Posts tagged Tri State Oversight
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Breakfast links: Trains ready to move
Back on track; Streetcar start?; Not so fast; Montgomery moves; More silver for transit center; Who’s running?; And…. 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…
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Breakfast links: Bigger and better Metro
No extension on extension decision; Safety on the rise; More sprawl faster; No parking for post; Hine closer to consensus; Rant wrong on libertarianism, right on DPW failure; Crystal City will be more crystal-like; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Ambition
District of conservation; Slow down in MoCo; Bus driver has meningitis; Metro defibrillators get an outside look; Buy your own communion wine; Service eases the parking search; Rollin north; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Safety first
Metro safety in good shape; Navigatorgate drags on; Why group homes concentrate; A different kind of cycletrack; Hope and pain in Richmond; House transpo bill still flawed; Lorax hawking cars; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Begging for big boxes
Wegmans at Walter Reed?; Outlets a good fit for transit-poor megacomplex?; Mixed-use or move out?; Brown considering tax switcheroo; Metro to investigate excessive force; Metro still running reds; Peds struck in hit-and-run; Maryland may exclude Keolis; Bike bits. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Unfortunate contradictions
Cyclist killed in Arlington; Arlington, DC really friendly; Walmart a wash for jobs; Schumer wants Amtrak ‘no-ride’ list; More rest for operators?; Council divided on Gray budget; PATH crash injures dozens. Keep reading…
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Should the FTA regulate urban transit agencies?
Imagine if Metro had to pay a fine for every safety standard violation. What if Metro officials and operators lost licenses to work in transit if they repeatedly violated safety standards? These ideas could become reality if the FTA gains the ability to regulate public transit agencies. And while many Washingtonians regard this as a no-brainer, there are… Keep reading…
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Metro audit portrays isolated safety management
A new audit of Metro’s safety found that operational departments still need to be more deeply involved enough in safety, and that safety officials need to focus more on small incidents in addition to larger ones. This audit, conducted by the Tri-State Oversight Committee and released this week, takes a closer look at Metro safety practices than before. While the FTA’s… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Choice of spots
Off the bus, nowhere to go; Spots for trails?; Hit and runs and intentional hits; Mayoral candidates want our vote; We’re bohemian, and have Thai; Too many cars; And…. Keep reading…