Posts tagged Marc
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Metro’s latest platform shutdown project has begun
Five stations on the Orange Line closed for platform work this past Saturday and won’t be back open until September, according to Metro. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Virginia cuts rental relief program
Virginia Rent Relief Program stops accepting new applications. Metro train strikes, kills man near Brookland station. Fairfax County community divided over Confederate street names. Keep reading…
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Region’s transportation project list largely ignores public input, but the plan can still be improved
OPINION: Though Visualize 2045 remains largely unchanged from the 2018 version, there is still time to improve the plan. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: NPS prepares to close Columbus Circle encampment site by early May
NPS plans to close the Columbus Circle encampment site. Montgomery County is trapping trash before it pollutes the Anacostia River. Median price for a single-family home in DC reaches $1.3 million Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: MARC trains could run directly from Maryland to Virginia
Maryland state legislators vote to extend MARC service to Virginia. House Democrats in Virginia propose payments instead of a gas tax holiday. Japanese street festival drew 35,000 people. Keep reading…
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Maryland has a lot of rail plans. These bills could finally make some of them reality.
Two bills proposed in the Maryland legislature would help make big plans for rail expansion and surrounding development a reality. Keep reading…
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How an old B&O branch could hold the key to returning passenger rail to Washington County in Western Maryland
An unlikely coalition has formed to push for an extension of MARC’s Brunswick line to Hagerstown, and they’re eyeing a long-abandoned rail branch to make it happen. Keep reading…
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New renderings offer a revamped vision of a Union Station designed for people, placemaking, and transit
The renovation project for Union Station seems to be undergoing an identity crisis, trying to figure out if the region’s main hub for transit will create a pathway for cars or for people. Keep reading…
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The saga of Waldo Schmitt, the crustacean biologist obsessed with building a commuter rail subway in DC
Prior to World War II, there were even more commuter rail lines leading into DC than there are now. Most of them ended at Union Station, just like they do today. But in the 1940s a man named Waldo Schmitt proposed a commuter rail subway to bring workers closer to the center of downtown, and to connect rail lines from the east and west. Keep reading…
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Bus and rail service is ramping back up throughout the region. Here’s what riders need to know.
Metro, Fairfax Connector, MARC, and other local transit agencies increased service during the month of August, restoring some of the service cut earlier in the year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. But while transit service slowly returns towards the “old” normal, few other things in life are. As coronavirus cases and deaths continue, life remains upside-down for many. Keep reading…