Posts tagged Mwcog
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Planners propose regional BRT system
A committee of the Transportation Planning Board has developed a Bus Rapid Transit network proposal spanning the entire region, from Laurel to Lorton. Regional leaders hope to submit this concept for the competitive grants authorized under the stimulus (ARRA) bill. This network would make a start toward improving transit on key regional routes in need of better transit service,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Art, plants and plans in the city
Art for 18th and Columbia; Street art; Mini robots are art, too; Backyard garden matchmaking; Bike lanes or bike-scooter-PUMA lanes?; Homeless newspapers growing; Free reusable bags already out; Giant subway-sized tunnel in Georgetown, but not for trains; Obama hyping sprawl to cut ribbons; Vehicle ownership down in DC; Walking up more than biking; Time to amend the Comp Plan. Keep reading…
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Bus frequency map
Planners at the Transportation Planning Board created this map showing all bus routes in the region and their headways. Darker, greener lines represent segments which have the greatest frequency of buses, down to the thin red segments with the lowest frequency. If multiple services run on the same road, that segment’s weight reflects the combined headway between all services. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: on and on and on
Columbia Pike streetcar gets design money: Arlington has approved funding to design and plan a Columbia Pike streetcar. This $3 million will let the county work on figuring out how to come up with the rest of the money they need to actually build the thing. (How about having VDOT use more transportation dollars for streetcars instead of all highways all the time?) P.S. I call on all DC… Keep reading…
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I-66 widening vote increases ire in Eric Weiss’s head
Whenever a local government makes a decision, some people are inevitably disappointed or even upset. When the disappointed people are drivers, Post reporter Eric Weiss is there to defend them with an article about how drivers and non-drivers are at “war” or “inflamed.” Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: take the train, save a life
New commute stats: A recent MWCOG survey discovered that one-third of residents of DC, Arlington and Alexandria take transit to work, and ten percent walk. Region-wide, five percent take transit and seven percent walk. Keep reading…
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K Street Transitway delayed seven years, again
DC has a plan on the books to reconfigure K Street, creating a dedicated, physically separated bus lane in each direction. The original “K Street Transitway” study happened in 2004, but there’s been little to no progress since. DC Councilmembers including Jim Graham periodically ask about it, and the Downtown BID thinks it’s a high priority, but there’s… Keep reading…
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TPB: VPL + BRT = A-OK?
A few months ago, the Transportation Policy Board of MWCOG proposed “Variably Priced Lanes” on major highways throughout the region. A cross between congestion pricing and HOT lanes (depending on whether the entire road or part of the road would be “variably priced”), this would generate considerable revenue and speed commutes, imposing the cost of… Keep reading…