Posts tagged Marc
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Breakfast links: Playing chicken
Yes or no to urban chickens?; Lay off DC, national writers; Induced demand for restaurants; Open a business for $1; New VRE station stalled; Rail ridership ups and downs; Cyclist diversity grows; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The numbers tell all
Pay to play?; DC wins more residents among workers; Where homes sell slowest; Why engineers pooh-poohed cycle tracks; Bike thief contronted, laughs; It’s not “Breakfast at Citibank”; What’s next for MARC; And… Keep reading…
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O’Malley announces first projects using new gas tax money
Today, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley signed the transportation funding bill that passed the legislature this year. The governor also announced a list of projects that would get some of the money, including MARC expansion and studies for the Purple Line and Baltimore Red Line. The tax will start this summer, and will help fund transportation projects across the state. Keep reading…
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MARC makes improvements, plans even more
MARC riders will see a new Halethorpe station on the Penn Line in June and the first of 54 new bi-level train cars by the end of the year. MTA also has a wish list of projects to fund with money from Maryland’s recently-passed gas tax increase. David Johnson, chief customer communications officer for the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA), briefed the MARC Riders’… Keep reading…
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DMU trains are the DC region’s missing transit mode
In the DC region we have Metro and commuter rail trains, with light rail, streetcars, and BRT all in the works. And of course, regular buses. But one common mode we don’t have is DMU trains, which bridge the gap between light rail and commuter rail. DMU stands for Diesel Multiple Unit. DMU trains are intended to operate on routes that look like commuter rail, but at almost light… Keep reading…
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Maryland, Virginia, fund these projects!
Maryland and Virginia will both enact major new transportation funding bills this year. Neither bill says exactly which projects will be funded, but here are the top 10 projects in Maryland and Virginia that most deserve to get some of the funds. 1. 8-car Metro trains: Metrorail is near capacity, especially in Virginia. More Metro railcars and the infrastructure they need (like… Keep reading…
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Weekend links: While there’s time
MD Senate funds transportation; Let ANCs talk more?; A stop for super stops; Keep Arlington in the loop as you bike; Anacostia Playhouse gets green light; People want a safer Bethesda; Fences get cut on MBT; Who got tickets?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Back to work
NOquester; Verizon Center gets its signs; Public (Parking) Storage?; MARC your schedules; Can you trust VDOT?; Bids everywhere; Bag fee: a history; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Pray
Tax break for empty church land?; Washington’s boom, poorly explained; Tysons gets buses; More condos are bad, say condo owners; Suburban officials criticize DC; Tide turning on driver responsibility?; Metrohenge Dupont is today; Amtrak eyes new bridge and tunnel; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Another way
Third track on Brunswick?; Beltway goes HOT; Oh yeah, Rosslyn; Hotel bad for businesses?; Ikes don’t like memorial; Vouchers lack controls; Baltimore goes international; Pop at the bus stop; And…. Keep reading…