Posts tagged Muriel Bowser
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Mayor Bowser announces new “Funiculator” initiative
This article was posted as an April Fool’s joke. This morning at a press conference in Foggy Bottom, Mayor Bowser announced a proposal for a new method of getting commuters across the Potomac. Under her plan, the District Department of Transportation will construct a pair of inclines across the river to link the Kennedy Center with Rosslyn. Keep reading…
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Muriel Bowser promises to finish the DC streetcar from Georgetown to Ward 7
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser gave the annual State of the District address Tuesday night. Among many other statements, one caught the eye of most reporters, people on Twitter, and others: She has definitively decided to finish the main east-west streetcar line. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Mad for development
Calling all developers; Pop-up less; Use a barge; Excellent X2; A tiny tiff; Cherry blossom Metro; Hand in hand; Citi upgrades; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: This land is my land
Master of my eminent domain; Unpave paradise; Where and how much?; We’re different; Abandonment issues; Crumbling sidewalks; Saving energy; Completing our streets; Worst parking job ever. Keep reading…
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WMATA needs to do better, says DC transportation head
DC’s new transportation director Leif Dormsjo says the region’s transit authority needs to change. This might not sound like shocking news to most riders, but it’s a sentiment many top WMATA officials don’t share or seem reluctant to admit if they do. Dormsjo and Corbett Price, both appointed to the WMATA Board by Mayor Muriel Bowser, recently spent… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Everything is politics
From Rayburn to Wilson; Out with the old; Will Mulder move to Maryland?; Climbing the ladder; Snow scofflaws; Penthouses pop up; You’re blocking my sun; And…. Keep reading…
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What it will take to get Metro out of crisis
I spoke on a panel this morning at the National Press Club about the future of WMATA. Pat Host hosted WMATA board member Tom Bulger, union president Jackie Jeter, @lowheadways’ Graham Jenkins, and me. We were all asked to prepare statements about the “challenges facing Metro and its riders.” Here is an edited version of my statement. Here we are, again. Someone… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro moves
New Metro rep; Metroway scores; No union; Transit-rich budget; Rethinking in Arlington; Walk safer in Arlington; Parity for commuters; Failure to house; The bus pays. Keep reading…
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The public has a right to know what’s going on with the streetcar
Earlier this month, DDOT’s director suggested that the streetcar might have too many problems to ever start revenue service. But even after months of delays and several missed opening dates, the public still doesn’t know what the actual problems are. We deserve to know. Keep reading…
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Better transit can’t wait
The Bowser administration has put the District’s streetcar plans on pause, and may even scrap the H Street “starter line” entirely. It’s important to think hard about the right transit approach, but whether it’s a streetcar, buses in dedicated lanes or something else, Mayor Muriel Bowser and her administration must keep enlarging the District’s… Keep reading…