Posts tagged Station Names
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“Swarovski Crystal City”? If Metro sells station naming rights, might the map one day look like this?
WMATA is considering selling some station naming rights to corporate sponsors. Here’s one way the map might look, if this were to happen. Keep reading…
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Metro has 11 types of station architecture. Learn them all with this map.
Metro is well known for its distinctive vaulted station ceilings, but not all stations are the same. There are 11 different basic architectural station designs in the Metro system. Let’s see where they are. Keep reading…
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Try your hand at Subway Sudoku
How well do you know Metro anyway? Here's a new puzzle to test your knowledge of the region's train stations. Keep reading…
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Sell the rights to Metro station names? No, thanks.
WMATA is considering selling some station naming rights to corporate sponsors. Most of our contributors think that's a terrible idea. Would you want the map to look like this? Keep reading…
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These Metro stations’ names might have been very different
Metro’s Medical Center station was almost called “Pooks Hill,” and Navy Yard could have been “Weapons Plant.” This 1967 map shows some of the amusing names that WMATA considered for a number of Metro stations. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The smart money says
SmarTrip stays; DC declares independence; Shelter sums; No new Circulator routes; Solar support; What’s in a station name?; HOT and the Pentagon; And…. Keep reading…
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If Metro adds “Kennedy Center” and “National Mall” to station names, it will confuse riders
Metro has a long history of appending extra names to stations. It’s a problem for several reasons, notably because of the confusion it causes, the complexity it adds to the map, and the cost to taxpayers. The latest proposals call for adding “National Mall” and “Kennedy Center” to station names. Both should be scuttled. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Public space fight
SunTrust bust?; Hot debate over the Haupt; What’s in a (station) name?; Deanwood stabbing; Now that’s dedication; Car2goFarther?; Long wait for TSA; Paint amid the parking; There’s more housing; AND…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New connections
To market, to market; Surprise opening; Bridge bonus; Tolling treat; Game day mode share; Who’s who; Fatal flaw; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Shorter streetcar (for now)
A shorter shortlist; New roads, more cars; MoCo’s first cycle track; Americans support transit; Easy names; Real estate concerns; Jobs drive more mobility; Commercial zoning crash; And…. Keep reading…