Posts tagged Buses
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Breakfast links and media: Final decisions
Have a tip for the links? Submit it here. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links II: Get whisked away
Richmond to Raleigh in 2 hours; DC2beach; Another person pooh-poohs Purple; Coming to Baltimore; $2 million for tax breaks?; Comment on transit formula; APTA stance hurting transit?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links I: Cluttered news
Metro too cluttered?; Bus driver harasses, not punished?; The doc explains; Call 911 if you get hit; Anti-cycle rampager caught; Build on parking, not garden; Real cities have theaters; Can White House Urban Affairs do something?. Keep reading…
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Finally: an express bus from Leesburg to Tysons
Although Loudoun County has been operating an express bus service for a number of years to Arlington and Washington from major population centers in the County, there has been no service to what is quite possibly the most popular commuter destination from within the County’s borders: Tysons Corner. Luckily, this changes on June 21st when the Loudoun–Tysons Express… Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Gotta lotta news
June’s service disruptions; Crash on K; “The park is parked”; What a cyclist sees; Virginians packing Amtrak; Roaring for bike sharing; The one good MLK Library view; Greater grocers; Even more ART; The other late-night change; Safe cars buried, then destroyed. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Silly and serious
Are we “yuppies”? Are streetcars “toys”?; Papers without patience; Google made them build an unsafe road?; No videotaping police misconduct?; Riding it all; Georgetown streetcars tonight; Bike bits; Can the best congestion model sell congestion pricing?. Keep reading…
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Metro isn’t the NYC subway, part 2: Don’t forget transfers
The Post’s Sunday editorial says that Metrorail fares are subsidizing bus fares. It points out that in places like New York, people pay $2 or more for a bus ride, compared to $1.25 for a SmarTrip bus ride here. It’s true that bus fares are very low, and as Michael Perkins has pointed out, they haven’t kept pace with inflation. Michael said that a $1.50 bus fare would… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Underground spaces, above-ground fights
Center Leg gash to heal; Dupont tunnels: Public money or not?; UMD backs down halfway; Fighting over VRE; Commission opposition; Lawyers on bikes; Down with opaque windows; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend video: 4 kinds of transportation
DDOT has published a neat video showing a streetcar pulling into a possible future Anacostia Transit Center with streetcars, buses, Metro and mixed-use buildings. Riders on a Copenhagen bus route plan a special surprise for their bus driver’s birthday: Keep reading…
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Bus stop density correlates with speed
This graph compares the scheduled average speed by route with the average number of bus stops per mile for all bus routes in the WMATA published data. Keep reading…