Posts tagged Buses
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Dinner links: Make BRT not war edition
Rapid buses coming rapidly: WMATA has a priority list of 24 corridors to get the rapid bus treatment including limited-stop express service and “signal priority” technology to hold yellow lights for buses, reports BeyondDC. Last night, Jim Hamre of WMATA presented details to Maryland’s Action Committee for Transit. Tops on the list for DC are the 16th Street… Keep reading…
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Dinner links: You should go to Monday’s hearings edition
Graham isn’t against streetcars: Despite reports in the press, Jim Graham assured BeyondDC that he isn’t opposed to the Anacostia streetcar line. He just wants to ask questions. It’s a good opportunity to educate the Council on the need for streetcars there, on H Street, and elsewhere. Monday, July 14, 10:00… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: governmental lameness edition
Bye, bye pedestrian pie: DDOT bows to ANC pressure and reconfigures the Morrison Street pedestrian signal into a classic traffic light. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Interesting ideas from the past edition
Mall plus plus: The July 2006 issue of Washingtonian presented a vision for the National Mall that would create landfill and new canals behind the Jefferson Memorial to create space for new memorials and a relocated Supreme Court; the VRE tracks would also be buried to restore Maryland Avenue as a mirror of Pennsylvania. Thanks Nick! Keep reading…
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Bus rules: let’s call a time out
We had a lot of great comments on DDOT’s proposal to banish intercity buses to L’Enfant Plaza for loading and unloading. Keep reading…
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TPB: VPL + BRT = A-OK?
A few months ago, the Transportation Policy Board of MWCOG proposed “Variably Priced Lanes” on major highways throughout the region. A cross between congestion pricing and HOT lanes (depending on whether the entire road or part of the road would be “variably priced”), this would generate considerable revenue and speed commutes, imposing the cost of… Keep reading…
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Donna Edwards: for better buses, against National Harbor
There’s a good profile of future MD-4 Congresswoman Donna Edwards in the Post. Edwards beat incumbent Al Wynn in the primary last spring, and is expected to win a special election Tuesday to finish the last few months of Wynn’s term. Keep reading…
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This bus stops here only during full moons and days with an ‘r’ in the name
Arlington’s CommuterPageBlog has the story of a poor Metro rider who tried to connect to an Arlington bus at Court House Metro. No signs tell riders where the stop is. He eventually found the stop, but no bus; it turned out (amid some confusing signs) that this bus stopped in a totally different place on weekdays. Keep reading…
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The conservative case for streetcars
Paul Weyrich, the leading conservative voice for rail transit, lays out the case why streetcars are superior to bus rapid transit. Keep reading…
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Weekend reading
“Not sexy”: Politicians aren’t yet embracing transit as the solution to high gas prices, but they will, argues Ryan Avent in Grist. Keep reading…