Posts tagged Technology
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What was up with the one-way Orange-Blue?
I was just looking again at the 1982 Metro map I posted this morning. After the Orange and Blue lines split at Rosslyn and Stadium-Armory, each branch is Orange one way, Blue the other. Keep reading…
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Brown Line: We don’t need a new color
As discussed yesterday, Metro is currently planning a new line color, brown, to delineate new service from Franconia-Springfield to Greenbelt via the Yellow-Green route. Metro presumably decided to do this based on rider feedback. According to their presentaton, “A majority of respondents mentioned that adding a new line color to the map would make the change easier… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Impending doom edition
Bail out Metro instead? Tom Toles compares the federal response to the economic crisis with Metro’s woes, though yesterday’s bailout failure in Congress may make WMATA officials glad they’re at least not WaMu. Richard Layman reminds us that Congress ordered DC’s streetcar system destroyed in the ‘50s. Keep reading…
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Jim Graham’s northern Circulator
At last night’s Neighborhood Circulation Study in Adams Morgan, Councilmember Jim Graham handed out his own proposal for how to bring the Circulator north into Adams Morgan. DDOT already expects to add the route in 2009. Here is a scan of the handout: Graham took pains to emphasize that this is only an idea for discussion, and he’s not wedded to the specifics… Keep reading…
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2003 WMATA expansion map
When I went to interview Jack Evans, I discovered this map which hangs in his office. It’s a 2003 map, apparently produced by WMATA, showing the Silver Line and a potential separated Blue Line alignment. Blue Line maps, such as this one in the Post, never showed a lot of detail about station locations; this one does. Keep reading…
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Technological change, part 4: Smart Para-Transit
Mark Gorton, founder of NYC’s Open Planning Project which publishes Streetsblog, has posted a plan to make our road network vastly more efficient. Instead of commuting with individual single-passenger vehicles, one per person or family, the Smart Para-Transit system would use a fleet of electronically dispatched vehicles that drive groups of people going from similar… Keep reading…
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Technological change, part 3: Construction and renovation
In part 1 and part 2, I discussed the possible effects of automation on transportation. But if we can more cheaply build tunnels robotically, what about buildings? Keep reading…
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Technological change, part 2: Autonomous vehicles
In part 1, I speculated about the effect of automated systems to build complete tunnels that could drastically cut the cost of building heavy rail subways and trains. I also suggested DARPA fund research into this. Keep reading…
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Technological change, part 1: Tunnel building
There’s been a fair amount of discussion recently about future technology and transportation. How will technology affect the way our cities look and operate? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Envision the future edition
EveryBlock launches in DC: You can now get a feed of publicly-accessible information (like crime reports, requests for service from DDOT, DPW, etc., new real estate listings, and more) around any address. Keep reading…