Posts tagged Streetcars
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Look at those streetcars
Photo of 1934 Adams Morgan, from DC Metrocentric: Keep reading…
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Making upper Georgia Avenue a great street
The DC Council held a hearing this afternoon on the Upper Georgia Avenue Great Streets Plan. Georgia Avenue is a long, continuous commercial corridor with some successful shops, some vacant ones, and many in between. Keep reading…
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The conservative case for streetcars
Paul Weyrich, the leading conservative voice for rail transit, lays out the case why streetcars are superior to bus rapid transit. Keep reading…
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Union Station Intermodal meeting recap
Dan from BeyondDC, Ralph of Sierra Club DC, reader Steve P., and many others attended the Union Station Intermodal Transportation Center public meeting last night. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, who secured the three Federal earmarks that are paying for this project, spoke briefly about the many years she’s been working on this in Congress. Union Station was once “a… Keep reading…
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Union Station Intermodal Transportation Center meeting tonight
DDOT is conducting a study “analyze the feasibility and impact of creating enhanced access to multiple modes of transportation at Burnham Place, Union Station and the surrounding transportation network.” There’s a public meeting tonight from 6-8 pm at the Columbus Club at Union Station, 50 Massachusetts Ave NE. Keep reading…
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Alexandria gets a “trolley”
The first time I went to Old Town Alexandria, I thought, “there needs to be a trolley along King Street from the Metro to the waterfront.” Well, now there is. Sorta. It’s really a bus dressed up as a trolley, which DC Metrocentric sneers at but I think has merit: a dinging trolley probably would be more appealing to visitors who shop at the high-end boutiques and chain… Keep reading…
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Post streetcar map
The Post has a good map of proposed streetcar and BRT routes, modeled off the ones from DDOT and others that I use in my map. Via Richard Layman. Keep reading…
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Greater Baltimore & Washington Transit Future version 2
This map shows what the transportation system of the Baltimore-Washington area would look like if most of the proposed improvements are built. In particular, it includes the Silver Line to Dulles; several new infill Metro stations; turning MARC and VRE into transit-like service with frequent trains that run through from Maryland to Virginia so all commuters can reach Union Station,… Keep reading…
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SF moving forward with Central Subway
San Francisco just selected an alignment for the Central Subway, a tunnel for the new T-Third light rail line that will run up Fourth Street to Stockton, connecting the China Basin/ballpark/Caltrain area to downtown and Chinatown. Transbay Blog isn’t so sure this is worth the money and thinks there may be better ways. Keep reading…
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Greater Washington Transit Future: a multimodal fantasy map
Update: Version 2 is now available. Dan at BeyondDC was one of several people to comment that Metrorail is not the most cost-effective way to provide transit. In fact, it’s pretty darn cost-ineffective. So while it’s fun to dream about Metro lines everywhere, what’s a more achievable transit vision? There are two areas officials want to improve transit,… Keep reading…