Posts tagged Rush Plus
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How will Rush Plus affect the Yellow Line?
On Monday, June 18, Metro will make big changes to the rail system with Rush Plus. Under the Rush Plus service plan, the Yellow Line will have more potential destinations than it does today. While Metro has been installing new maps throughout the system and in railcars for several weeks, some riders have wondered about the effect on Yellow Line trains. Foremost among those questions:… Keep reading…
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Weekend links: As we mature
Growing pains; Such great heights; Better buses; The city as solar heater; WMATA communimucates; A height limit broken; LA bans bags; Monkey business; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What people want
No retail at Fairgrounds; What would you build?; MoCo BRT sleek, ambitious; Rent hard to control; Pay for school; Too much conflict and not enough; Rush+ gets limelight; Less is more; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Budgetary matters
Slip in the budgetary back door; Gas tax hike goes down; Wal-Mart slows down; If a parking lot closes…; This boom ain’t a bubble; The exurbs are toast; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Put up your dukes
No “plan,” but a strong intention; Loudoun wavers on Silver; Gentrification is complicated; Better bus service coming; Real-time signs won’t innovate; What does a designer say about the new map?; BRAC II out for now; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Pluses and minuses
Meet “Rush Plus”; Less entrance, more closing; No decision on campus plan; No more fund; Cities should pay more?; Super walkability; And…. Keep reading…
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Contest: Design a better Metro map
Do you think you can design a better Metro map? We’re having a contest to see what a new Metro map could look like. The traditional map has kept its basic form since 1976. Now, there are several reasons for a change. The Silver Line to Tysons Corner will open in 2014. But before that, the “Yellow and Orange Line service increase” will also force a map revision for… Keep reading…
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Metro aiming to start “Yellow and Orange Line service increase” in June 2012, without new color
Orange Line riders from West Falls Church to Rosslyn will get more trains, and Blue Line riders at Franconia-Springfield and Van Dorn Street will get more direct service into DC around June 2012, based on Metro’s latest plans for what I call the “Yellow and Orange Line service increase.” This plan, which has been discussed for several years now, will create… Keep reading…
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How should the region’s transit grow?
How should the Washington region grow its transit system to benefit users across the region? Will the streetcar and rapid bus projects create into a disjointed patchwork or will they mesh well across jurisdictional borders? How can Metrorail avoid running out of capacity by 2040? These are some questions regional officials ought to be discussing, but mainly aren’t. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Where it’s big
Where are the big apartment buildings?; I cannot tell a lie; Metro wants your input; Brown asked to resign; Reduce blight and close the budget gap; The big, greener apple; More than tunnels. Keep reading…