Posts tagged Circulator
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Breakfast links: Coming soon
DC government’s tech innovation; EFC debate underway; Fares too confusing?; Affordable forever?; One teen vs. the generistocracy; Howard Theater, for real?; Followups; Walking and biking around the nation. Keep reading…
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Should Metrobus run like the Circulator on major arteries?
WMATA has made strides with its Metrobus service, but it’s still a little stodgy when it comes to trying new things. Is it time WMATA took a bold move and began some Circulator-type service on a major arterial? WMATA has managed to reduce its average fleet age, institute MetroExtra service, implement NextBus service (which still needs improvement) and developed… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Ways of talking
Teen struck by bullet; Obnoxious GGW commenters make the Post; How to pay for streetcars; Fewer homes on the market: good?; Yglesias on cities; Meters everywhere but no money; And…. Keep reading…
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National Zoo blocks pedestrian access from the east
Tourists often reach the National Zoo by Metro to the Connecticut Avenue entrance. But many local residents walk or bike to the east side gate off Harvard Street from Adams Morgan, Mount Pleasant, or nearby neighborhoods. Begninning this spring, they have been turned away, as the Zoo closed all east side entrances due to construction. At the Harvard Street bridge, a sign directs… Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Light rail’s supporters
FTA supports domestic streetcars; Preservationist supports overhead wires; UMD students support Purple Line; VRE getting express, not longer trains; Circulate more this fall; 8 feet long, not wide; Bike Greenbelt. Keep reading…
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iPhone App Review: Find A Metro DC
Between maps, trip planning, bus and train predictions, and more, it takes a number of apps to bring the full range of transit information to an iPhone user’s fingertips. Find A Metro DC aims to correct this by bringing everything together in one place. I currently use DC Metro for the system map and next train info, HopStop for trip planning, NextBus mobile site for MetroBus… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Future of the suburbs is transit
Suburban walkable places the future?; Pound foolish; Transit “poison pill” still not dead; Washington Circle of Death; Small steps for safety; Leaning house of Shaw; Nextboooooos?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Objects in motion
Convention center hotel back on track; Exurbs become “gated ghettos”; Ped hit at Wisconsin and M; Stroll and circulate freely; Blogging transit agencies; Give us our squares; JetBlue really coming to DCA; On politics. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: National trends, local impacts
How is your county doing with the Census?; More development happening in cities; Exurbs on the rebound or a dead cat bounce?; Better cars better, but not salvation; What’s Current; Thanks… I think. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: People out and about
Tourist season brings crowds; Myers blames the victim; One Texas town trying to stamp out cycling; Arguing numbers on the Gaithersbungle; Wisconsin ripe for a streetcar?; Anti angles; Preservation preserves. Keep reading…