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- Why this is our year of the bus
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We know that now is the moment to be optimistic about our public transport systems, particularly ones that can be built around high-quality BRT and bus services.
March 26, 2024, Transport Matters - Metro offers new development opportunity in Alexandria's fast growing Eisenhower Avenue Corridor
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The RFP is the first of five joint development solicitations expected to be released this year, as Metro leverages its real estate holdings to generate revenue, build ridership, and create new tax revenues for local and regional partners.
March 27, 2024, WMATA - Video: Making transit better
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A video from CNBC Marathon highlights the major problems facing U.S. public transit and outlines potential solutions. The video notes that many transit agencies face significant budget shortfalls that threaten to reinforce low ridership and even lower revenue.
Diana Ionescu, March 28, 2024, Planetizen - Want to lower your city's transportation emissions? Drive less
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It is this kind of public policy, to address carbon emissions on a variety of fronts, that helps contribute to a region’s improved ranking.
Skip Descant, March 27, 2024, Government Technology - Virginia plans for signs to alert Maryland drivers to new I-495 toll lanes
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Six sign structures and accompanying power and communications utilities need to be built in Maryland so the upcoming I-495 Express Lanes can operate correctly, VDOT officials told the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) at its March 19 meeting.
Angela Woolsey, March 27, 2024, FFXNow - Survey says: American walking data is getting worse
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A recent shift in how the federal government measures Americans' travel behavior may have undercounted walking trips by more than half — and as transportation leaders look to that flawed data to make infrastructure decisions, it could have dire implications for the pedestrian of tomorrow.
Kea Wilson, March 27, 2024, Streetsblog USA - Farragut North K Street entrance reopens with new escalators
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The K Street entrance of the Farragut North station is back open two weeks ahead of schedule. The entrance now has three brand-new, more reliable escalators and a repaired support beam.
March 27, 2024, WMATA - ATU Local 689 answers your questions
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Fare collection is currently an important piece in how WMATA is funded, and many different people from across different socioeconomic backgrounds rely on public transit.
Matthew Girardi/Ben Lynn, March 27, 2024, Greater Greater Washington - Biden says feds will help rebuild Baltimore's collapsed bridge
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The bridge, on Interstate 695, carries tens of thousands of vehicles each day. Francis Scott Key Bridge, named for the writer of the national anthem, was opened in 1977.
March 26, 2024, TheHill.com - People on bikes can come together as advocates — no matter why they ride
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Can sports cyclists and utility riders become a powerful coalition to make our streets better? This author argues they must.
March 26, 2024, Streetsblog USA - Wireless charging for electric transit buses: Here's how it works
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Often, transit agencies charge their buses nightly with wired chargers when the vehicles return for cleaning and maintenance. But charging all those buses at the same time overnight puts a high demand on the local power grid.
Dan Zukowski, March 25, 2024, Smart Cities Dive - Alexandria streamlining and improving King Street pedestrian zone planning
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A report prepared for a Traffic and Parking Board meeting later today (Monday) said the city is looking at long-term plans for the pedestrian zones as well as incorporating the project into the broader waterfront flood mitigation plans.
Vernon Miles, March 25, 2024, ALXNow - After the eclipse, exodus of drivers could create a path of gridlock
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On the roads, federal authorities are asking for the public’s help to avoid gridlock across several states.
Hannah Sampson, March 22, 2024, The Washington Post - WMATA's funding crisis will disproportionately hurt essential workers with disabilities
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It’s a little-known fact that the federal government is supported by an essential workforce of nearly 37,000 people who are blind or have severe disabilities, including tens of thousands here in the DMV.
Karl Groninger, March 25, 2024, Greater Greater Washington - MTA bus riders may have to alter route plans due to $3.3 billion state transportation deficit
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Several of the routes potentially impacted are in our area because commuter buses take riders to job centers in the Metro Baltimore and Washington, DC region.
Jessica Albert, March 24, 2024, CBS News - 'There's so much room': Visitors react to Metro's newest 8000 Series rail cars
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Metro is offering the public a sneak peek into its new 8000 Series rail car and zero-emission buses through the Fleet of the Future Expo, held on the National Mall from now through April 3.
