Posts tagged Marc
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MD & VA commuter rail look great together on one map
Maryland’s MARC train and Virginia’s VRE are very similar regional rail systems. This map shows what they might look like as a single integrated regional network. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Smaller footprints
Fewer feds raises revenues; Smile, you’re on camera; Paying for permitting; Downsizing; Bridge rebuilding; MARC moves to diesel; Beautification Day no more; Like father, not like son. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Moving, moving, moving
Move to Largo; Wooing Marriott; No more MARC and VRE?; No money for Baltimore; Happy, but noncommital; New start for College Park; Tree hugger; NY ❤ Uber; Too much parking. Keep reading…
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Forest Glen residents and a state delegate want a MARC station in Forest Glen
Residents of Forest Glen (just north of Silver Spring) are teaming up with Maryland state delegate Al Carr to petition for a new MARC train station in their developing neighborhood. Keep reading…
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MARC fares may go up more than they have to
Candidate, now Governor, Larry Hogan said he opposed higher fees and taxes. Yet the Maryland Transit Administration is increasing MARC fares by more than the state law seems to require. This coincides with large cuts to tolls for drivers, raising more questions about the Hogan administration’s support for transportation that runs on rails. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro moans
Crowded commutes continue; Senators soured; Digital age; Keeping score; Not fare; Building a better College Park; Boost the parkway; Konterra coming later. Keep reading…
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Maryland’s governor thinks the Purple Line is too expensive, but wants to build a $10 billion maglev. Huh?
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan campaigned on cutting costs. Since taking office, however, he’s expressed interest in throwing big money at numerous transportation programs — just not the transit lines that actually work and which businesses and residents want. His latest big spending idea: A $10 billion maglev between DC and Baltimore. Keep reading…
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Maryland plans a new station at BWI and other projects to run more trains
Maryland’s Mass Transit Administration is planning upgrades to the Amtrak/MARC station at BWI Airport along with several other projects along the Washington-Boston Northeast Corridor within the state. The projects will make Amtrak and MARC trains in the area more reliable as well as allow more trains to pass through the overcrowded rail corridor. The project will… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Exact or enact
Tax dump; Raising fare; Purchasing power; Door no more; Any alternative; Still free, less range; Identity crisis; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Housing too hot
Flipped; Homeownership declines for poor; Woof goes WMATA; Ticket to ride; Think of the children; Budget bites; If you build it, they will come; Non-gentrifying bridge; And…. Keep reading…