Posts tagged Fire
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Breakfast links: Metro fire(d)
Fire in the hole; Lots of layoffs for Metro; Blame it on mode share shift; Renters’ rights for Montgomery; DNC on board for DC statehood?; Virginia is for pensioners; Housing or hotel?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: White is the new Orange
The votes are in; Libby Garvey in Arlington; Mobile app makes party changes; Building stays industrial near Metro; Medical Center access is expensive; Putting the brakes on dirt bikes; Revote for Local 689?; Tough day for travel; Get outta town. Keep reading…
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FiveThirtyEight said Metro catches fire 4 times per week. Fortunately, that’s wrong.
On Thursday, FiveThirtyEight, a national blog popular for its analytical take on everything from Donald Trump to the NBA, published an article claiming that there were 85 fires on the Metrorail system— over four fires per week— between January 1st and last week. That claim is built on inaccurate data, and it overstates the actual risk of fire on Metro. Keep reading…
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What we know and what we don’t about last week’s Federal Center SW explosion
Last week, after an explosion at Federal Center SW, someone at Metro’s Rail Operations Control Center denied Metro safety workers access to inspect the track. Also, while the explosion happened just before 7 am, the station didn’t shut down until the afternoon. This doesn’t reflect well on Metro’s safety culture, but we also don’t have all the details. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro issues old and new
Tragedy averted; Automation issues; WMATARU’s fatal flaw; Make Van Ness great again; Delivery’s race factor; More pavement, more problems; HOV in BRT; Hold up at White Oak; Coming soon in NoMa. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Blitzes and bans
Metro’s got more than 99 problems; Now ban the other box; Co-op opt out; Energy bills, bills, bills; Fire on the mountain; Fighting words (on license plates); (Development) stop requested; Cycling at a crossroads; Sounds like progress; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rough rails, new trails
Monday meltdown; Protected lanes in Alexandria; Trail connections; Metro for Prince William?; Commuter lot bandits; Less taxation, still no representation; Unequal property values; Soccer prison?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro is listening
Metro seeking input; Fewer trains, steady ridership; Tax break incentives; Layoffs at LivingSocial; Falling wages; Not homeless anymore; Carpooling the Uber way; Gallaudet redevelopment advances; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: I think I can
Rush-hour relief; Almost, streetcar; Delayed for a reason; Change for the board; Struck DC; Near Union Station; CaBi unionized; Cemetery springs to life; Violence hits home; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro madness and density duels
Skip the stop; Still too many short trains; Mort malfeasance?; Doesn’t want density; Putting out fires; Repect Rock Creek; The walking dead; Forget globally, fund locally; And the newest objection to bike lanes is. Keep reading…