Grace Newton, March 24, 2024, WTOP - Peek inside Metro's fancy new railcars
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The biggest upgrade is an "open gangway" design that allows free movement between cars and mitigates overcrowding, plus more space to sit and stand.
Anna Spiegel, March 21, 2024, Axios - WABA's new crash tracker aims to improve road safety
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The tool isn’t merely a database; it’s a call to action. It serves as a potent advocacy instrument that can be used to signal to local governments the urgent need to address the issues that cyclists and other vulnerable road users face daily.
March 22, 2024, Fairfax Alliance for Better Bicycling - How to improve transit accessibility
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Transit is a key factor in whether people with disabilities, the elderly, and other groups can access jobs, healthcare, and other amenities.
Diana Ionescu, March 21, 2024, Planetizen - Officials must act on promise to fix the region's Visualize 2050 transportation plan
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This plan is important because it shows how the region’s transportation investments collectively succeed or fail in addressing important issues, and, under federal law, major projects must be in the plan to get built.
Bill Pugh, March 21, 2024, Greater Greater Washington - Five rail transit projects receive federal grants to demonstrate new technologies
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Grants fund demonstration projects for advanced technologies intended to improve transportation efficiency and safety in one of eight areas, as described on the SMART 2023 page on the DOT website.
March 21, 2024, Trains.com - Restriping of Stafford commuter lot delayed
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The work is part of a $900,000 maintenance project at the Stafford lot along with the resurfacing of the Spotsylvania commuter lot on Houser Drive.
Scott Shenk, March 21, 2024, The Free Lance-Star - Doors opening. Step into Metro's Fleet of the Future now on the National Mall
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The Expo is conveniently located near the Smithsonian National Museum of American History and National Museum of Natural History at 12th Street and Madison Drive NW. You'll find the Pop-Up Shop near the Expo on Seventh Street.
March 20, 2024, WMATA - Here's how many citations DC transit police issued in first day of new fare evasion crackdown
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Following the passage of the Secure DC omnibus bill, riders have to provide their ID, or name and address so the officer can issue a civil citation of up to $50. If they refuse, the fine could double and a person can even be arrested.
Matt Pusatory, March 20, 2024, WUSA9 - Study: Half of global commutes made by car; rates vary widely
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The study also highlights which parts of the world are most car-dependent and where public transit is most expansive.
Diana Ionescu, March 19, 2024, Planetizen - Moving from traditional to modernized transit
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The decades-old public transit performance playbook was designed to celebrate more ridership. However, elected officials invested in public transit at a record level during 2019-2021 when ridership was at its lowest level in 70 years because of the value transit services bring to communities.
Mark R. Aesch, March 19, 2024, Metro Magazine - Communities build walking, biking trails along old railroad lines with federal grants
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Among the projects selected for the Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods program are at least four that will repurpose former railroad lines into trails.
Dan Zukowski, March 19, 2024, Smart Cities Dive - Montgomery Co. leaders develop plan to minimize impacts of summer Red Line construction
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The planned work includes upgrading the signaling system, installing communication and train control cables, and repairing the interlocking; which allows trains to cross from one track to the other outside the Takoma Station.
Matt Pusatory/Rafael Sanchez-Cruz, March 20, 2024, WUSA9 - Bikeshare Beat: February CaBi ridership soars
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The bikesharing network recorded 318,688 trips in February, an increase of 52.6% from the year before and setting the record for the most rides recorded in February, as celebrated by Capital Bikeshare in a post on X.
Samuel Littauer, March 19, 2024, Greater Greater Washington - PHOTOS: Take a peek into Metro's 'Fleet of the Future'
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Metro is still gradually returning the 7000 Series rail cars back in service after they were pulled over safety concerns following a derailment in 2021. But the transit agency is already gearing up for the next generation of trains and buses. Take a sneak peek.
Abigail Constantino, March 19, 2024, WTOP