Posts tagged Bag Searches
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Breakfast links: Planning the deets
Getting into the Purple Line details; Finalizing connections to Tysons stations; Fairfax may limit parking near Metro; Alexandria needs an add-on tax; Congress needs a dorm; Will political shooting raise security?; Listen to the riders; Jamieson knows what WMATA PR should say; “War on drivers” is nonsense; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What’s effective?
Tommy talks Metro & bags; MD smart growth policies ineffective; Councilmember Biddle; Another fight in Metro station; Metro to use 3-day weekend closures more; Developments in the works for 2011; NY Ave redevelopment not held up by historic preservation; Ohio puts interstate extension in multimodal plan; And…. Keep reading…
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Bag search policy another example of siloed thinking
To most riders, WMATA’s bag search policy is intuitively foolish. But, as statements at recent Riders’ Advisory Council meetings make clear, within the mindset of the Metro Transit Police (MTPD), they’re entirely logical. This is another example of how silos inside WMATA lead to bad decisions. Last night, Chief Taborn echoed the statements of his underlings… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bad choices, good choices
Dulles Metro station won’t be in front of terminal; DC bag fee works, VA & MD ponder own fees; RAC opposes bag searches; Kass promoted on transportation committee; Welcome, GOP majority; How CaBi may expand; Historic preservation not always a hindrance; Help create transit manual; And…. Keep reading…
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Riders appeal to Metro police to stop bag searches
Over 100 people packed a hearing room at WMATA headquarters last night for a Riders’ Advisory Council meeting about the random bag searches Metro instituted in December. Police representatives explained the basic facts of the program in the face of over 30 often-impassioned arguments against the program. As Bob “Dr. Gridlock” Thomson tweeted, the crowd… Keep reading…
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Sound off on WMATA bag searches tonight
Tonight, the WMATA Riders’ Advisory Council is holding a public meeting to discuss the controversial bag search program launched without public discussion in December. I’ll be chairing the meeting, which starts at 6:30 pm sharp at WMATA HQ, 600 5th Street, NW in the committee room (past security, left and then right.) The meeting will start with public comment,… Keep reading…
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WMATA bag searches make transit less safe, not more
This morning, the Metro Transit Police began conducting the system’s first random bag checks. These inspections are couched in the language of security, but they actually make the system less safe. Passengers boarding during the morning rush at Braddock Road and College Park faced these screenings. The Washington Post’s Dr. Gridlock reported that one man’s… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: On the search
Searches have begun; Metro no dirtier than the rest of the world; DC Congressional overseer still up in the air; Federal DC homebuyer tax credit extended; Bethesda water has slight contamination; Big money instead of preservation; Small MoCo suburbs planning ahead; Gas demand in decline; And…. Keep reading…