Posts tagged Transit
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How the urban legend of Georgetown residents halting a Metro stop came to be
Let’s first get this out of the way: The reason there is no Metro stop in Georgetown is two-fold. First, there were technical difficulties from the hardness of the bedrock and the proximity of the river which meant a station would be infeasible. Second, at the time the Metro planners were laying out the system, Georgetown was not enough of a population or job center to justify working out a solution to the feasibility problem. Keep reading…
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Metro Reasons: After 15 years, Arlington moves ahead with plans for a second entrance at Ballston
Arlington County staff have been given the ‘go-ahead’ to move forward on planning for the eventual construction of a second entrance at the Ballston Metro station, according to project manager Bee Buergler. The project, over 15 years in the planning, has until recently been held up due to delays in the redevelopment of the building at 4420 Fairfax Drive. Keep reading…
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Trump may be more overtly racist, but Maryland politicians have s*** on Baltimore, too
Anyone with a moral center is rightly outraged by recent tweets from President Donald Trump, where he referred to the Baltimore-area district of Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) as “a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess.” Let’s not forget, though, that there are other poilticians who affirmatively make it harder for Baltimore to rise out of its current problems. Keep reading…
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Metro Reasons: More trains bring more riders to the Red Line
More people began riding the Red Line after Metro eliminated the Grosvenor turnback and doubled service at White Flint, Twinbrook, Rockville, and Shady Grove Metrorail stations. That’s according to a Metro staff presentation set to be presented on Thursday, where the agency will ask the Board to reaffirm the turnback’s elimination. 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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Metro Reasons: JBG Smith wants to build a new Crystal City station entrance
A plan submitted by developer JGB Smith to Arlington County could see the company put in charge of building the second Crystal City Metro station entrance, a long-sought-after project that would increase access to the station. If approved, the new entrance would be built along Crystal Drive near 18th street, providing riders a quicker connection to the proposed new VRE Crystal City station, offices, and residences in the area. Keep reading…
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DC bus service gets a “D” on its report card. Here’s how it can improve.
Confirming what Metrobus riders already know, a new report shows how DC’s buses are slow and unreliable. The study, by the Coalition for Smarter Growth and MetroHero, was developed from real-time data collected in May 2019 by MetroHero. Keep reading…
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More cars on I-95, or something else? Take Virginia’s survey to ID changes.
In the past, the Virginia Department of Transportation has sometimes been a hindrance to safer streets or transit improvements in the region. A focus on moving cars over people has led to projects that emphasized wide roads over alternative solutions, but that may be starting to change with the I-95 project. Keep reading…
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Metro Reasons: How are the Blue & Yellow Line shuttles handling shutdown crowds?
Metro’s shuttle buses are handling crowds well during the Yellow and Blue Line shutdown, upbeat Metro staff said when they briefed the agency’s Riders’ Advisory Council (RAC) last Wednesday. After an initial ridership surge, staff say the shuttles have ‘settled down’ to carrying 125,000 trips per week. Keep reading…