Posts tagged Derailment
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Breakfast links: Are you sure?
Crowded Metro; Purple rumors; Fewer tickets; What does it mean; Costly schools; Paperless; He wasn’t texting. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Infrastructure
Too fast; Bad timing; MoCo’s branch begins; Sexy buses; Budget blows; No cause for celebration; CaBi saves cash; Damaged; Making transit happen; Poor placement. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Derailed
Deadly crash; A new crossing; Land for cash; More ART in Arlington; Budget updates; Keep NOVA moving; Hogan passes laws; Costco carmageddon; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Graying society
AAA wants baby boomers to keep driving; Property tax credits for elderly; Parking still excessive on Black Friday; Hope for the Height Act?; Tiny houses show possible affordable avenue; Four more years?; Derailed train was speeding; Work at CSG; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Welcome back
Purple Line may impact endangered species; Food trucks receive lotteried spots; Fatal derailment in New York; Bike trains help novices; Finer street grids improve walkability; Germany plans deep emissions cuts; Kolkata cyclists protest ban; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Show me the money
Low property assessments cost DC; DC attracts venture capital; Empty buses serve the city?; Bike commuting continues to rise; Silver Line test train derails; Uber causes more tension; Reston shopping center undergoes renovation; Apply for Rail~Volution conference scholarships; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stay safe
Safe at night; Walk safe in Fairfax; Faster police; Going off the rails; Don’t forget bikes; No FBI HQ at GPO; Georgetown wants the streetcar; BID up Southwest; No-no go-go for park?. Keep reading…
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Having a Plan B saved me 90 minutes on Metro yesterday
Yesterday evening, a derailment snarled the Green Line. A colleague and I both commute from Silver Spring to Greenbelt. His trip took 2.5 hours, mine took 52 minutes. What was the difference? Part of the difference was simply luck, but most of the difference was due to having a Plan B. My colleague and I both work in Downtown Silver Spring and connect to a (different) bus at Greenbelt… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Find a place
Buses need a home; Nothing can get approval; Fare hikes likely a go; Good for now; To err is human; Green plan not black and white; Hine is fine; But DC gave LivingSocial one!; Glen Echo loses last streetcar; Or just drive more safely?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Off the rails
Metro derails; Diner on the move; Who are the new residents?; Farm the roof; 3-foot confusing; What’s libertarian transportation?; Rental units not all in big buildings; Barry makes point poorly. Keep reading…