Posts tagged Tourists
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Breakfast links: One step forward
Her plan for the homeless; Teach a kid to bike; Fixing the finances; Bike share pick; Sue me, SSTC; School’s out forever; Mapping our history; The Lance Armstrong Effect. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Make it better
Loudoun numbers; Be nice to tourists; Now what; Help them ride; Three feet or else; I like big buses; Don’t be a hater. Keep reading…
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Haikus capture tourists on Metro
It’s April, and that means the tourists are coming out of the woodwork, especially on Metro. Since it’s National Poetry Month, and to celebrate the Cherry Blossom Festival, I composed a series of haikus about the interaction between tourists and locals. Spring on WMATA:Tourists confused by faregates.Commuters roll eyes. Do-not-enter gate;Find one with… Keep reading…
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The Lincoln Memorial just became Capital Bikeshare’s busiest station
For most its history, Capital Bikeshare’s busiest individual station has been at Dupont Circle. Not anymore. As of this summer, the Lincoln Memorial station is the new king. This animation shows trips coming and going to the Lincoln station. 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…
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Breakfast links: Four thousand problems
4000-series drags down Metro; Taxi discrimination; Too big for Brookland; Contributing to change; Approaching a wrong-way cyclist?; Low-stress bike networks; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Know your history
The day the city burned; The Beltway’s golden; More affordable than we thought?; Historic districts are not the problem; The show will go on; Subway bag check; Scaling up urban farming; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Transit inches forward
Still waiting; Super stops get cheaper, better; NYC looks up to DC; Speed camera slowdown; Even more tourists; Not a level playing field; Advertising is good for air; Out with the old; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The shutdown continues
DC workers essential; Shutdown costs Metro revenues; Shutdown shutters tourist sites; DC has an app for that; Cafritz project moves forward; NVTA can use taxes; DC passes solar bill; DC hotels check into bikes. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Shhh…
Shhh… Spy Museum plans move; Looming government shutdown; PenPlace wins approval; Capital Bikeshare turns 3; NYC bike mode share hits 1%; New head for Metro oversight group; Arlington is the richest; Americans prepare for climate change; Traffic is you!; And…. Keep reading…