Posts tagged Safetrack
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Breakfast links: Walkability close to work is worth a lot
Walk Score is money; What a shorter commute is worth; More suburban poverty; No Metro for marathon or Bruce; Test scores up, but still low; Will this road be safer?; More cyclists die nationally; Manassas trailer park evicted; Way more ride hailing; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: From a squad car to the gridiron
Goodbye, Chief; Changes to SafeTrack plans; No shelter (end) in sight; Home values are on the up; Thank this man for our parks; Shipping the freight fantastic; Enraged by E. coli; New leader in Fairfax; No power on L Street; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: More Metro closures coming
Shut down over single tracking; The roots of racism in Baltimore; Fast v. fast casual; MetroAccess assault; Fatal Metrobus collision; Record high housing; The world’s best walk; And…; Transportation job openings. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: “Arrest all the black hoodies”
Discrimination in Charm City; Unsafe space; Poor performance, no penalties; Michigan Park housing moves forward; Not your average box; Officials sound off on Metro; A year without a mayor?; Swamp things. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro’s mediocre maintenance
FTA says Metro not on track; New SafeTrack shutdown; Pedestrian access around Pepco; Evicted for nonpayment, or redevelopment?; Micro-units on a macro-budget; The case for granny flats; Tokyo’s housing solution; Some terrible bus stops; Washington area takes the gold; Transportation takes the gold … in emissions. Keep reading…
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These detours will help you bike during Montgomery County’s SafeTrack closures
As part of Metro’s sixth SafeTrack surge, trains are single tracking between Silver Spring and Takoma. To help those who use those two stations as well as the ones north of Silver Spring, Montgomery County has laid out a bike route that takes riders to the West Hyattsville Metro station, where trains are operating normally. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The (rail) ties that bind
Rail ties take the blame; Orange will lobby himself; Surge 6, day 1; Big box stores get smaller; New space for Air and Space?; Fleeting track fire; Homeownership at a 50 year low; Gentrification doesn’t lead to diversification; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Flood’s fury
Devastation in Ellicott City; Derailment investigation; SafeTrack comes to the Red line; More respect for Metro workers; The Flats at WMATA HQ?; Questionable urbanism; Fired up over fire station; Millennial affordability; AC catch-22; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: On to IZ
Affordable housing in the zone; Fewer parking spots near Silver; Take note, WMATA; Bikeshare for Falls Church; Housing hot in Arlington; Red light for Red Line; Smaller spots and remote lots; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Step back, doors closing (early)
Goodnight, Metro; More bus bays coming; SafeTrack chief speaks; Sunny days ahead; Slowing traffic slowly; If you build it, will they come?; Children can’t play; Contentious cranium; Term limits?; Brake for Bigfoot. Keep reading…