Posts tagged Union Station
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Breakfast links: Elect
Vote now; Transportation on other ballots; Time change leaves Metro riders stranded; Storm gives New York temporary BRT; Accessory apartment for rent?; Less driving not just the economy; And…. Keep reading…
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Union Station Main Hall redesign is close, but not quite right
The Main Hall at Washington Union Station is undergoing a redesign that will eliminate the Center Cafe, punch holes in the floor for escalators to the lower level food court, and change the room’s furniture layout. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Atone
The mind is the root of bike hate; Memorial gets too much life; Goodbye, Greyhound terminal; PG wants more TOD; Inaugurate freedom for DC; Trees aren’t whole story; Railgate to the Metrodome; Paris wants genuine residents; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Under control
Cameras watch cameras; Metro making strides; No to resident-only parking; Frederick boosts sprawl; Transit vs. design?; Blazing a new trail; Fast enough?; And…. Keep reading…
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Tregoning, Wells bash blank wall on Ukraine memorial
DC Office of Planning Director Harriet Tregoning and Councilmember Tommy Wells criticized the design for the planned memorial to the Ukrainian Manmade Famine of 1932-1933 on Massachusetts Avenue near Union Station, primarily for of the way it turns a blank wall to F Street. Both ultimately voted against the design at yesterday’s meeting of the National Capital Planning… Keep reading…
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Grassy triangle will become a plaza and Ukrainian memorial
A small, empty grass triangle just west of Union Station will soon be a new memorial. Victims of the Ukranian Manmade Famine of 1932-1933 will get memorialized, and residents and workers will get a usable plaza. The back side of the memorial, however, will turn a mostly blank wall to F Street. Keep reading…
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Through-running isn’t so easy for MARC and VRE, part 2
If MARC trains at Union Station became VRE trains to Virginia and vice versa, riders could reach more stations and we could use Union Station’s limited tracks more efficiently. Unfortunately, there are several reasons this isn’t as easy as it sounds. That doesn’t mean trains can’t run through, but a number of changes have to happen first, which cost money. Previously,… Keep reading…
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Through-running isn’t so easy for MARC and VRE, part 1
It seems logical: MARC’s trains all end at Union Station in the south. VRE’s trains all end at Union Station in the north. Union Station has capacity constraints. Why not create one regional rail operator, where all trains continue through the core and out the other end? This idea, often called through-running, comes up often. Unfortunately, several hurdles make… Keep reading…
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Remaking Union Station: Do we have what it takes?
If a visitor who knew nothing about geopolitics came to Washington, would he see the dazzling capital of the most powerful nation in the world, as Americans like to think we are and always will be? Or might he conclude, looking at our public works, that this nation’s best days ended around the time of President Kennedy? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Challenges
No smoking; No challenge to Cafritz; Cracks in the Center; Romney would cut rail; The oaks are just too lofty; Trail tidbits; And…. Keep reading…