Posts tagged Metroaccess
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Breakfast links: According to a poll
Cameras for money? People think so; Marylanders now strongly for equality; Transit for the people; Yuppified Union Market; Green features vs. bigger sewers; Parks: #5 but should be better; Google Maps for the ancients; And…; Your name at the top. Keep reading…
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Taxis could make paratransit service cheaper
WMATA’s MetroAccess paratransit service has become too expensive for both its clients and the governments that fund it, and has suffered from some serious problems with its service. Using more taxis to transport persons with disabilities could decrease costs and improve service quality. People with certain disabilities qualify for Metro Access service. Riders pay… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Need space
Can’t get there; BRT will need land; Cafritz gets OK; OK to tailgate bikes in Virginia; Not so super or grand; Cars make room for humans; Bet on downtown Vegas; Walk like an Englishman. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Ethics and apathy
Ethics reform matters; Scandal? Who cares?; Orange line disruption botched; Save money, share a stadium; Protestors create mini-city; AAA-OK with gridlock; MetroAccess customers get ride coupons; Norton supports realtor memorial; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Count ourselves lucky
Irene’s aftermath; MLK memorial a “failure”?; MoCo may criminalize criminality; Dry tavern goes dark; Fairfax planning Silver Line parking; Tourism trumps education in Richmond; MetroAccess drivers tired of long hours; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast Links: The value of helmets
Black women talk about biking; CaBi users to get helmets; Bus alerts coming; Accessible but inconvenient; From warehouse to office; Bad news for Hyattsville development; Can voters trust Michael A. Brown?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Easy fix might not be easy
It’s hard to relieve traffic (without pricing); Just try following speed limits; Will HUD stop undermining mixed-use?; Red light runner hits Tregoning; “Virtual tunnel”? Got a better name?; Capitol Riverfront/Curly W station?; MetroAccess not growing, more confusing; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: More jobs
Gray unveils more economic development details; Electronics maker to St. E’s; Demolition by divine neglect; MetroAccess riders suing over possible TB exposure; In transit-rich neighborhood, but transit not so useful; Get searched to hear music, see sculptures; Keeping Md. drivers & cyclists ignorant; Arrest made in parade shooting; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The bike life
Obituary for “the bike lady”; To catch a bike thief; Drivers take bike frustration to police; Council looks at ethics; Metro morsels; St. E’s will still move ahead, needs food; No more Arts for 5th and Eye; And…. Keep reading…
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Wheelchair-accessible cabs increase DC mobility
As of Thursday, DC’s residents and visitors with disabilities no longer have to struggle with unreliable Metro elevators or schedule MetroAccess rides 24 hours in advance. Instead, they can take a cab like anybody else. On Thursday morning, MWCOG and the DC Taxi Commission launched rollDC, the District’s new accessible cab pilot program. Through… Keep reading…