Posts tagged Peak Of The Peak
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Breakfast links: Le Déluge
Bike To Work In The Rain Day; Did you bike?; How many bike, and who?; How to make a Dutch turn; Narrower is better?; Valet racking; Paint it red; Time for some shut-eye; Trolling for shrimp; Pays to be late; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not enough
Give peak a chance; ICC too empty?; The Tide rolls on; Poplar going to auction; Peds, bikes now count; Tourism without a car; Biking in the future; Transit Score gets low quality score; And…. Keep reading…
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WMATA proposes fare hike, eliminating “peak of the peak”
Metro is expected to announce a proposed fare increase today. The proposal from CEO Richard Sarles calls for eliminating the peak-of-the-peak fare and instituting a flat fare for paper farecards as part of his annual budget for FY 2013, which starts in July. Compared to previous fare increases which were targeted at less sensitive peak fare customers, this increase is directed… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Recent ideas reconsidered
How will the streetcar connect to Union Station?; WMATA may simplify and raise fares; BRAC traffic study was far off; Few complain about Metro formally; Montgomery rejects curfew and anti-loitering bills; Cuccinelli runs for governor; And…. Keep reading…
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WMATA considers smart passes, fare zones and more
A fare increase is likely next year. When the WMATA Board considers it, staff will give them many options for ways to make fares simpler, more equitable, or both. These options include some we’ve been advocating for years, and some we’ve brought up just to recommend against. Their presentation to the board, scheduled for tomorrow, emphasizes that none of the ideas… Keep reading…
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Replace paper card fares with a single fare table?
Spend any time in a Metro station and you’ll see them: Befuddled tourists, trying to decipher the fare table posted on the ticket vending machine. Often, they know where they want to go, but Metro’s complicated format gives them three different choices on how they should pay. They have to refer to another table to figure out which one is correct. It’s akin to… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Puzzling over budgets
Transportation cuts bad, but not so bad; DCPS budget is “inscrutable”; Neighbors want more buildings at AU; Peak of the peak not working; New stations, members come to CaBi; Negligent driving becomes illegal; Gray gets parking debate; Getting the city fleet in order; And…. Keep reading…
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SmarTrip prices? Fare principles? Bomb jammers?
While the projected $90 million budget gap will likely generate the most debate at Thursday’s WMATA Board meeting, the finance committee will also consider the ongoing discussion of dropping SmarTrip prices, adopting general fare principles, buying bomb jamming equipment and more. WMATA’s finance staff have done even more analysis of three of the SmarTrip… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Still out
Smart Growth couple to Columbia Heights; Why some golfers fear bike trail; Pepco’s blunders; In bikes; Peak of one peak; To th Examiner, it’s all Graham’s fault, no matter what; Gray: Too much process or just right?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The word is ‘go’
Buy those railcars; Going up Sunday; Leg closer to getting covered; Klingle keeps on entertaining; Reactions to me; Hit cyclists intentionally, don’t go to jail; And…. Keep reading…