Posts tagged Virginia
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Did Rush Plus depress Blue Line ridership?
To make room for new Silver Line trains at the Rosslyn bottleneck, WMATA has reduced the number of Blue Line (and Orange Line) trains and added Yellow Line trains. A group calling itself Save the Blue Line claims that a similar change in 2012 caused riders to stop using Metro. Is that accurate? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Silver Line eve
Metro says Silver Line is ready; Learn about the Silver Line; Affordable housing squeeze; Why few food co-ops?; ANC sleeps on the job; Meddling congressmen; Peddling advice; Best coast for pedestrians; Poor debate over “poor door”; And…. Keep reading…
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Arlington’s Court House parking lot will become a park
Arlington may be a paragon of Smart Growth and sustainable transportation, but if you go to the county offices at Court House, a giant surface parking lot dominates the landscape. That could soon change with recommendations to turn it into a new town green with parking below. Keep reading…
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The Metro plan has changed a lot since 1968
Saturday, the Metro system will grow in length by 10% with the Silver Line, first envisioned in the mid-1960s. A lot has changed from the original plans for Metro. Today, DDOT circulated a 1968 map of the planned system. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Silver Line to-dos
Pedestrian access still to come; Same route, higher cost?; No parking here; Lanier Heights battles over pop-ups; Streetcar steps; Arlington board backs taxis; Longer terms in PG; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Drive safe
The stats on crashes; The crashiest intersections; Make one-way two; Check out no parking; Heliport or not?; Andy Harris, fix my pothole; Construction kills fish; The Bike Lobby brainwashes reporters!; And…. Keep reading…
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Events roundup: Silver Line opens, Rapid Transit happy hour, central public spaces, and more
Years of anticipation have led up to this weekend: The Silver Line will officially open to passenger service. Don’t miss a ride on the first train! On Wednesday, drink to rapid transit in Montgomery County or discuss Pennsylvania Avenue or Arlington’s Courthouse Square. And at long last… it’s here!: The first Silver Line train taking passengers on… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Home improvement
Anacostia flips; The right to sunlight?; Obama for statehood; Express Lane predictions; Nixon-era biking; Lanier on bike lanes; How the ramp could look; Positive externalities of cycletracks; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Silver is coming
The simulation begins; Parking lot owners prepare for commuters; Edgy redesign for Franklin Park; The seven worst guards in DC; National Harbor casino on the way; Why not large condos?; Cities turn contracting upside down; RIP Ed Tennyson; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Future transit options?
Time to fix I-66; Columbia Pike to roll forward; Gondola funding hits roadblock; Marijuana in public housing?; No new CaBi bikes; DC’s Scooby-Doo Ghost Town; Will driverless cars encourage sprawl?; Schools or transit, not both; And…. Keep reading…