Posts tagged Core Capacity
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Is a Metro extension to Woodbridge a good idea?
Congressman Gerry Connolly and local officials are holding a public meeting September 26 in Prince William County to discuss extending Metro to Woodbridge. It this a good idea? Like any proposal, it has pros and cons. The issue also depends greatly on whether you look at the problem from a transit planner lens or a public opinion lens. Is actually bringing Metro to Woodbridge… Keep reading…
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Metro planners contemplate system’s second generation
By 2040, Metrorail ridership is expected to top 1 million daily rides and the system’s core will be severely crowded. To cope, Metro has been looking at long-term possibilities for expanding transit, whether on the Metro system itself or in other modes, like streetcars or BRT. A “second generation” of the system might bring new lines to the region and extensions… Keep reading…
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5 top issues for Richard Sarles
The Washington Post has an op-ed from me in their Local Opinions section this morning. It lists some important issues which need Richard Sarles’ attention, now that he’s become WMATA’s longer-term CEO instead of interim General Manager. Keep reading…
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Metro ponders new tunnels and connections
Before long, the Metro system will be bursting at the seams, besides those spots where trains are already stuffed to the gills. What can we do? To figure out some solutions, Metro’s planning department has been analyzing many different alternatives for fixing the capacity bottlenecks. They’ve been posting the presentations to their Technical Advisory Group… Keep reading…
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A cheaper route to Metro core capacity, part 3: More complex service patterns
If Metro separates the Yellow and Green Lines to add capacity across the Potomac, we could align service various ways. What about a hybrid of the two? Keep reading…
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A cheaper route to Metro core capacity, part 2: Virginia service patterns
One of the possibilities from Metro’s core capacity study involves a short 9th Street tunnel from L’Enfant Plaza to Mount Vernon Square. That could be a cheaper way to add Metro capacity across the Potomac, the system’s current bottleneck. It wouldn’t add service to much-needed areas like the McMillan/AFRH area of DC, (though allowing that possibility… Keep reading…
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A cheaper route to Metro core capacity?
Metrorail will reach its capacity by 2030. The Orange Line is already just about maxed out in Arlington. We can build light rail, BRT, streetcars and other modes to relieve the pressure, but Metrorail will remain the fastest and most desirable mode. The separate Blue Line would relieve some of the pressure, allowing for more trains through Rosslyn. However, a new Potomac tunnel and… Keep reading…
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The Blue Line reroute, visualized
Commenter Reza pointed out Track Twenty-Nine’s great visual diagram of the proposed Franconia-Greenbelt “blue line reroute”. He shows each train in a 12-minute period as a separate line, making it easy to visualize the relative volume on each segment of Metro track before and after the proposed change. Keep reading…
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Brown Line: We don’t need a new color
As discussed yesterday, Metro is currently planning a new line color, brown, to delineate new service from Franconia-Springfield to Greenbelt via the Yellow-Green route. Metro presumably decided to do this based on rider feedback. According to their presentaton, “A majority of respondents mentioned that adding a new line color to the map would make the change easier… Keep reading…
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Metro proposes new “Brown Line”
WMATA’s Rider’s Advisory Council’s Rail subcommittee will hear a presentation (PDF) on realigning the Blue/Yellow line trains this Wednesday at 6:30 p.m (PDF). This similar to the same idea circulated earlier this year about diverting some of the eastbound Blue line trains toward the Yellow line to relieve capacity at the Rosslyn tunnel. They’re… Keep reading…