Posts tagged Trains
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National links: Would you swap a flight for a train trip to help the environment?
Germany’s Green Party is pushing to end domestic flights and replace them with more trains. Cincinnati is moving ahead with plans to install 3D crosswalks, despite safety warnings. Saudi Arabia is building a $500 Billion megacity that may include robot cage fights and flying taxis. Keep reading…
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So you want to see the country by train? Here are some tips.
If you can spare the time, a long distance trip on Amtrak is a relaxing way to see the nation’s beautiful landscapes without the perils and costs of driving. After having ridden most of the Amtrak system on half a dozen long distance sojourns, I’d like to share some tips for getting the most out of your vacation. Keep reading…
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Two experts weigh in on how to transform transit in Baltimore and beyond
Baltimore and surrounding localities are working on a plan to radically improve how people get around with the Regional Transit Plan for Central Maryland. With an undertaking that ambitious, it helps to get advice from people who have experience with that kind of visionary work. Keep reading…
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Commuting without Metro is a struggle for late-night workers
Darryl Haden, 34, and Mathieu Ghirardo, 21, start their workday when many of us are prepping for our exit. As fryers at Amsterdam Falafelshop, they come in around 4 pm, and may not get off work until 4 am the following morning. For both Ghirardo, who lives in Arlington, Virginia, and Haden, who lives in Oxon Hill, Maryland, this schedule creates complicated transportation challenges as they try to get home. Keep reading…
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Transit activists challenged MoCo leaders to ditch their cars for a week. How’d it go?
When you live without owning a car, as I do, the concept of elected officials taking transit for a mere week as part of a challenge can seem patronizing. After all, for the 37% of us who are car-free in the Washington region, every day is a #TransitChallenge! Keep reading…
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Walksheds help planners make routes to transit stops better for people on foot
Planners have a new tool to understand the barriers people face on when walking to a central destination, such as a train station. Analyzing a “walkshed,” the area around a transit stop that’s reachable on foot for the average person, can help planners understand how to make them more accessible. Keep reading…
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Metro Reasons: Yellow & Blue Line construction is bothering residents late into the night
Loud, disruptive construction noise late at night from Metro’s summer Yellow and Blue Line shutdown has come to be a headache for some nearby residents. Some have called it “cruel,” “terrible,” and say “you couldn’t have a conversation on the sidewalk” near one of the closed stations while it’s happening. Keep reading…
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Metro Reasons: Riders and WMATA adapt during week 2 of the Blue and Yellow Line shutdown
The first week of the Yellow and Blue Line shutdown ended Friday without too many significant incidents after Metro, its contractors, and riders began to settle into the interim travel patterns. With more than 90 days still left in the shutdown, there is plenty of time for more things to go wrong, but also room for improvements like smoother trips and real-time bus tracking. Keep reading…
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Coordinated transit systems make travel a breeze. Here’s how our region could do it.
The Washington area needs first-class transit to meet the needs of current and future workers and businesses. To achieve that goal, the Washington area must break out of its current organizational and jurisdictional siloes and create a new body empowered to coordinate its separate transit services into a seamless, effective network. Keep reading…
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National links: 25 years later, the ‘chunnel’ has transformed travel in Europe
On its 25th birthday, here's a look at how the “chunnel” changed Europe. First-time homebuyers in Houston are competing with algorith-armed hedge funds. Da Vinci was proposing mixed-use development and other modern planning practices 500 years ahead of his time. Keep reading…