Posts tagged Fta
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Breakfast links: In short supply
Loudoun’s Silver Line plan; Sold in NoVa; Hope for Memorial Bridge; Metro sound bites; School funds; Build the Bay; The problem with office parks; Better, cheaper bike lanes. Keep reading…
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Batteries on tracks could power trains and save Metro money
Metro trains can sometimes generate energy when they brake, but right Metro doesn’t have a way to capture and use it. A recent WMATA study says the agency would need to buy less power from Pepco and Dominion if it installed battery systems along its rails. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Expert advice
Metro’s book of revelations; A safe bet for Metro; Better safe than shiny; Frack-free county; Unwanted and under-reported; BRT for NOVA; A bridge too far; Disappointment for Independence Ave; More parking in Brookland; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Tunnel trouble
No Red Line water repairs; FTA in the tunnels; Circulator short on maintenance; Bye bye bus shelter; Leggett lets up on taxes; Rally on dirt bikes; Metro on customer accountability; Pothole hunters. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Avoiding meltdowns, nuclear and commuter
Security summit traffic; Exelon deal or no deal; Trail-oriented is the new black; At the Monument, take the stairs; Lap of non-luxury; Fake grass, real problems; The struggle (to pay rent) is real; A boom with a view; Ever-expanding highways; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Turning the corner
A new era?; Behind the Metro mess; More safety inspections; Stuck in the door; Good news for CaBi; Fountain’s revival; Alexandria skyscraper; Take two for gas-to-condos; Taming transit costs; And…. Keep reading…
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The DC Streetcar starts service on Saturday. It took a wild ride to get here.
When DC’s H Street and Benning Road streetcar opens on February 27, it’ll run on rails that were first installed almost seven years earlier. We’ve been talking about this project since 2008, with hundreds of posts. The following is a little walk down memory lane to look at everything that’s happened. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Wizarding games
Nobody beats the wiz; Wi-fi for DC; Federal agencies fight over Metro; No answer to the crowds; Driving more; The bus is on fire; Transparent taxis; Know your domes. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not about the money
Purple waits on state; DC taxi app; Reasons behind ridership drop; More bad news for WMATA; Arena football in DC?; An idealistic budget; A bridge for bikes; Less drastic on drones; Snowstorm slows housing market; Underneath the Capitol; The past is the future. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: This time around
Here we snow again; Paid leave on the table; Failure to communicate; Feds pressure WMATA; No sidewalks, no peace; Burnham Place will rise; Zoned in Georgetown; Bikeshare ideology; Save the tree(house); Moving on up?. Keep reading…