Posts tagged Berwyn Heights
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A streetcar used to run from H Street in DC to Berwyn Heights near College Park
Like those in a lot of other US cities, DC and surrounding areas’ best-known streetcar lines tend to be ones where service survived into the 1950’s and 1960’s. However, routes like the Washington, Gretta, & Spa Spring, which perished during the 1920’s heyday of streetcar service, often had a lasting effect on the urban landscape. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Deal or no deal?
Gridlock at Metro; Closing time; New player in the HOT lanes; Statehood hopes and dreams; Advocate for riders; Mobile market lifeline; Synagogue on the go; Fallout over foliage. Keep reading…
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A streetcar used to run from H Street to Berwyn Heights, near College Park
Like those in a lot of other US cities, DC and surrounding areas’ best-known streetcar lines tend to be ones where service survived into the 1950’s and 1960’s. However, routes like the Washington, Gretta, & Spa Spring, which perished during the 1920’s heyday of streetcar service, often had a lasting effect on the urban landscape. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What’s in store?
No more Walmarts; Harris teetering?; Where’s the bridge?; Waiting on Purple; Hail drunk driving declines; Map the crashes; Stand on the left?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Wait until spring
Bus lane delays ahead; Bridge bummer; Show me the data; Office park makeover; Rhode Island Avenue revs up; Ashburn advances; Stranded in the South; Signs signs. Keep reading…
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Why did the pedestrian bridge collapse affect Metro so far away from Greenbelt?
Yesterday afternoon, a construction accident caused the collapse of the pedestrian bridge over the Green Line and CSX/MARC tracks in Berwyn Heights. The debris blocked the line between College Park and Greenbelt, disrupting many commutes. But why were there ripples as far away as Alexandria? Since the Green Line between College Park and Branch Avenue was unaffected, it’s… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Good and bad choices
Silver has support; Not an Outer Beltway?; We want buses; Blaze your own trail; Fairfax has draft of future bike map; At least we’re not Muni; Premade bulbs; 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: Bumps in the road
Keep on Circulating; Bumps cause conflict in Chevy Chase; National Harbor II; No houses without massive road construction; MWAA, the Major Widening Aspirations Association?; Md. cameras will come slowly; Failing not bailing the housing market. Keep reading…