Posts tagged Silver Line
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A Silver Line express without more tracks?
Greater Greater Washington has recently been hosting a debate about the need for a more direct rail connection to Dulles Airport. Spencer Lepler has argued that Virginia should convert the W&OD trail to an interurban rail line providing express non-stop service to downtown Washington. In rebuttal, Matt Johnson has argued that the Silver Line is enough of an investment in the… Keep reading…
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The Silver Line is what the region needs
This is one-half of a point-counterpoint about transit in the Dulles corridor. Read the opposing viewpoint. Because it’s often called the Dulles Rail project and managed by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, many people think the point of the Silver Line is to connect Dulles Airport to Washington. Now, don’t get me wrong, connecting Dulles is one… Keep reading…
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Dulles needs an express rail line
This is one-half of a point-counterpoint about transit in the Dulles corridor. Read the opposing viewpoint. The Metro’s new Silver Line is officially called the “Dulles corridor extension,” and as currently planned is acting as a commuter rail line connecting the upper Fairfax and Loudoun exurbs with Downtown DC. It’ll also create the only rail… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bumps in the road
Keep on Circulating; Bumps cause conflict in Chevy Chase; National Harbor II; No houses without massive road construction; MWAA, the Major Widening Aspirations Association?; Md. cameras will come slowly; Failing not bailing the housing market. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Virginia transportation sticking points
Escape from Van Dorn; Widener Deeds vs. more widener McDonnell; Bad polling news for Fenty; Non-suck column; A more pleasant library; No parking at MLK; Parking better in Arlington; Ask Congress for $4 billion. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Outdoor people and places
Car-Free photos; Anti H Street festival; Better pictures of the huge bike; High taxes for blight but not vacancy; MWAA now a road-widening agency?; A little relief on BRAC; NTSB: Fix the mystery track circuits; Grants grants grants; And…. Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Chronicles of hypocrisy
Another suicide?; Wah, the monorail wasn’t working; Libertarians against property rights; Hyland v. Keam on transportation; High-speed map of rail; Yet another transportation subsidy: general aviation airports; Keep those bus passengers away from our walkable town. Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Real or fake?
We didn’t have our minds made up, we swear; Our mind was made up, but now it’s not; PG HHS?; Transit-oriented Wal-Mart?; Don’t be afraid of the Purple Line, UMD; News flash: Not a lot of room to park; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Public spaces, open spaces
Retail blinders at Eastern Market; Gehry insulted to hear criticism; Save Our Memorial; Fenty signs bag bill; Right not to look at art; Kiss-and-TOD at Herndon; People still want to build houses near Cumberland?. Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Skyscrapers and Oklahomans
And the best employer to commute to is…; Height limit debate of the day; Just under the wire; Senators preemptively reject reform; Let’s rotate fiscal conservatives through the Transportation Committee to educate them; And…. Keep reading…