Posts tagged Amtrak
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Breakfast links: Map to the secret
Amtrak as a subway; The secret’s out; “Sweeperscam”? “Robo-snitch”?; Norton news; Use creativity, not ART; Still off the MARC; “Increasingly difficult” to keep up; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Hot and bothered
Very bad day for vertical transport; Golfers irate at pro-bicycle management; You can’t air condition the outdoors; It was better before?; Bikes less limited on Capitol Limited; In Arlington, now; Tourist pedestrian child dies; Road projects on hold. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Boxes big and small
DC getting in on big boxes; Metro improving safety; Reagan’s actions affect Reagan today; Does DC need to up its game?; Why don’t Amtrak and bikes mix?; Did you steal our trail counter?; Hit and run and get away; Fix the water, here’s no money. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Transit power
Another MARC screwup; Overhead wires approved by Council; Let me out!; Unsuck DC Metro riders; Very early fare hike news; Gray for Smart Growth, not bike lanes?; LaHood the superstar. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Better or worse?
Flip it; Is Metro safer?; Tysons blown?; TOD or transit-occupying sprawl?; Rail to Richmond and Norfolk, almost; Crash tax?; We’re not a big city?; Petworth getting a market. Keep reading…
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Brunch links: Western wires
Student plans Oakland streetcar; Hybrids or electric trolleybuses?; Boycott driving, drill for subways; Stop “careless driving” in New York; Bus driver hits rider; First class bus to NY; Md. agency moving to Metro station; Somewhat urbanism-related quote of the day. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Fares and blogs
Metro fares going up, twice; Capital surcharge too; DDOT blogging; More food, drink for U; Should Arlington require shoveling?; Fenty FOIA fail; Seasons change, bloggers switch jobs; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links II: Get whisked away
Richmond to Raleigh in 2 hours; DC2beach; Another person pooh-poohs Purple; Coming to Baltimore; $2 million for tax breaks?; Comment on transit formula; APTA stance hurting transit?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: George and his town
Will it be George?; Georgetown endorses streetcars, mostly; “Complete Streets, incomplete BRAC”; Gray better with Twitter, except on policy; On the rails; Federally; Narrow streets yourself. Keep reading…
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Owner of H Street tunnel not so eager for streetcars
In April, DDOT presented an exciting plan to run the planned H Street streetcar through an existing tunnel under the H Street “Hopscotch” bridge. However, one obstacle still stands in the way of that vision: the current owner of the tunnel, Potomac Development Corporation. The current tunnel runs under the H Street bridge and the Amtrak tracks, and is about the width… Keep reading…