Posts tagged Dedicated Funding
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How does Metro’s funding compare to other cities’ systems?
Most transit systems have two budgets: capital, to pay for things like trains and rails, and operating, for running the equipment they already have. And most rely on a few different sources for the money, including fares, advertising, and local government subsidies. Here’s where Metro’s subsidy funding comes from:… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Human error
Red light problems; Bad news for buses; Bring on the user fees; WMATA Real talk; Shelter selection woes; United on MetroAccess; Alexandria housing drama; Ivy City is gonna be huge; Power to the principals; Teacher pay tension. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Give me a break
Metro making progress; Money for Metro; Rebuild in Bethesda; Help me, Prince William; Board changes in VA; Criminally slow; The Beach under Dupont; Streetcar to ATL. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Going Gray
Gray out of the shadow; What’s up with WMATA?; Bike lanes for Fairfax; Housing boom and bust; Affordable housing on the Hill; Feds in high castles; Factoring in future feds; It’s not the bikes; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: A new path for WMATA
Sayonara; Changing course; Time to say goodbye?; Help needed; Taking the leap?; Experimenting; Planning for tomorrow; A new challenge; And…; Thank you. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Work from home
Derailed; Only 3 months; First one in; The new guy; Franklin facelift; Timber!; There’s (almost) an app for that; Spend less, get more. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Paying and placing transit
Green for Purple; Silver at bat; No bus parking; Housing paying for transit; The housing burden; Worse before it gets better; Tokyo drifts toward zero deaths. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Hogan’s plans
New deadlines; Highway veteran; On the waterfront; Vision zero kick-off; Green schools are too much; Transportation bill moves; The other side of the tracks; Shifting right; Frequent driver miles. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Blame Congress
Fight for Metro funds; Congress keeps cutting; Metro’s green light; Rail ramps up in Virginia; DPW director says farewell; Keep it affordable; Traffic calmed; Role models; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Best laid plans
Phoning it in; Catching fire; Next in line; New Montgomery road; 16th St detours; What federal funding?; Underground city; Turn around; IB for DC?. Keep reading…