Posts tagged Ridership
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The West Falls Church station got far less use after the Silver Line opened
When the Silver Line opened in July of 2014, the West Falls Church Metro station took a huge ridership hit. But overall, the Silver Line meant more people riding Metro. Keep reading…
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On most days, this many people use your Metro station
Last month, WMATA’s PlanItMetro blog released another batch of detailed ridership data. We used it to visualize how many people enter each Metro station over the course of a normal weekday. Keep reading…
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Changes in Metro ridership, in five charts
Between 2011 and 2015, the average number of riders that entered a Metro station dropped from 8,500 per station to 7,400. During the same time, the only Metro station to see a big jump in ridership was NoMa-Gallaudet. I graphed these numbers, and more, after Metro recently released five years’ worth of data. Keep reading…
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All 91 Metro stations, ranked by ridership
WMATA’s PlanItMetro blog has released a trove of data on Metro station use. Here’s one snippet: All 91 stations, ranked by the average number of riders who entered the faregates each weekday in February, 2016. Union Station\t29,371 Gallery Place\t25,537 Farragut North\t24,597 Metro Center\t24,330 Farragut West\t20,917 Foggy Bottom\t20,121 L’Enfant… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not about the money
Purple waits on state; DC taxi app; Reasons behind ridership drop; More bad news for WMATA; Arena football in DC?; An idealistic budget; A bridge for bikes; Less drastic on drones; Snowstorm slows housing market; Underneath the Capitol; The past is the future. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: More Shelters, fewer riders
Shelters out-of-place?; Ridership down; To peak or not-peak; Toxic department; Bus lane patience; Taxing Reston; Pay to build?; BRT in Richmond; Breaking even; Ackridge out. Keep reading…
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National links: No more grocery stores
Walmart has turned many towns into high-dry food deserts, Nashville is considering its transit options, and Uber had to get creative to get insurance. Check out what’s happening around the world in transportation, land use, and other related areas! Walmart’s small town shuffle: Walmart is closing shop in a number of small towns despite only recently arriving… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Jim or Jack?
More new leadership for WMATA; Thumbs up to bikshare; Metro fares; Tree house trouble; How Virginia gets to work; Crystal City housing; Crime in 2016; A streetcar in NYC?; Fair pay for Uber; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Going Gray
Gray out of the shadow; What’s up with WMATA?; Bike lanes for Fairfax; Housing boom and bust; Affordable housing on the Hill; Feds in high castles; Factoring in future feds; It’s not the bikes; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What took so long?
Federal funding, finally; The customer comes first; Shifting demographics in DC; Bus lane support; Locked up in Lorton; Purple line property rights; Seriously, no parking. Keep reading…