Posts tagged Marc
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Breakfast links: Kicked out
NPS punts soccer team from the Ellipse; Bikes make it across the bridge; Metro morsels; Arlington faces heat for protecting its residents; Black folks can gentrify, too?; Developers sad that sprawl may be harder; Consequences of Congress; Poplar Point won’t get DHS project; And…. Keep reading…
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DoD begins encouraging transit for BRAC commuters
The Department of Defense is now promoting alternatives to to the more than 5,800 employees relocating to Fort Meade in August due to the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) changes. The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) headquarters is moving from the Pentagon in Virginia to Fort Meade in Maryland, and represents a substantial number of the relocated jobs. Unlike… Keep reading…
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Small projects can have a large impact
Upper Montgomery County does not have enough regional transit. Improving access to the Brunswick Line MARC train station in Boyds is one way for the county government to fix this. The upper county is growing. Between 2000 and 2010, Clarksburg added 11,932 residents, and Germantown added 30,976. And this is just the beginning. The Montgomery County government is planning… Keep reading…
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CSX troubles lead to MARC delays
Power outages, printer and fax problems, and a disabled freight train caused recent problems on the MARC system and show the complexity of running commuter rail on tracks controlled by a freight railroad. On June 1, afternoon trains on the Brunswick Line were seriously delayed at Union Station when conductors were unable to get their orders due to a Pepco power outage near Union… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Begging for big boxes
Wegmans at Walter Reed?; Outlets a good fit for transit-poor megacomplex?; Mixed-use or move out?; Brown considering tax switcheroo; Metro to investigate excessive force; Metro still running reds; Peds struck in hit-and-run; Maryland may exclude Keolis; Bike bits. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Orange you glad?
Orange wins; Investigation of Gray admin hits snag; Good signs and bad for MARC; MoCo will fight immigration rules; How is Metro today?; MoCo picks new schools chief; London bikeshare outgrowing itself; AASHTO backpedals on bike-ped objections; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The road to disappointment
Loudoun wary of Outer Beltway; South Capitol plans disappoint; Md secures last ICC section; Pay-by-phone parking goes citywide; VA stuck with MWAA decisions; Good news for CaBi; Tysons could get colleges; Americans’ preferences are inconsistent; Google Maps wants your input; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Follow the rules
MetroAccess drivers ignore rules, pay rider fares; Respect the train of command; School news; Bentonville’s Chili Bowl; Bike & ped crashes up over decade; Mobile market to take on food deserts; Keolis can bid on MARC after releasing Nazi information; Pedestrian guide to the USA; And…. Keep reading…
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Lunch links: Attitudes in the city
Red light cameras catch unsafe driving; Opinions of fence flip over 20 years; Metro pass advocacy gets a site; Gray taking steps; MD could adopt station overlay districts; A tea party-urban coalition?; Hunger rising in suburbs; Shrinking cities grew in the core. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Tough talk
Privatize the ICC? Huh?; New rules for big buses; Parking priorities; Education center & more for Ward 7; Gray pushes to keep solar promises; Transit demand will rise with gas prices; I’m an environmentalist but… around the nation; BART, a derailment and transparency; And…. Keep reading…