Posts tagged Amtrak
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Weekend links: Be thankful
DC becoming bike-friendlier; A lot to be thankful for in DC neighborhoods; Breakthroughs in 2010; Bike hit-and-run in Mt. Vernon Triangle; Gray’s slow transition irks some; Full body scanners on the Metro?; BWI rail platforms reopen; Is there a subtext to parking debates?; And…. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links and events: We’re watching
All eyes on Gray re: Klein, Tregoning; Audit revealed escalator brake problems; More Silver Line photos; Impending disaster requires patience; Plan the next Circulator; Learning bike infrastructure from the Dutch; Generation Y looking past cars; Improvements coming to NEC. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Questions in Alexandria
Should Alexandria spend on regional transportation?; Alexandria to wait and see on more bike signals; Not so much Uncle Tom’s Cabin; Good luck organizing a block party; Amtrak signals possibly sabotaged; How to balance the budget; Transit indirectly brings cars?; A bike section in the paper?. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Percentage perspective
A tale of two cities; Car independence in DC; More stats and inequalities; Transportation service; Is Cato’s parking anti-free-market?; More sincere flattery; Sprawl, illustrated. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cabinet shuffling
Rheesigning; Peck for City Administrator?; Road rash of crashes; VA liquor plan gets worse; Get yer historic DC maps; Ban stoplights?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Less money, more students
Ehrlich’s school funding lacking; Public schools still on the rise; Big city school superintendents’ future uncertain; Hit-and-run near Dupont Circle; Purple Line in November; Developers shifting to Smart Growth; Metro riders impossible to please; Supporting food trucks; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Feds and their water
No old fountains means no new fountains; Feds to pay for their wastewater; Sewage spills into Potomac; Many Metro workers don’t report problems; Fighting over White Flint pay plan; A positive spin on real estate; Capital Bikeshare ridership is in; Cardinal could run daily; And…. Keep reading…
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HSR could get you to Boston in 3 hours, but it’s pricey
Yesterday, Amtrak announced plans to create a new, exclusive high-speed rail corridor in the Northeastern United States. The proposal would cost upwards of $117 billion ($40 billion in 2010 dollars) and could be complete by 2040. Trips from Washington to Boston would take only 3 hours. Amtrak rightly points out that there is almost no better candidate for true, “next-gen”… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Still in the works
Roll on-roll off trains still in the works; Pentagon Metro access won’t change much; More sad news for bikes & peds; MWCOG to discuss helicopter noise; More tips for Mayor Gray; Still planning Rosslyn boathouse; Gen Y passes on cars; Photographers are shady. Keep reading…
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The eternal question: New York via train or bus?
What’s the best way to get between New York and Washington? It depends how you define “best”, of course. Just about everybody knows that the cheapest way to do it is via bus, but cheapest isn’t always best. For the extra price of an Amtrak ticket you get more seating space, nicer and bigger bathrooms, a faster ride (even on the slow train, never mind… Keep reading…