Posts tagged Vre
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VRE’s future could include off-peak and weekend service
Faced with growing ridership but limited capacity, VRE has released a plan to significantly expand commuter rail service in Northern Virginia, including reverse-commute, off-peak, and weekend services and an extension to Gainesville and Haymarket. The $2.68 billion, 25-year capital improvement plan is split into three phases with modest capacity improvements through… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Streetcar, streetcar, streetcar
Big interest in streetcar; Streetcar is a cash cow; Do streetcars count?; Not just red light cameras anymore; Misleading poll question?; The transit Super Bowl; Why transit remains Balkanized; And…; Thanks, Guardian!. Keep reading…
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More roads won’t solve traffic on I-95 in Northern Virginia
I-95 in Northern Virginia is already one of the nation’s most congested corridors, and forecasts predict it will only get worse. A new study by the GMU Center for Regional Analysis lays out the difficult decisions area leaders face regarding the corridor’s future land use, economy, and transportation network. At present, the I-95 corridor in Fairfax and Prince… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Federal holiday transit blues
Veterans Day commuting delays; Close calls on L Street cycletrack; Purple Line deal sweeteners; Buses connect to Silver Line; DC’s theater boom; Atlanta Braves leave Atlanta; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: And so it begins…
Shutdown’s big costs; Amtrak keeps rolling; Train and bus services altered; SmarTrip changes begin today; Maryland tackles distracted driving; New parking minimums for MoCo?; What if DC went from tall to short?; Purple Line concessions raise questions; Bike parking guidelines needed. Keep reading…
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Northern Virginia picks transportation projects to fund
For years, leaders in Northern Virginia have been asking Richmond to let Northern Virginia raise its own money to spend on its own transportation priorities. They are finally getting the chance. When the Virginia General Assembly passed a broad new transportation funding bill earlier this year, it included a section letting Northern Virginia raise and allocate hundreds of… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New heights
Imagine DC with (slightly) taller buildings; Virginia funds projects; Virginia counties squabble over businesses; PG OKs affordable housing bill; It’s another autonomy bill; Takoma Park blocks pesticides; Rural areas more dangerous than cities?; More Americans drive to work. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Walter Reed rising?
3 plans for Walter Reed; Detroit files for bankruptcy; WMATA union protests privatization proposal; Ike Memorial rolls on; How to succeed in retail; When people lived smaller; No water crisis, just a PR one; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Playing chicken
Yes or no to urban chickens?; Lay off DC, national writers; Induced demand for restaurants; Open a business for $1; New VRE station stalled; Rail ridership ups and downs; Cyclist diversity grows; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The campaigns heat up
Bowser running on development; New Virginia poll; Bikeshare is “awesome”; Orange Line to Wiehle?; On the Maryland rails; Offices getting denser; Credit cards coming to taxis; Woman falls onto tracks; Virginia private tolls unconstitutional?; And…. Keep reading…