Posts tagged Columbia Pike
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Breakfast links: Slow down
If you build them; Keeping kids safe; Metro slows; Don’t stop; From streetcar to monorail; Electric merger rejected; Don’t yield to the law; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: But that’s crazy
Refunds and apologies; All for one and one for all; Almost hit; The Mayor’s duplex; Filling the void; That’s nuts; Who really needs the help. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Make it better
Loudoun numbers; Be nice to tourists; Now what; Help them ride; Three feet or else; I like big buses; Don’t be a hater. Keep reading…
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Ask GGW: Now that the streetcar isn’t happening, why aren’t there bigger buses on Columbia Pike?
Columbia Pike is one of the most heavily-traveled transit corridors in the area. A streetcar there is no longer a transportation option, but that only highlights the need for a solution for current and future congestion. Reader Brandon Shaw wants to know why there are only standard buses on Columbia Pike as opposed to articulated buses, which are longer and can carry more passengers: Why… Keep reading…
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To replace Columbia Pike streetcar, Vihstadt proposes Circulator bus
Arlington County Board member John Vihstadt, whose opposition to the Columbia Pike streetcar proved decisive in Arlington’s decision to cancel that project, now proposes “Circulator-type buses” instead. Only one problem: Bus service on Columbia Pike is already better than DC Circulator. Keep reading…
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A history of streetcar planning in Northern Virginia
Yesterday we looked at the evolution of streetcar proposals in the District. Here’s how Northern Virginia’s two modern-day efforts unfolded. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: If not now, when?
Light rail limbo; Waiting for transit; No U-turn; Ivy City reborn; Close to the people; Stuck; Total eclipse; Subterranean blues. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Take a ride
Not bad; Columbia Pike Metro?; Squash pop-ups; Parks, not parking; Passing grade; Just say no; Call the play; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro moves
New Metro rep; Metroway scores; No union; Transit-rich budget; Rethinking in Arlington; Walk safer in Arlington; Parity for commuters; Failure to house; The bus pays. Keep reading…
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Expand a highway to get a sidewalk? How about just build the sidewalk.
Maryland highway planners say four new interchanges on Route 29 in eastern Montgomery County will cut congestion, improve pedestrian and bicycle safety, and make it easier to build bus rapid transit. But the designs they’ve proposed would actually make all three of those things worse. Keep reading…