Posts tagged Marc
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Breakfast links: Tunnel vision
B&P Tunnel plans; DC going gray; Transit for all; The last scrap yard; Cashing in on the casino; A short ride home; End-of-the-year tallies. Keep reading…
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Is Baltimore’s train station in the middle of nowhere? Is DC’s?
Our contributors recently got to comparing and contrasting Baltimore’s Penn Station with Union Station in DC. Some people say Penn Station is “in the middle of nowhere,” but the truth is that it’s closer to its respective downtown than Union Station. The difference is that Penn Station has fewer neighborhoods and tourist attractions nearby. Keep reading…
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MARC, VRE, and Amtrak service might stop on January 1st
On January 1st, trains that carry millions of commuters might stop running. That’s because in 2008, Congress set a deadline for trains to have a certain type of safety feature by the end of this year, and a lot of train operators won’t be able to meet it. The law Congress passed requires that any railroad line hosting regular inter-city or commuter rail service, along… Keep reading…
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Maryland officials won’t talk about more MARC trains
Maryland transportation officials have nothing to say about running more MARC trains between Union Station and Frederick County. That’s what state legislators and commuters learned at a recent public meeting in Germantown. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Squeezed out
Market changes; Slow commute; No rent control; Die, die, die; Safer for all; Write-in for mayor; The voice; Sue the suburbs; And…. Keep reading…
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The MARC’s Brunswick Line only goes one way in the AM and the other in the PM. It could do both.
Service on the MARC Brunswick Line only runs one way at a time: toward DC in the morning and away from DC in the afternoon and evening, on weekdays only. Some MARC riders think there is a simple way to make service between DC and Brunswick run both ways in the early and mid-afternoon. Keep reading…
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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…