Transit
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A close reading of a D.C. commute
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Sometimes public transportation takes triple the time driving takes. D.C. may have to shorten the gap between these commuting times if it wants to achieve its car-free goals.
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Metrorail attracts more riders in 2012 but slower than national average
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More and more people are choosing to ride the Metro and the bus in the D.C. region, and across the country, to take public transportation, but the growth locally continues to favor the bus over rail.
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Walk Score ranks D.C. as one of America's top cities for transit
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We've got the Metro and plenty of buses. Is anyone really surprised?
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Doubts emerge about D.C.'s ability to execute transportation projects
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How can D.C. make 75% of trips car-free in 20 years when our current transportation department struggles to finalize contracts and transfer money?
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The 'One City' streetcar line? Community says no thanks
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Tensions apparently ran high at last night's DDOT meeting. See how the reaction played out online.
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The District isn't quite sure how to balance streetcars and bikes
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Will D.C.'s bicyclists be able to safely navigate around the 37 miles of streetcar track the capital hopes to install? Other cities have struggled — in Portland, 7 out of 10 bicyclists have crashed along that city's tracks.
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What Metro's new Rush+ station signs will look like
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WMATA will shift how its trains operate starting on June 18 and it's begun to order all the signs necessary to show people how it will work.
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Unions celebrated an 'Occupy Transit' Day of Action but not in D.C.
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April 4 was Occupy National Day of Action for Public Transportation. But where was the action in D.C.? Even though the movement kicked off here, the national
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How Metro explains all the transit system's broken, idle escalators
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Or are they broken at all? WMATA argues that the escalator situation is more complicated than any one snapshot of Metro crowds would ever suggest — and that much is functioning just as it's supposed to.
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Transit unions launch 'Occupy Metro' at Farragut Square
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Dozens of transit workers brought a stagecoach, leaflets, and protest signs to Farragut Square today to demand better public transportation funding from the government.
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Arlington recruits 327 retailers to help keep you out of your car
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An easy map identifies all the way you can access these businesses by Zipcar, bus, Metro, or bikeshare.
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Photographers shouldn't have to defend legal Metro photos to WMATA
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Riders should have the freedom to take and tweet any photos they want. Metro says it's legal, after all. So why do photographers keep running to WMATA staff and other riders who tell them it's forbidden?
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D.C.'s streetcar debut may be 'a symbol of failure'
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Officials aren't sure whether the H Street line will have enough trolleys by the system's mid-2013 launch, threatening yet another delay.
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District residents ride transit far more than D.C. metro area commuters
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People in the District are the ones taking Metro and the bus everywhere, so don't let the statistics from the much greater metro region skew your ideas about public transportation's popularity in America's capital.
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President Barack Obama's 2013 budget has bad news for the D.C. Metro
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The federal government is cutting its aid to our local WMATA system. Why doesn't the White House respect the transit operating in its home city?
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Come talk about how to green the Anacostia Metro station
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The EPA's initiative to transform Anacostia transportation has finally reached a stage for community meetings. A design charrette will happen tonight and an open house on Wednesday.
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Jarrett Walker imagines unified transit that respects its riders
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The Portland transportation expert has come to D.C. to promote a new book called Human Transit. Here's his thoughts on Metrobuses, the Circulator, and how a transit agency should attempt to communicate in the 21st century.
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Where WMATA's money comes from and what transit needs subsidies
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Nearly half of our transit agency's money comes from subsidies. But what parts of WMATA, from the Metro to the buses to MetroAccess, require the most help in order to operate? See the numbers here.
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