Posts tagged Buses
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Breakfast links: Danger all around
Navy Yard is “dangerous”?; Failing US transportation system endangers future growth; Hit and run in Mt. Rainier; DoD makes a BRAC mistake; “Mosquito” officially killed; Feds encouraged to use CaBi; Uline Arena plans pushed back; And…. Keep reading…
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Morning links: Out of the road
Bus tragedy; Keeping bike racks off Pennsylvania; Opposing comes at a cost; Food trucks roll around for another article; Fishing for tows; Google the Shweeb; And in Oregon…; Cities in focus; Vision on the SW Waterfront. Keep reading…
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Metro Board will take up Greenbelt restructuring
On Thursday, Metro’s Board of Directors will be taking up the proposed restructuring of Greenbelt bus service. WMATA staff want to restructure Greenbelt’s bus service because they feel resources could be used more efficiently. It will result in a reduction in service for some, but an increase in service for others. If the Metro Board approves the changes, they… Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Waterfront and beyond
Obama expresses low opinion of DCPS; ‘Boat people’ in DC; Longing for a SE/SW Boulevard; Buses on Roadeo Drive; The new highway lobby; Budget creativity in New York transit; Pricing not so bad after all; And…. Keep reading…
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Metro plans 99 express bus on new route to Dupont
Earlier this month, I described DDOT and WMATA’s study of the District’s third-busiest Metrobus line and the recommendations that riders, survey respondents and forum participants gave for service improvement. This week, in a final series of public meetings, the study team presented the recommendations it will make to DDOT and WMATA’s Board of Directors. Keep reading…
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Bike lane forces bus reroute on Pennsylvania Avenue
The 13B Metrobus line has been making an extra loop after the Pennsylvania Avenue bike lane forbade left turns onto 10th Street, WMATA officials said. The bus, which runs a counterclockwise loop between the Pentagon, the Federal Triangle, and Arlington Cemetery, currently uses Pennsylvania Avenue westbound between 6th and 10th Streets, NW, where it turns left on 10th. The… Keep reading…
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WMATA plans new X9, Virginia and Greenbelt bus changes
This morning, a committee of the WMATA Board approved a set of changes to bus service including a new X9 line in DC, replacing the 16A and 16B 13A and 13B with extended 16F and 7E routes in Arlington and Fairfax, and a restructuring of bus service in Greenbelt. The new X9 line would add limited-stop service on the high ridership H Street and Benning Road line. The express would connect… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Taking control
Arlington gets Columbia Pike; Alexandria to get multi-space meters; Trader Joe’s eyes Clarendon, wants parking; Sharing the road; Zoning stifling jobs?; Elevated Dulles much cheaper; New 99 bus?; Visualizing commutes. Keep reading…
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Bus cuts aren’t always bad
In this spring’s WMATA budget debate, transit advocates asked for and won a budget that contained “no service cuts.” But the actual ideal resolution would have been “almost no service cuts,” because in a few spots, bus service needs cutting. One example is the P1 bus, which makes a one-block loop to stop in front of Federal Center SW Metro on its… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Violence about the roads
Ride the inaugural CaBis; Speed hump leads to murder; 3 pedestrians hit; Adams Morgan victim dies; Estimate your transportation costs; Trans-Hudson tunnel halted; Build your own streetcar; Singing a new Metro song. Keep reading…