Posts tagged Commuter Rail
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Commuter rail could extend all the way to Haymarket
Northern Virginia’s commuter rail service, VRE, is taking the first steps to extend its Manassas Line 11 miles farther west, to Haymarket. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Mad for development
Calling all developers; Pop-up less; Use a barge; Excellent X2; A tiny tiff; Cherry blossom Metro; Hand in hand; Citi upgrades; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Funding surge
Paying teachers; Surge!; More biking; Stepping down; Metro tunnel shooting; Tragic walking; Watching the tracks; Biking means profit; And…. Keep reading…
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San Diego’s Trolley is just the beginning of an extensive countywide rail network
Continuing our look at transit systems outside the Washington region, San Diego county has a light and commuter rail network that stretches 117 miles across Southern California. Keep reading…
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Your transit map could look like this if Maryland builds the Red and Purple Lines
Within ten years, you could be able to take trains from West Baltimore to Tysons Corner in Virginia, or go from Bethesda to Fells Point along the Baltimore waterfront without detouring through downtown DC. If, that is, Maryland still builds the planned Purple and Baltimore Red light rail lines. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: You’re fired
Falling Starr; Coming out of retirement; A representative scofflaw; Gentrification in Ward 8; Wells’s environmental vision; An urban state?; Rail smash; More housing for NYC; Google that ride; And…. Keep reading…
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Here’s what will (hopefully) happen in DC transportation over the next two years
DC will have more sidewalks, bike lanes, bus signal priority, real-time screens, many more finished studies, and other changes two years from now, if the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) follows through on a strong new “Action Plan” released today. The moveDC plan is a forward-thinking, ambitious, and comprehensive vision for transportation across… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Hail, taxis
The government Uber; Cabbies demand “justice”; Actual ridesharing; How people ride Silver; Affordable housing on track; Fairfax food trucks; Washington will flood more; Trains in trouble; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: 1991’s Ferguson in DC
Is Mt. Pleasant Ferguson?; The circle of opposition; No cars on new Portland bridge; FHWA delays CSX tunnel decision; Revitalization starts with Whole Foods; Eden Center tenants sue landlord; Minimum service standards needed; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Car freedom
No car Capitol?; Marylanders worry about VMT tax; Take VRE to the fireworks; Next train in how long?!?; How to make the W&OD safer?; Gas station sculpture planned for Anacostia; Marion Barry in his own words; Lean urbanism could revive cities faster; Light rail connects Twin Cities; And…. Keep reading…