Posts tagged Richard Sarles
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Breakfast links: Jobs and education for DC
Ensuring jobs for DC’s own; Graduate School to anchor waterfront; DC area dorms among best and worst; Metro faces serious backlog; Zero real plots against Metro; ANCs eschew liquor bans; PG may lose development oversight; From the desk of Vince Gray; And…. Keep reading…
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Who pays for bag searches down the road?
Metro’s random bag searches have drawn opposition on a number of counts, including their cost and demand on police officers’ time. WMATA has continuously stated that a federal grant from the Transportation Security Administration pays for the program. But will the searches continue when the TSA grant runs out, and how will they be paid for? New WMATA CEO Richard… Keep reading…
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Lunch links: Legislators taking action
Rosapape supports marriage equality; Protestors visit Boehner; Drinking? Sarles doesn’t want you; Ticer retiring; Evans pushes smoking; Iraq wants compensation for security walls; PAYD bill becomes PAYD anti-disclosure bill. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Contradictions galore
Solar Decathlon to National Harbor?; E-ZPass cameras okay by AAA; Affordable housing from heaven; Enlighten Brookland; How to avoid another commute from hell; Getting farm food into schools; Assessing Sarles; VRE mulls fare and policy changes; And…. Keep reading…
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Sarles talks safety, escalators, bag searches, funding & more
WMATA General Manager Richard Sarles met with bloggers for a roundtable discussion yesterday. The unfortunately brief conversation covered bag searches, escalators, funding and several other topics of interest to riders. On safety Sarles reiterated what he’s been saying since coming on as interim General Manager: that safety is Metro’s top priority. … Keep reading…
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What would you ask WMATA’s new CEO?
WMATA will be hosting a blogger roundtable this evening with now-permanent General Manager and CEO Richard Sarles, just before he attends the Riders’ Advisory Council meeting. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Make ‘em pay
Should Montgomery pay for the Purple Line?; Hugo succeeds in hurting his neighbors; Sarles won’t end bag searches; Utility companies under fire; MoCo commission calls for major reforms; Arlington debuts new bike map; DC area sites get preservation grants; Pizza everywhere, almost; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Shoveling out news
Plowing priorities kill pedestrian; Throw a snowball, get throat cut; During the snow…; Sarles explains snow service decision; Sarles official, finalizes contract; Two very different House Republicans; Roads in urban areas safer; London neighborhood council “bans” cycling on path; And…. Keep reading…
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Sarles promises action, Board mixed on bag searches
Richard Sarles was sworn in as General Manager and CEO of WMATA this afternoon. Members of the WMATA Board effusively praised his service so far and expressed optimism for good Board-GM relations in the near future. The Board also promised further discussion of the bag search program at a customer service committee meeting, though members had mixed opinions on the program itself. In… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Let it snow
Snow highlights city/suburb difference; Buses not spared from wintry mess; Why H Street isn’t developing faster; Half-busy day for WMATA Board; Bag search feedback mixed; O’Malley to use transportation fund to cut deficit; Mendelson calls for better traffic enforcement; NYPD cracks down on cyclists; And…. Keep reading…