Posts tagged Transit
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DC rejected for Urban Circulator streetcar grant
The Federal Transit Administration has selected 53 winners for transit grants, including the Urban Circulator which DC was hoping to get to extend the H Street streetcar across the Anacostia to Benning Road. Keep reading…
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Metro morsels: SmarTrips and Gallery Place art
This morning’s WMATA Board meeting, as usual, brought up a number of small yet significant items. WMATA will sell SmarTrips at a loss: Last month, the WMATA Board voted to reduce the cost of SmarTrip cards to $2.50. That decision was made in part on information some staff told the Board that SmarTrip cards actually cost WMATA about $1. However, a presentation today revealed… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Hot trains
MARC heating up; Swing through BART; And…; Purple single tracking not dead?; Favoring taxes; A walkable crossroads; CaBi locations and colors; It’s complex. Keep reading…
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Eastern Montgomery discusses White Oak’s future
East County residents and businesspeople met with Montgomery County planners last Wednesday at the Regional Services Center to learn about a proposal to bring a life sciences center to White Oak. When completed, the East County Science Center Master Plan will recommend creating a mixed-use community with a focus on science and technology in an approximately 1400-acre area… Keep reading…
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NextBus doesn’t handle station bus bays properly
Metro’s reintroduction of NextBus several months ago last year has proven popular with riders, despite a few hiccups. However, it still has some usability issues which haven’t gotten fixed very quickly. One of those issues has to do with bus bays at Metro stations. At many stations, especially those in suburban locations, each bus route calls at an exclusive bay… Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Science. It works.
Learning about yellow; Better models in San Diego; Gas taxes lowest in a long time; Not the death spiral; Should DC better use triangles? Can it?; No sculpture, no seating; Suburban scholars and museums; Advantages of urban living. Keep reading…
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Dear COG and Board of Trade: Democracy is healthy
Last week, the Board of Trade/COG WMATA Governance Task Force held a public meeting to hear ideas from stakeholders about improving WMATA’s governance. Sadly, the Board of Trade and COG continued their trend of keeping the task force quite distant from those who actually work hard to improve WMATA. The meeting was structured like a typical public hearing where public… Keep reading…
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Pentagon security plan would hurt Metro riders
The Pentagon wants to reconfigure the security barriers at their entrance in a way that would reduce the accessibility of the Pentagon Metrorail station, especially for passengers with disabilities. The Examiner’s Markham Heid reports that the Pentagon wants to move its checkpoints farther from the building’s entrance. This follows an incident four months… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Boxes big and small
DC getting in on big boxes; Metro improving safety; Reagan’s actions affect Reagan today; Does DC need to up its game?; Why don’t Amtrak and bikes mix?; Did you steal our trail counter?; Hit and run and get away; Fix the water, here’s no money. Keep reading…
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Brunch links: Saved
The word on texting; Plannin’ for McMillan; “Most important” new buildings; Auto-centrism in New York development; Auto-centrism in Brooklyn notables; Healthier in the Charm City; How transit mode share has changed; We need bicycle infrastructure. Keep reading…