Posts tagged Paul Wiedefeld
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Breakfast links: Streetcar and new starts
In case you missed it; A new start for St. Es; Spooked in Ward 6; More money, less office space; Metro connects the data dots; Reliable railcars for the Purple Line; Don’t dwell on the rules. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Safe and secure on Metro
A few bad apples; Smile! You’re on WMATA cam; WMATA’s new finance wrangler; Disabled in snow; Kicking Baltimore while it’s down; Parking to housing; Surprising no one; Housing zipcode by zipcode. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The cost of change
No paid leave; No eating, drinking, or loading SmarTrip; Metro on time; Strip it down; Connect the (railcar) dots; Bike lane blues; Flags for cyclist safety?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Safety and security
WMATA safety; Anxious riders; Smoke scare; High fines, nope; Bad landlords face the music; Morbid start to new year; Higher gas taxes for NoVA?; Stadium deal scrutiny; Navy Yard grows; Taxis claim harassment. Keep reading…
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Live chat with WMATA’s Paul Wiedefeld
WMATA General Manager Paul Wiedefeld answered your questions in a Greater Greater Washington chat today. Below is a transcript of our conversation. Keep reading…
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What do you want to ask new WMATA head Paul Wiedefeld?
Paul Wiedefeld, the new head of WMATA, is open to listening to riders, workers, elected officials, and everyone else about what it’ll take to fix Metro. He’s also open to talking, and has agreed to speak with our readers on Tuesday, December 15. What do you want to ask him? Keep reading…
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WMATA’s new general manager is listening before he even takes the reins
We won’t know for some time whether WMATA’s new General Manager, Paul Wiedefeld, will be able to fix the agency’s many problems. But he seems to be off to a good start even before he officially starts the job. To get Metro on a stable path, Wiedefeld and other leaders at WMATA will need to address safety, finance, maintenance, communication, and much more. That… Keep reading…
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WMATA gets a new General Manager
Paul Wiedefeld, who most recently ran BWI Airport and the Maryland Transit Administration before that, will be WMATA’s next General Manager, the agency announced in a press release. Wiedefeld will be formally appointed on November 19. What do you think of the pick? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Virginia votes
Silberberg, Dorsey, Cristol win; Status quo in Richmond; “Momentum” beats “moratorium”; Metro opens doors to…; Didn’t want the spotlight; Bad news rises; Go small and go home; Closer to closing DC General; No cars allowed, but transit is free; And…. Keep reading…