Posts tagged Freeway Bus
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Finally: an express bus from Leesburg to Tysons
Although Loudoun County has been operating an express bus service for a number of years to Arlington and Washington from major population centers in the County, there has been no service to what is quite possibly the most popular commuter destination from within the County’s borders: Tysons Corner. Luckily, this changes on June 21st when the Loudoun–Tysons Express… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Running to hit
Ehrlich would kill Purple, Red lines; Bam; Damn kids!; Red Line passenger expires; $40 million bus stop?; Francoise car-rier?; Stuff getting built with DC public money. Keep reading…
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TIGER means bus priority will start soon
The TIGER grants announced today mean that, instead of bus priority scraping along as a good idea without any serious attention, we’ll get bus lanes, signal priority, NextBus displays, and more in short order. I admit I was mildly disappointed to hear the results, because I was particularly excited about the K Street Transitway and the regional bike sharing program. Also,… Keep reading…
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TIGER funds bus corridors, not K Street or bike sharing
The Washington region will receive $58.8 million for bus priority improvements across the region, but no money for the K Street Transitway or regional bicycle sharing in the TIGER grants. USDOT announced the winners today. Through regional planning organization MWCOG, local governments had applied for $204 million in bus improvements, $13 million for regional bike sharing,… Keep reading…
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Regional plan recommends regional bike sharing but disjointed bus improvements
The K Street Transitway, a network of priority bus corridors, regional bike sharing, a few Metro station improvements, and two freeway bus lines in Virginia will make up the DC region’s application for the competitive “TIGER” grants that USDOT will award from the federal stimulus. Keep reading…
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“Priority bus” a valuable part of the transit mix when done right
Regional planners have been focusing their efforts recently on improving transit by creating better and faster bus service. Metro is working hard to develop “priority bus corridors,” with express buses that run more often, more quickly, and more reliably than existing service. And a committee at the Transportation Planning Board has been developing a priority bus… Keep reading…
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TPB creates more extensive yet sprawlier BRT map
Yesterday, we discussed the BRT proposal from the Transportation Planning Board that would apply for a stimulus grant to construct a beginning network of Bus Rapid Transit routes in the region. Dan posted in the comments that the committee had already expanded the map to contain a variety of corridors, which they will then whittle down to an initial network for the stimulus grant application. Here’s… Keep reading…