Posts tagged Wmata
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Metro’s real reason for eliminating paper transfers
Metro is eliminating paper transfers as of January 4th. According to this presentation before the Customer Service Operations and Safety (CSOS) Committee of the WMATA Board, 25% of bus riders use a bus paper transfer and 2% use a rail paper transfer, compared with 6% of riders who use a SmarTrip card to transfer between buses. Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Scary transit developments
Maglev? Maryland is trying to get a chunk of a federal grant to study maglev trains, for a potential Baltimore-DC express route. Ryan Avent points out how great that would be for Baltimore. His commenters wonder if it’s the best potential use of $3.2 billion. Keep reading…
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Testing the “Invisible Tunnel”
Steve Offutt has joined the GGW contributing team. He lives in Arlington and has also been contributing to Arlington’s county-run CommuterPageBlog. Welcome Steve! Keep reading…
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RAC ‘em up
WMATA’s Riders’ Advisory Council (RAC) is accepting applications for positions. There are three openings for DC, two for Prince George’s, one for Arlington, and two at-large. The application asks what lines (rail or bus) you take, why you use Metro, your racial and ethnic background, education, and more; I presume they’ll strive for some balance among… Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Six feet under budget
“Hangover of America’s romance with the car”: Salon examines the paradox of governments cutting transit funding as buses and trains face record ridership, and the double standard in the way we think about funding new roads versus funding transit. Keep reading…
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Metro: you can add fare to SmarTrip at Giant now, stop complaining about delayed upgrades
I commented before the Metro Board last Thursday: Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Looking backward, moving forward
Historic thumbs down to Chevy Chase: The Chevy Chase ANC sent a survey to homeowners living in the proposed historic district; 77% of respondents voted against designating Chevy Chase, reports Marc Fisher. Opponents worry about the increased approvals and bureaucracy from HPO/HPRB; proponents worry about teardowns and McMansions (Fisher, for his part, believes McMansion fears… Keep reading…
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WMATA says blogs aren’t news media
Are blogs journalism? This perennial question generates heated debate around reporter shield laws, press passes, and the Freedom of Information Act. Most non-lawyers would say that some blogs are definitely media (like the NY Times’ City Room), and some blogs are really not (like your friend’s LiveJournal about what he eats for breakfast each day). The Federal Election… Keep reading…
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What was up with the one-way Orange-Blue?
I was just looking again at the 1982 Metro map I posted this morning. After the Orange and Blue lines split at Rosslyn and Stadium-Armory, each branch is Orange one way, Blue the other. Keep reading…
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Brown Line: We don’t need a new color
As discussed yesterday, Metro is currently planning a new line color, brown, to delineate new service from Franconia-Springfield to Greenbelt via the Yellow-Green route. Metro presumably decided to do this based on rider feedback. According to their presentaton, “A majority of respondents mentioned that adding a new line color to the map would make the change easier… Keep reading…