Posts about Transit
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Metro tweets welcome, could be even more useful
In recent years, Metro has made great strides into bettering communication with riders through new media. But there’s still room for improvement. One of Metro’s newest communication tools is its use of Twitter. Service disruptions are regularly tweeted, giving riders on desktop computers or mobile devices an easy way to stay up to date. Tweets are limited… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: One step forward, one step back
Good and bad news for Ward 7 development; Germantown ghost bike, investigation; Judge’s ignorance used against cyclists; Moses’ legacy alive at NY state DOT; More in New York; Our artiest, decoest building; Councilmembers Michael Brown?; Way too hot. Keep reading…
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Design-build may look like lack of planning, but isn’t
Is DDOT under Gabe Klein dismissive of planning, throwing caution to the wind as it builds a bike lane here and a streetcar line there? Or does this objection reflect an outdated view of how project planning should be done? Gabe Klein comes from the business world and has said several times he wants to run DDOT like a business. To understand how he might do that, we should… Keep reading…
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On the calendar: Happy hour tonight on H Street, plus Alexandria tour, open data, BRAC, Connecticut Ave
Tonight is the latest in our series of Greater Greater Washington happy hours. Join us at Biergarten Haus, 1355 H Street NE, starting at 6:30. There are happy hour drink specials until 7:00, but we’ll of course stay longer than that. You can get there by X1, X2, X3, X8, or B2 buses, bicycle, car, or if you have a time machine, go into the future, ride the streetcar, then come back… Keep reading…
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Why doesn’t Metro post the police phone number?
Periodic announcements on Metro buses urge riders to contact authorities if they see something suspicious, but how many people know the phone number for the Metro Transit Police Department (MTPD)? This is a sign that was developed in 2007 at the urging of the Riders’ Advisory Council, says Dennis Jaffe in a letter from the Sierra Club yesterday. However, the sign was… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Map to the secret
Amtrak as a subway; The secret’s out; “Sweeperscam”? “Robo-snitch”?; Norton news; Use creativity, not ART; Still off the MARC; “Increasingly difficult” to keep up; And…. Keep reading…
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Employee vehicles blocking bike racks at NY Avenue Metro
The bicycle parking at the New York Avenue Metro station is substandard, and WMATA employee cars and motorcycles are parked daily all around the pedestrian areas and blocking the bicycle parking. I take the Red Line to and from work every day, entering the system at the New York Avenue Metro station. I bike there from our house in Trinidad, parking my bicycle at the racks near the… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Hot and bothered
Very bad day for vertical transport; Golfers irate at pro-bicycle management; You can’t air condition the outdoors; It was better before?; Bikes less limited on Capitol Limited; In Arlington, now; Tourist pedestrian child dies; Road projects on hold. Keep reading…
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Northrop Grumman eschews Metro for HQ
As expected, Northrop Grumman chose a suburban office park for its new corporate headquarters, rather than a Metro-friendly location. Keep reading…
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Communication is everything on “Blue Line Realignment,” a.k.a. the “Yellow and Orange Line Service Increase”
Metro plans a relatively minor service change that will significantly increase overall system capacity. The way it’s framed will either help the change see widespread adoption or else derail the idea, cause enormous customer confusion, or force changes to the Metro map that cause other confusion. Metro has often called this the “Blue Line Split” or “Blue… Keep reading…