Posts tagged Cat:transit
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Lunch links: Transportation of our desire edition
Desired: A streetcar article not named Desire: A NYT article about streetcars has prompted blog posts everywhere about the topic. I’m so glad… but can we please move beyond blog posts entitled “A Desire Named Streetcar”? Keep reading…
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Morning links: Benefits of transit edition
Gridlock Sam still shilling for Chevy Chase: New York’s “Gridlock Sam,” who coined the term “gridlock,” is still working for the town of Chevy Chase and pushing bad logic to stop light rail on the Purple Line. This time, he argues that light rail isn’t much better than BRT, while the buses are cheaper. But Sam neglects to mention that the BRT alignments… Keep reading…
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Connecting communities (or not)
It was Councilmember Marion Barry (ward 8) who had the day’s most relevant quote. “Streetcars are about connecting communities,” he said, as he urged his colleagues to support the proposed 1.3-mile, $43-million Anacostia demonstration streetcar in his ward. There’s only one problem: the proposed line doesn’t connect communities at all. There’s no community on South Capitol… Keep reading…
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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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Schrag on Kojo
The Great Society Subway author Zachary Schrag appeared on the Kojo Nnamdi show on WAMU last Wednesday, comparing Metro’s current expansion debate with the debates when Metro was being built. Keep reading…
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Our transportation priorities
BeyondDC wrote about the latest Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), released by MWCOG’s Transportation Planning Board. This summarizes all transportation projects through 2014 that the region’s governments have funded or plan to fund. Keep reading…
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Transit and bicycling Google maps that Washington still lacks
Commenter and blogger Michael Perkins noticed that WMATA has changed its position on working with Google Transit. Before, they argued that their schedule data was “proprietary”; now, they are working with Google, but John Catoe says the results “are not accurate enough to release to the public.” Keep reading…
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Hot issues in Greater Washington
Welcome Marc Fisher and Atrios readers! Here are a few of the most popular recent posts on Greater Greater Washington: Keep reading…
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Greaterest Hits
First time here? Below are a few of the most popular posts from Greater Greater Washington recently: Transit Keep reading…
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What WMATA is really suggesting
Metrorail is nearing its capacity, with heavy load in many key points throughout the system. At last week’s WMATA board meeting, staff presented recommendations for capital improvements to increase capacity at the bottlenecks. Press outlets covered the topic, but often with confusion on details. WTOP covered the Georgetown/M Street proposal but wrote that the new… Keep reading…