Posts tagged Ridership
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Maryland is #4 in the nation in transit ridership
Jim Titus recently took on Maryland governor Larry Hogan’s claim that that fewer than 10% of Marylanders use transit. There’s another national survey that provides data for every state, and confirms that about 30% of Marylanders used transit in a specific month — fourth highest in the US. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Smoke blocks the truth
Blame the fire department; Regional service; Can downtown Bethesda grow?; Franklin School plan stalled; Boom or bust?; How to update our infrastructure; Growth in the suburbs; The longest walk commute; And…. Keep reading…
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See traffic patterns at all 91 Metro stations in one glance
Those aren’t bridges — they’re graphs of how many people enter and exit each Metro station for each quarter of an hour. Reddit user BioNrd created the image using Metro’s October 2014 data, which the agency recently made available. Keep reading…
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Governor Hogan thinks only 10% of Marylanders use transit. Actually, 25% or more do.
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan says that Maryland should shift its focus away from transit toward building more roads because (he says) less than 10% of people use transit. But the real number is far more. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Out of batteries
Less money from cameras; Watch out for drivers; Black gold in Virginia?; Broke in Bethesda; Homeless hotels; A county underwater; Boost biking; Bowser meets Boehner; Dig into Metro ridership; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Happy new streetcar!?
New year’s streetcar?; Safety still lacking; Bus arrivals posted; Please take our road; Expensive offices; Veteran Metro riders; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Eminent, imminent
Stadium negotiations; Trash or treasure; The name game; Enough with the monuments; Shelter successes; Election timing; Cell correlation; How to win a bike lane; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Ward 8 changes
Too affordable?; Changing of the guard; Stadium stutter; With friends like these; Teaching with technology; Too Much Parking; Better bikeshare; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Peel back the ground
Big ideas for Smithsonian; Plowing snow in bike lanes; Bike safety bill delayed; More bike lanes, more bicyclists; Vacant lots for sale; CCT worry; Triwizard Tournament; Why the bag fee works; And…. Keep reading…
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The Purple Line will likely beat ridership forecasts
Tucson’s new streetcar and the light rail between Minneapolis and St. Paul are beating ridership forecasts. It’s a good bet that the Purple Line, which will break ground next year, will do the same. What do they have in common? All run through the heart of major state universities. Keep reading…