Posts tagged Wmata
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Where’s Google Transit? January 2010 edition
Several people have emailed recently to ask what’s going on with Google Transit and WMATA. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: More questions than answers
Should our Metro advertise?; “Human error,” but whose?; What would Jefferson say?; More walkability or the end of the world?; Is Fairfax really chicken or just a little bit?; Should MLK Ave get a Circulator?; The biggest subway ever. Keep reading…
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Support option 4 on Wednesday
There are two days left until the WMATA FY2010 budget hearing on Wednesday evening. Sign up to testify! Metro has presented four options, though you can recommend combinations of the options. It’s not possible, however, to recommend any fare increase greater than those proposed, because DC’s Board members blocked that. The options mix a combination of service… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Region of laws
Pay-as-you-throw in Frederick?; Ways to avoid paying five cents; Get a shorter vehicle or park it off the street; Faregates to accept credit cards?; Teens not in a rush to drive; And you thought the lines were long at the DMV; And…. Keep reading…
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Feds name Mort Downey, Marcel Acosta to WMATA Board
The Obama administration has named two of the federal representatives to the WMATA Board of Directors, the Washington Post reports. Keep reading…
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Sign up to testify at Wednesday’s WMATA budget hearing
The hearing on the WMATA budget is this coming Wednesday. It’s important to get lots of riders there to weigh in on the four options, and to show WMATA Board members the importance of having hearings or town halls like these on future budget decisions. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Keeping people from getting hit
Marlene is making Conn. Ave safer; Live in Ward 6? Walk?; Seattleites, panhandler rescue woman on tracks; That’s some delay; Spelunking below Dupont; Also in the DC Council; Poverty becoming a suburban problem. Keep reading…
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Relocate bus stops to save time
In the Washington area, most bus stops are located on the “near” side of intersections. While there are some advantages to this type of location, relocating stops at certain intersections could speed bus trips and increase passenger safety. One problem with buses on crowded streets is that at signalized intersections, traffic backed up from the signal keeps buses… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cutting, stopping and slowing
Board members talk Catoe, budget; Where to cut instead of Ride On; Stop in Burke, stop on the highway; Smart rhetoric, dumb behavior; Barnesville no longer speedsville; Sulu on the subway; Factors that drive not driving. Keep reading…
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Metro’s menu contains four budget options
As transit advocates have requested, Metro proposed a menu of options for public consideration at the public hearing on Wednesday Friday, January 27 at 5:30 pm. When discussing this hearing with John Catoe, he mentioned that participants will be asked to place stickers on display boards to indicate their preferences. He thought some might consider this “juvenile,”… Keep reading…