Posts tagged Wayfinding
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Breakfast links and video: Much to scrutinize
DC shorted millions in fees; Alarms raised at youth program; Lotto contract’s strange dealings; A two-term Virginia?; Travel model incorporates science; Smart growth gets its day; Raleigh steps backward; Reauthorization on video. Keep reading…
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Suburban buses needn’t baffle inexperienced riders
In many suburban jurisdictions, bus systems feel like an afterthought, with tiny bus flags at the side of a road and confusing or even nonexistent information about which bus to take. Most suburban routes run less frequently than Metrobus routes in DC, making them harder to use. But it would cost a lot of money to increase frequency. Meanwhile, for a very small investment, jurisdictions… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Who’s in charge?
Gray to announce DDOT head; Poor bear brunt of DC cuts; Bixi in trouble; Bus pass holders still paying; Bringing down Skyland; Faster is safer in Prince William?; ANC objects to students testifying; A chat with DHCD Director; NPS to improve Mall wayfinding. Keep reading…
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Morning links: Things on the rise
Dulles station debate heats up; Carol Schwartz is fed up; Georgetown waterfront flooded; MoCo council members fighting Costco; DDOT to plan more streetcars; Cap Crescent and Purple Line are friends; Nats, DC fight over late service; Amtrak puts railfans to work; And…. Keep reading…
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Combine the Circulator and Metro maps for visitors
Visitors to DC generally navigate using the Metro map and a street map. The Metro map has become so iconic that it forms many visitors’ mental images of DC. However, that map makes no mention of Georgetown, Adams Morgan, and other major destinations. The Circulator serves those areas, and one of its roles is to serve as an easier-to-understand, no-change-required tourist… Keep reading…
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Metro needs to communicate service disruptions in stations
With heavy track-maintenance schedules, growing train malfunctions and increased crowding, Metro needs to communicate better with its riders in the stations. Several weeks ago, Matt Johnson had a series of posts in which he discussed a variety of permanent improvements Metro could make to its wayfinding throughout the system. Those changes are all fantastic suggestions,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: on and on and on
Columbia Pike streetcar gets design money: Arlington has approved funding to design and plan a Columbia Pike streetcar. This $3 million will let the county work on figuring out how to come up with the rest of the money they need to actually build the thing. (How about having VDOT use more transportation dollars for streetcars instead of all highways all the time?) P.S. I call on all DC… Keep reading…
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Circulator thrombosis
Saturday afternoon, in the rain, Greater Greater Fiancée and I waited 31 minutes at 20th and K for a westbound Circulator. The Circulator advertises a bus every 10 minutes, all day. Three buses passed in the other direction while we waited. After 27 minutes, a bus in our direction zipped by without stopping. Another bus showed up four minutes later, but meanwhile we fumed at… Keep reading…