Posts tagged Trains
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Breakfast links: Derailed
Deadly crash; A new crossing; Land for cash; More ART in Arlington; Budget updates; Keep NOVA moving; Hogan passes laws; Costco carmageddon; And…. Keep reading…
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It’s time we all became mode-positive
For a while now, transit advocates have been infighting about mode (streetscars versus buses, and so on) amongst themselves. Not only is a waste of our precious time, it’s harmful to everything that we do. To borrow from another positivity movement here, we need to stop mode shaming. No one would argue that transit doesn’t already have to fight a constant… Keep reading…
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Consumers say they like trains. Why don’t economists care?
One of the most basic tenets of standard economics is that consumer choice dictates the market. Yet in discussions about transit, many economic analyses seem to throw consumer preference out the window, insisting that riders’ preference for rail over bus doesn’t matter, or is imaginary. Opponents of rail projects often argue that trains are a waste of money because… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Winter (weather) is coming
Patience; I need a hero; Pound foolish; Fight for your right; Walking while black; All aboard; Sorry, kids; Business or pleasure? Pleasure; Toboggan to work day. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Honoring Barry
Barry memorial set; Gray invokes Barry in land swap; Drop the tolls?; Streetcar Fallout; No taxes for providing parking; What will be DC’s High Line?; New tech at airports; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Shoulder your bike
Count those bikes!; Buses on the shoulder; Channel your bike; Bike racks for Bike Rack; Church fight goes another round; Easy as VRE; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Silver Line cause and effect
Will Silver bring blue?; What can Green teach about Silver?; Back to school for mixed use; Virginia tells Uber to cease; EPA rule’s impacts will vary; A utility model for funding transit; New bus adjusts to riders; Voters gain development veto power; Seattle gives street space to kids; How the battle was won. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Brought to you by…
Coca-Cola Cabin John Park?; Which streets need help?; Which delay is worst?; CSI: English basement; Nobody wants the Olympics; Not WMATA; Vision Zero; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Federal damage
The racist feds; The feds won’t build; Transit still suffers; Flintbrook?; Stop the Idaho Stop?; See the kid behind you; Reckless bus drivers; The chameleonic condo; Stops will get screens; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Eat nearby
Fancy food for St. Elizabeths; Graham throws dirt, hits self; DC’s just roads and parking to you?; Train goes up stairs; Silver Line too bureacratic?; Crash victims get memorial park; Kids lose out; People are happy with DC; Build for cars, transit costs more; And…. Keep reading…