Posts about Transit
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The worst mainstream local articles of 2009
Yesterday, I highlighted reporters from the mainstream media who did a particularly good job of educating the public on urban issues in 2009. Most of the time, the mainstream press either provides good coverage of local issues, or fills the rest of the space with fairly bland stuff that repeats press releases or each other’s articles. But every so often there is a real… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New policies for the new year
Meters go to 10; Stop the bad planning, New York!; Feed the kids local food; One fewer house; Right way to be bright; More than just red, yellow, and green; What technology could do. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Contact your representatives
Ask to be heard; Transit projects create more jobs; Dog owner tax break?; Photoshopped ad deceptive or thrifty?; Train fatality in BaltCo. Keep reading…
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Our region must commit to maintaining transit
The proposed WMATA cuts for the remainder of the current fiscal year threaten to throw Metro into a “death spiral.” Some cuts are okay, if not ideal, like closing some mezzanines on low-ridership rail stations off-peak, and removing some bus stops which could actually improve service for most riders. However, others will seriously diminish the value of the rail system… Keep reading…
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Cuts would make Metrorail headways worse than most
On Thursday, the WMATA Board will consider a proposal to cut off-peak Metrorail service by reducing the frequency of trains. That portion will make up about half of the service related reductions needed to close an anticipated $40 million budget gap for the current year, which ends in June. Part of the reductions proposed is a cut in frequency from every 12 minutes to every… Keep reading…
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The Transit Ombudsman: What’s bothering you?
I’m not a doctor, or a therapist. I’m just an activist, inspired by what our collective energy can achieve to help us get around the Greater Washington area efficiently and safely. Today, I introduce The Transit Ombudsman: A series of posts on issues that bother riders, where I will contact Metro to seek solutions. I will focus only on issues that are good bets… Keep reading…
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Imagine a streetcar on Alabama Avenue
DDOT’s streetcar vision reaches all eight wards across DC and includes several lines in River East, but still misses many neighborhoods that could soon become the best opportunities for walkable development. River East has experienced a great deal of suburban-style development in the recent past. Affordable housing is often not accessible to the six Metro stations… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Boxes and bags
Box of trash or standard contemporary?; Safeway taking another way; How are the bags?; BRAC bike lanes; Fun and games until it becomes criminal; Reading makes a comeback; Fake placard involved in NYC bomb scare. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Happy New Year
A growing city; Charles County sprawlway; The ridership is right; C for yourself; Busted!; Is that multi-state inter-agency cooperation I see?; What’s driving business?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Put your hands up for Detroit
Seed money; Honey, I shrunk the city; Something to be MADD about?; Spic-and-span; The year in development; Running away from consequences. Keep reading…