Posts tagged Penn Station
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Breakfast links: DC’s mayor pledges to increase Black homeownership by 2030
DC launches homeownership initiative for Black households. Court case with losing Maryland toll bidder could postpone toll lane construction. Fairfax County share of Silver Line Phase II funding increases by $40 million. Keep reading…
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Work to revamp Baltimore’s Penn Station begins
Renovation work on Baltimore’s existing Penn Station building has officially started. Keep reading…
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This plan aims to help Baltimore’s Penn Station reach its full potential. Will it really happen?
Pennsylvation Station is Baltimore’s main transit hub, which feeds Amtrak, MARC, local light rail, and bus lines into the city and the region. Despite its importance, the station is awkwardly situated and not very well connected with the rest of the city. Keep reading…
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This plan aims to help Baltimore’s Penn Station reach its full potential. Will it really happen?
Pennsylvation Station is Baltimore’s main transit hub, which feeds Amtrak, MARC, local light rail, and bus lines into the city and the region. Despite its importance, the station is awkwardly situated and not very well connected with the rest of the city. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Late night service? Check yes or no
Late-night backers dwindle; The state of SafeTrack; Penn Station revamp; Dial “C” for crime; Boost in cemetery security; Hospital expansion; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Happy people
Diverse neighborhoods; ADU lands in NW; Big homes in Brookland; Eight-car crunch; Woodley Park stop sign; Purple Line move along; DC United done deal; The Fed does housing; Fixing Penn Station; Bike share in Vegas. Keep reading…
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Is Baltimore’s train station in the middle of nowhere? Is DC’s?
Our contributors recently got to comparing and contrasting Baltimore’s Penn Station with Union Station in DC. Some people say Penn Station is “in the middle of nowhere,” but the truth is that it’s closer to its respective downtown than Union Station. The difference is that Penn Station has fewer neighborhoods and tourist attractions nearby. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stadium skepticism
Soccer deal isn’t popular; Geography influences opinion on fares; Plows miss bike lanes; On another waterfront; Lower rents by taxing land; California appealing high-speed rail decision; Protesters target Google buses; What lies beneath London?; Novel solutions for unbearable pollution; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Ups and downs
Raise the height in places; Metrobus ridership down, rail ridership up; Exurban write-downs; Where are the food deserts?; Phase I of Moynihan Station starts; Don’t walk to school; And…. Keep reading…
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Restoring Penn Station: Possible?
In the 1960s, the beautiful Penn Station was torn down and replaced by the hideous Madison Square Garden, relegating America’s busiest train station to a cramped basement. Now, New York is poised to build a new grand Moynihan Station on the west side of 8th Avenue, in the old Farley Post Office building that happens to have been designed by the same architects. No… Keep reading…