Metro cars delayed; Affordable condos aren’t always; DC gets faster; WMATA pushes bus safety; Hotels see construction boom; Detroit swaps light rail for buses. Keep reading…
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Ask GGW: What will happen to the 1000 series railcars?
Reader Andrew wonders what will become of Metro’s 1000-series railcars, the oldest in the system, once they are replaced with new 7000-series: What’s going to happen to the 1000 series Metro cars when the 7000 series finally arrives? I can’t imagine Metro plans to store all of them in a railyard. I suppose it’s most likely that they will sell them for… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Kicked out
NPS punts soccer team from the Ellipse; Bikes make it across the bridge; Metro morsels; Arlington faces heat for protecting its residents; Black folks can gentrify, too?; Developers sad that sprawl may be harder; Consequences of Congress; Poplar Point won’t get DHS project; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not welcome here
Barry wants ban on apartments; Park Police ruin a family’s 4th; Do we need a cyclist anti-harassment bill?; Alexandria pushing wider roads for Mark Center; No tax breaks for facadectomies; London bike sharing turns one; Metro morsels; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What’s on your Metro?
Are cloth seats wise or germ havens?; McDonnell finally backs Metro funding; Henderson getting the job; Gray calls for investigation of Gray; Questionable tactics against Oregon bag bill; Ga. driver assaults 13-year-old for asking him to put away a phone; Maybe transit advocates are being honest; And…. Keep reading…
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Sarles talks safety, escalators, bag searches, funding & more
WMATA General Manager Richard Sarles met with bloggers for a roundtable discussion yesterday. The unfortunately brief conversation covered bag searches, escalators, funding and several other topics of interest to riders. On safety Sarles reiterated what he’s been saying since coming on as interim General Manager: that safety is Metro’s top priority. … Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Transcend the mediocre
Buy now; Midcity?; Truck driver in Swanson incident arrested; Barry the blocker; Changing behavior in Paris without government; And…; Fair use and prior restraint. Keep reading…