Posts tagged Metro Crash
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Breakfast links: Decongesting our politics and our roads
Barry back in the news; We’re still riding, still need Metro; Bus locations copyright NextBus?; Chicago parked itself into a corner; It’s working for Philly; Paging Jim Graham; Paging Barbara Mikulski; Just National?. Keep reading…
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Weekend reading: (Auto)mobility and the environment
Freeways bad for pregnant women; Better stormwater management in Virginia; Popular ART; Freako press coverage of crashes; Parking pressures at Eastern Market; Gabe on video. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Attention deficit
MATD?; Unsafety in College Park; Fairfax County City?; Metro bits; Council clippings; Cities growing, but anti-city assumptions still exist in reporters’ heads. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: 14th, car-centrism, and you
Noise on 14th, from bars and politics; Huge garage better than daytime neighborhood activity?; DC, MD fix it first; VA widens it first; Pedestrian strikes front of fast-moving police cruiser; And…. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Raw deals
Worst deal ever; Disneyification, literally; Smart Growth is green and cheap; No room to expand. What parking lots?; Numbers on SmartBike; BamBike?; Paths not lanes; Desire of Detroit. Keep reading…
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Metro crash roundup: Second draft of history
Press coverage of the Metro crash has evolved from blaming Metro officials for the crash to blaming local, state and national leaders for chronically underfunding the Metro system. Keep reading…
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Are Metro’s 1000 Series cars safe? Can Metro do anything about it?
With the tragic crash Monday of two Metro trains, WMATA has come under fire for the crashworthiness of its oldest railcars, the 1000 Series. These cars began arriving on site in 1975, and have been carrying passengers since opening day, more than 33 years ago. Metro plans to retire all 1000 Series cars by 2014. In the last three decades, the 1000 Series cars have been involved… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Nothing in life is free
Germantown parking district; Valet park for class?; Not so brotherly on TV; “Panhandling meters”; Dupont row house saved!; You get what you pay for, but safer anyway; The unusual vs. the mundane; Federal safety grants?. Keep reading…
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A look at Metro’s safety systems
Monday’s Red Line crash is a horrible reminder that sometimes things go badly wrong. By all accounts, this collision should not have happened. Not only are safety features present, but the train operator should have been able to hit the emergency stop in case the system failed. Keep reading…
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If only we had the Purple Line right now
I’ve never written a post on my iPhone before, but I’ve got a little time this morning. I’m on the Metrobus #79 due to yesterday’s tragedy on the Red Line and it’s aftermath. Keep reading…