Transportation
Greater Greater Washington writes about how people get around the Washington region, whether on Metro, buses, streetcars, driving, walking, biking, or any other method.
One of the region’s strengths is the wide range of options for travel. There are many walkable places in DC, Maryland, and Virginia where people could choose transit, walk or bike, or if they don’t have their own car, grab a shared vehicle or hail a ride. This reduces the need to own cars, saving people money and reducing traffic congestion.
As our region grows, it is imperative to continue to make these options safe, economical, and available to even more people. It is imperative to ensure safe sidewalks and bicycle infrastructure, expand transit options, and add housing near existing transit stations.
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Bethesda weekend parking: Still free, still too crowded
Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett wants to increase parking tickets to help close the County’s $800 million budget gap. If the County is looking for parking revenues, it should also look at its overflowing weekend parking in Bethesda. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Victories for people
People allowed on all sides; Hit the road, Jack; Hey stores, check out the people walking by; Development dispatches; Plowing peeves; PRT in Morgantown; Sharing in solar. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Stand up and…
Be counted; Meet in public; Get off the road, mate; WMATA’s “TOD nerd”; Pie in the Skyland?; Size matters; Federal government to John Cook: You’re wrong. Keep reading…
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Average schedule speed: How does Metro compare?
When New York City’s first elevated opened in 1868, it marked the first foray of rapid transit in the United States. Rapid transit was an effort to increase speed and capacity by separating trains from other modes of transportation. By the time Washington’s Metro opened in 1976, the new modern systems being constructed in the United States had a different basis in… Keep reading…
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Live chat with Mort Downey, tomorrow at noon
Recently, we held a live chat with Marcel Acosta, one of the two new federal members of the WMATA Board. Tomorrow, we’ll chat with the other, Mort Downey, the principal (voting) federal member. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Monarchy yields to democracy
USDOT dethrones king car; Metro morsels; Many ideas, none great; Don’t try to walk in PW; Not the employee lot; MV Square farmers market raided; Make some art for Columbia Heights. Keep reading…
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Time to reaassemble railcars into single-series trains
In last month’s NTSB hearing, experts concluded that moving the 1000-series cars to the center of train consists probably offered no safety benefit. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Take a seat
Couches the next subway ads?; Thomas, the parking scofflaw; Bike lanes: Inviting backlash? Triathlete-related?; Bag fee cuts bags in half; I saw the sign; Three-mile crosswalk; And…. Keep reading…
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Transit activist Harry Sanders dies
Longtime Maryland transit activist Harry Sanders died on Wednesday. Sanders was a driving force behind the Purple Line campaign. He also cofounded Montgomery County’s Action Committee for Transit and helped establish its Prince George’s counterpart, Prince George’s Advocates for Community-based Transit. I didn’t have much opportunity… Keep reading…
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The last mile in Tysons Corner, part 4: PRT’s obstacles
Last week, Steve Offutt introduced the last mile problem in Tysons Corner. With the Metro on the way, a solution is clearly needed to get transit riders to their apartments and offices. I suggested that a system of busways could easily speed circulators around the neighborhood. Steve countered with a proposal for a Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system spanning the area. The… Keep reading…