Posts about Transit
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Marcel Acosta interviews you
Tomorrow at noon, we’re hosting a live chat with Marcel Acosta, Executive Director of the National Capital Planning Commission and newly-appointed alternate member of the WMATA Board. But before we interview Mr. Acosta, Mr. Acosta would like to interview you. He’s put together these questions to get your input on the issues facing WMATA and NCPC. Post your thoughts… Keep reading…
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Fairfax residents: Call or email your supervisors
The Fairfax County Board is going to review their proposed FY2011 budget tomorrow, and will advertise maximum tax rates and fees, possibly closing the door on the opportunity to realistically contribute more to WMATA. Please call or email your Supervisor and Chairman Bulova today to ask them to advertise a higher cap with room for transit contributions. In Virginia, once a county… Keep reading…
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Circulator now in Google Transit
The DC Circulator is now the latest regional transit system to make its schedules available through Google Transit. Keep reading…
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Arlington opens door to higher WMATA contributions
On Saturday, the Arlington County Board took a key action to make it possible for the County to contribute extra revenue to WMATA necessary to balance the FY2011 budget without “death spiral”-inducing service cuts. The General Manager’s proposed budget contains painful measures to close the $189.2 million budget gap, including rail cuts such as no 8-car… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Piling up, piling on
Less money mo’ problems; Why do elected Republicans hate bikes?; Nobody wants the job?; Tysons to limit parking; Tempest in a snowpile; Dimes more; Go on the Mall. Keep reading…
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Links across the nation (and world): At the extremes
NYC vs. Houston; Houston vs. NYC; 5 cents in Baltimore?; Robot turns snow into bricks; Curbing curb cuts in SF; Mixed-use in Mountain View; Driverless trains?. Keep reading…
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The Transit Ombudsman: Get the next bus by text message
You may have used the NextBus Web interface or the phone system at 202-637-7000, but there’s another way to get NextBus arrival times: text message. Here’s what you do: Find your bus route, stop location, direction and stop number here or here and bookmark the page. Start composing a text message to 41411. In the message area, enter your request in this… Keep reading…
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Maryland on priority corridors: Great! Montgomery: Nah!
The Maryland State Highway Administration responded with positive and encouraging language to the WMATA Riders’ Advisory Council’s recent letter encouraging jurisdictions to work with WMATA on bus priority corridors. Montgomery County, meanwhile, sent a dismissive response to a similar letter from the Action Committee for Transit. State Highway Administrator… Keep reading…
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The Booth Map: Redesigning WMATA’s map
In 2007 graphic design firm KICK famously proposed redrawing the New York subway map. The new map they produced was more straightforward and intuitive than the official subway map, but also more diagrammatic. MTA eventually dismissed the proposal, but not before considerable internet buzz. Graphic designers and transit nerds talk about it to this day. Now, graphic designer… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: On a mission
$18M for snow, $1B for railcars; Shovel in Deanwood; Real estate mission delayed; Hoboken fixing parking by improving other modes; LaHood is reading!; No more Lincoln Memorial (or trolley car). Keep reading…