Posts tagged Air Travel
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Time to ground the Washington Flyer
Travelers to and from Dulles airport probably wonder why there is a monopoly taxi service, the Washington Flyer, serving the airport. I am aware of only one other major US airport that has a monopoly taxi service. With rising concerns about climate change and the DC area’s status as a non-attainment area for air pollution, the millions of empty miles taxis drive due to this anachronistic… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Decongesting our politics and our roads
Barry back in the news; We’re still riding, still need Metro; Bus locations copyright NextBus?; Chicago parked itself into a corner; It’s working for Philly; Paging Jim Graham; Paging Barbara Mikulski; Just National?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Hitting back with words and song
Woodley Park smackdown; A balanced view of the “war on drivers”; Singing about zoning; Catoe is tops; NextBus in one month; Trains are the future for airports; MPD nixes broadcast. Keep reading…
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Help is on the way!
Our “rescue plane” is on its way to Gander! (And already 46 minutes late.) Keep reading…
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Take a Gander at this: it’s sure not Paris
Have you ever heard of Gander, Newfoundland, Canada? I can’t say I had. But now we’re here. United flight 914 had some oil trouble with one of its engines midway over the Atlantic, and had to turn around. Keep reading…