Posts tagged Ridership
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How did Metro station balance change since 1995?
We could tell a lot about land use and commuting patterns in our region by looking at the balance between entries and exits at Metro stations. Comparing the new 2012 data with the 1995 data shows how land use and job patterns in our region have evolved. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Changes at WMATA
Silver Line extension explained; More Silver, less Blue; Ridership down; WMATA Board gets new rules; Not so free air; Taxis discriminate; It wasn’t prices; A Post columnist making sense on bicycles?; Big boxes not created equal; And…. Keep reading…
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Watch the patterns of Metro ridership
As a Metro train rolls along the tracks, who gets on and off? Where are they going? You can’t read minds, but thanks to Metro’s ridership data, you can watch patterns of riders on a typical train in a great new tool. Keep reading…
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Which Metro stations are busiest?
Thanks to data from Metro’s planning department, we have the ability to analyze many different ridership patterns. Today, let’s take a look at stations, and see which are the busiest. Keep reading…
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Post-turkey video: That’s a lot of dots
Using GTFS data, STLTransit has created videos showing all of the transit vehicles in a city over one day. Here’s Washington’s. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: A step back
Court voids DC’s taxi smart meter contract; Maryland to run out of transportation money?; Virginia grounds its speed-enforcing planes; Structured vs. informal on sports fields; Democrats will fill Phil’s old spot; Washington Post’s editor to step down; Where do Uber riders go?; Cities beat GOP; And…. Keep reading…
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Morning links: Non-electoral winners and losers
Green Line grows; Last call for millennials?; Philly zoning update crippled; Civic group vs. ANC in Bloomingdale; Draw boundaries around poverty?; “Idiot” drives on sidewalk; Phoenix aims to save pedestrians; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Trick or treat
Walkable = trick-or-treatable; Start up in Anacostia; Shut the door; Belward cleared for building; Charters lead to integration; Roads get emergency money faster; Not a safe route to school; Metro opens data; how can you use it?; And…. Keep reading…
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Many holidays look like weekends on Metro
WMATA’s planning department has started posting more graphs and charts of ridership data, like one today changes in ridership over 5 years. A few recent charts show how holiday ridership compares to regular weekdays, Saturdays, or Sundays. On holidays like MLK Day and Presidents’ Day, when most offices are closed, Metro runs a Saturday schedule. That seems sensible,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Ride the rails
Dupont south reopens; More people take Amtrak; Less for VRE?; Councilmembers for business; Not the way to stop U-turns; Grosso gains on Brown; Fix roads for bikes too; DC is most affordable?; And…. Keep reading…