Posts tagged Ridership
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Take a closer look at Saturday’s Metro ridership numbers
Metro has gotten quite a bit of press this week for the overcrowded conditions faced by people trying to get to the Stewart/Colbert Rally on Saturday. Greater Greater Washington has asked Metro for more information about service on Saturday, and while not all of our questions have yet been answered, they have been able to get some information to us. We haven’t had a chance… Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: What Congress might do for you
Transit will soon be second class again for feds; Puerto Rico on the Potomac; Nascent Metro bomb plot foiled; Fare hike probably affecting bus ridership; No minimum parking means affordable housing, open space; Early voting means less voting?; Montgomery’s eruvim; 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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Breakfast links: Smarter suburbs
Reston rising; An even better Frederick; Walter Reed is Metro-accessible; O’Malley, Ehrlich spar; VRE breaks own record; Live atop a church; Be nice, taxi drivers. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Percentage perspective
A tale of two cities; Car independence in DC; More stats and inequalities; Transportation service; Is Cato’s parking anti-free-market?; More sincere flattery; Sprawl, illustrated. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cabinet shuffling
Rheesigning; Peck for City Administrator?; Road rash of crashes; VA liquor plan gets worse; Get yer historic DC maps; Ban stoplights?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Go free
Car Free Day is today; Metro ridership up; San Francisco transit chief to WMATA?; Thinking outside the big box; Bag tax seems successful; Parking karma; O’Malley unveils light rail spending; Rent control, landlords a challenge. Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Science. It works.
Learning about yellow; Better models in San Diego; Gas taxes lowest in a long time; Not the death spiral; Should DC better use triangles? Can it?; No sculpture, no seating; Suburban scholars and museums; Advantages of urban living. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Boxes big and small
DC getting in on big boxes; Metro improving safety; Reagan’s actions affect Reagan today; Does DC need to up its game?; Why don’t Amtrak and bikes mix?; Did you steal our trail counter?; Hit and run and get away; Fix the water, here’s no money. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Transit power
Another MARC screwup; Overhead wires approved by Council; Let me out!; Unsuck DC Metro riders; Very early fare hike news; Gray for Smart Growth, not bike lanes?; LaHood the superstar. Keep reading…