Posts tagged Ridership
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Ride On ranks as a bigger bus agency than any between DC and Atlanta
Quiet, unassuming Ride On’s ridership ranks higher than many big-city peers. Keep reading…
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With soaring Metro, DC Streetcar, and VRE ridership, Washington region leads transit recovery in US
The Washington region leads transit recovery in the US in terms of ridership gains, with Metrorail, the DC Streetcar, and VRE at the head of the pack. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: WMATA taps new General Manager to navigate its next phase
Metro hires a new General Manager. Bowser’s proposed budget gets an initial greenlight from DC Council. A new take on an Old Town North block. Keep reading…
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Got something to say about Metro’s budget? Now’s your chance.
Metro is holding three public hearings on its proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2023 as questions remain about the system’s recovery from the pandemic. Keep reading…
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DC driving citations spike during the early stages of COVID-19
With fewer cars on the road due to COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, conventional wisdom would say that moving violations would have decreased since March. But it seems the opposite is true. The number of crashes that have taken place may come as a shock as well. Keep reading…
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Transit riders have a choice
Agencies and officials often sort transit riders into two groups: “captive” and “choice.” This is a false dichotomy that perpetuates inaccurate assumptions about who rides transit and what their motivations might be. Keep reading…
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Baltimore, Philly’s transit ridership dropped the least, SF the most, according to this app
The Transit app provides some surprising insights into just which cities have been affected the most by the coronavirus shutdown. Keep reading…
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Rail ridership is up, bus ridership may be leveling off, and we can learn all this from a new Metro data tool
Want to know how many riders there are on a certain bus line, or Metro station? How much it’s changed over time? How weekends compare to weekdays? Now you can learn that and more, thanks to a new data portal WMATA released in December. It has three tools, one for rail ridership, one for bus, and one for parking. Keep reading…
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These five graphs illustrate how Metro’s ridership has declined
Metro’s ridership continues to suffer after years of reliability problems. While the system’s losses seem to be slowing, Metro’s ridership is well below its 2009 peak. Keep reading…
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Metro ridership is in free fall. Why won’t the Metro board act?
WMATA recently released a performance report showing significant declines in year-over-year Metro ridership. But focusing on such a short time period actually understates how dire the situation Metro faces is. Keep reading…