Posts tagged Bus Garages
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WMATA plans to rebuild its 14th Street bus garage with retail, and keep its diesel fleet for now
WMATA is revamping its crumbling northern bus garage on 14th Street using state-of-the-art “green” construction and electric systems. The proposed new garage will bring retail to enliven the street, but many residents are disappointed it won't replace polluting diesel buses with electric ones. Keep reading…
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Here’s what Southeast Boulevard could look like
The District Department of Transportation held a second community meeting on the redevelopment plan for the Southeast Boulevard and Barney Circle. Here's what it could look like. Keep reading…
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DCST will work on bus priority and routes, curbside management, and autonomous vehicles
Greater Greater Washington has teamed up with the organization DCST to advocate for better transportation in DC (and Rosslyn). I can now announce what we're going to be working on: Making buses great, streamlining the curbside usage in business districts, and planning for new technologies of the future, such as autonomous vehicles. I'm excited about it! Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: All the possibilities
Stadium projects in Washington region; Height Act public hearings; Money for DC small businesses; Construction of new Metrobus garage underway; MoCo tackles overcrowding; Bikes outsell cars in Europe; Development follows streetcar lines; And…. Keep reading…
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WMATA plan: Not $26 billion, not mostly about tunnels
New Metro tunnels in downtown DC sound really cool (and expensive), but they’re not what’s most important about the “Momentum” strategic plan WMATA planners showed their board on Thursday. Rather, the crux of the plan is the smaller, yet very important, projects Metro needs for 2025. The capital improvements in “Metro 2025” come to… Keep reading…
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Ward 5 needs a vision beyond “no bus/streetcar parking”
Will the Spingarn streetcar barn harm the Benning Road corridor? Would a bus garage on North Capitol damage surrounding neighborhoods? Will mixed use development destroy Brookland? Discussions in DC’s Ward 5 often center around what residents oppose, but what’s really needed is a plan for what they do want. Ward 5, mostly in Northeast DC, has the most industrial… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Hunker down
Sandy shuts down transportation; Farragut Crossing a hit; CaBi gets ads; No love for Hoover; Bus garage at AFRH?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Course correction
Heights not yet achieved; Almost one illegal U-turn a minute; Healthier ways to got to health jobs; Gray lukewarm on lower fines; Historic garages?; Berliner backs taxes to pay for transportation; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Find a place
Buses need a home; Nothing can get approval; Fare hikes likely a go; Good for now; To err is human; Green plan not black and white; Hine is fine; But DC gave LivingSocial one!; Glen Echo loses last streetcar; Or just drive more safely?. Keep reading…
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New residents and arts spaces could spark Ward 4’s 14th St.
Can 14th Street north of Columbia Heights become a lively and successful commercial area once again? A new plan suggests finding spots to catalyze development, possibly including the WMATA bus barn or surrounding properties, and making a piece of the corridor into a place for artists to live and work more cheaply. This part of DC boomed in the mid-20th century, spurred by population… Keep reading…