Posts tagged Union Station
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Lunch links: Transportation of our desire edition
Desired: A streetcar article not named Desire: A NYT article about streetcars has prompted blog posts everywhere about the topic. I’m so glad… but can we please move beyond blog posts entitled “A Desire Named Streetcar”? Keep reading…
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Morning links: Benefits of transit edition
Gridlock Sam still shilling for Chevy Chase: New York’s “Gridlock Sam,” who coined the term “gridlock,” is still working for the town of Chevy Chase and pushing bad logic to stop light rail on the Purple Line. This time, he argues that light rail isn’t much better than BRT, while the buses are cheaper. But Sam neglects to mention that the BRT alignments… Keep reading…
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Norton berates Union Station reps over photography, intermodal plans
Eleanor Holmes Norton is not especially happy with the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation, the nonprofit entity created by Congress to oversee the station (and which, in turn, contracts with private entities to operate the station). It’s not only the overreacting to photography. Norton feels USRC hasn’t taken advantage of opportunities to make Union Station… Keep reading…
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Dinner links: The many faces of government edition
Meet the bubble bus: WMATA released images of their new Metrobuses, slated for service in August. DCist has more. Keep reading…
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Union Station latest photo flashpoint
The conflict between photographers and overzealous security guards has reached great heights, both of comedy and now power, as Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton jumps into the issue. Keep reading…
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Union Station Intermodal meeting recap
Dan from BeyondDC, Ralph of Sierra Club DC, reader Steve P., and many others attended the Union Station Intermodal Transportation Center public meeting last night. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, who secured the three Federal earmarks that are paying for this project, spoke briefly about the many years she’s been working on this in Congress. Union Station was once “a… Keep reading…
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Union Station Intermodal Transportation Center meeting tonight
DDOT is conducting a study “analyze the feasibility and impact of creating enhanced access to multiple modes of transportation at Burnham Place, Union Station and the surrounding transportation network.” There’s a public meeting tonight from 6-8 pm at the Columbus Club at Union Station, 50 Massachusetts Ave NE. Keep reading…
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Building over Union Station rail yards
One of the best ways for cities to improve the often-forlorn areas around major infrastructure is by building on air rights. When a street crosses over a major highway, why not put buildings over the highway on either side, turning an empty bridge into a city street with activity along the sidewalks, like they are doing in Boston and Columbus. Covering a big rail yard near a major… Keep reading…