Posts tagged Commuter Rail
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Bringing crowds to a game in style, minus the traffic
Like many colleges with large football programs, the University of Iowa faces major congestion problems on football game days, when tens of thousands of fans converge on its stadium. But Iowa has come up with an innovative solution to the traffic. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Preserving history
Local vs. national on the Mall; Are chain link fences historic?; 10-20 fewer people will get to live on 14th Street; Questionable campaign finance practices; Another departure at elections board; Feds won’t pay for parking yet; All Hands in jeopardy; Gray defends bond tax veto; And…. Keep reading…
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DoD begins encouraging transit for BRAC commuters
The Department of Defense is now promoting alternatives to to the more than 5,800 employees relocating to Fort Meade in August due to the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) changes. The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) headquarters is moving from the Pentagon in Virginia to Fort Meade in Maryland, and represents a substantial number of the relocated jobs. Unlike… Keep reading…
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Small projects can have a large impact
Upper Montgomery County does not have enough regional transit. Improving access to the Brunswick Line MARC train station in Boyds is one way for the county government to fix this. The upper county is growing. Between 2000 and 2010, Clarksburg added 11,932 residents, and Germantown added 30,976. And this is just the beginning. The Montgomery County government is planning… Keep reading…
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CSX troubles lead to MARC delays
Power outages, printer and fax problems, and a disabled freight train caused recent problems on the MARC system and show the complexity of running commuter rail on tracks controlled by a freight railroad. On June 1, afternoon trains on the Brunswick Line were seriously delayed at Union Station when conductors were unable to get their orders due to a Pepco power outage near Union… Keep reading…
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Weekend video: NJ Transit locomotives on German roads
Bombardier manufactures New Jersey Transit’s new ALP-45 locomotives in Kassel, Germany and they’re then transported by truck to Hamburg, where they’re loaded onto ships bound for New York. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Fundamental rights
ACLU will sue over bag searches; Federal cost cutting hurts regional transit; Delaware gets more train service; what about Maryland; New Anacostia library an architectural success; Who’s running in Arlington; NYC rethinking rethinking 34th Street; And…; A roar on Arora. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Contradictions galore
Solar Decathlon to National Harbor?; E-ZPass cameras okay by AAA; Affordable housing from heaven; Enlighten Brookland; How to avoid another commute from hell; Getting farm food into schools; Assessing Sarles; VRE mulls fare and policy changes; And…. Keep reading…
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MARC will run more, shorter trains
MARC hopes to improve Penn Line service by running more frequent, shorter trains, MTA Chief of Staff Simon Taylor told the MARC Riders Advisory Council on Thursday. Shorter trains, Taylor explained, will put less strain on the engine and be less likely to break down. More frequent trains will supply at least as many total seats and make train travel more convenient. … Keep reading…
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MARC works on improvements despite lean budget
In 2007, the Maryland Mass Transit Administration made its long-term Growth and Investment Plan for MARC commuter train service public. In spite of frequent criticism for tardiness and equipment failures, the agency has made remarkable strides towards more frequent, reliable and appealing service on its three lines. The plan calls for the addition of new trains and enhancing… Keep reading…