Posts tagged Blue Line
-
Breakfast links: WMATA releases analysis of six proposed expansion options
WMATA releases analysis of six capital improvement and expansion plans. Some Chevy Chase DC residents push back against affordable housing above community center. Maryland replacing “Frankensteined” highway guardrails that can make car crashes more deadly. Keep reading…
-
Best of 2022: Metro’s Yellow Line bridge is closing for seven months. Here’s what you need to know.
As Metro makes plans to complete two large projects, here’s how your travel plans on the Yellow and Blue lines could be impacted. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: NoVA releases new transit dashboard
New dashboard shows transit statistics in Northern Virginia. MoCo resident donates nearly $10,000 in SmarTrip cards. WMATA considers “Blue Line Loop”. Keep reading…
-
The Metrorail system has grown to 97 stations
With speeches, a ribbon cutting, and plenty of cheering, Metro opened the long-awaited Silver Line rail extension, finally bringing Metrorail service out into Loudoun County by way of Dulles Airport. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: WMATA releases new service plans for rail and bus
Metro stations south of DCA will reopen this weekend. WMATA to increase rail service back to pre-pandemic frequencies over next few months. WMATA to address “ghost buses”. Keep reading…
-
Metro’s Yellow Line bridge is closing for seven months. Here’s what you need to know.
As Metro makes plans to complete two large projects, here’s how your travel plans on the Yellow and Blue lines could be impacted. Keep reading…
-
Top posts of 2021: Prince George’s County outlines plans for ambitious transit-oriented development along the Blue Line
Prince George’s County wants to turn four stops along the Blue Line into a laboratory for vibrant transit-oriented development, a major break from the county’s auto-centric past. Keep reading…
-
Prince George’s County outlines plans for ambitious transit-oriented development along the Blue Line
Prince George’s County wants to turn four stops along the Blue Line into a laboratory for vibrant transit-oriented development, a major break from the county’s auto-centric past. Keep reading…
-
Metro shows six “fantasy maps” for the Blue and Silver lines
When Greater Greater Washington was getting started almost 12 years ago, we had a lot of fun making up maps of what the Metrorail network might look like if we just added a few lines, or a lot. We stopped doing this, because while it’s fun, new Metrorail lines are expensive and just drawing lines on a map doesn’t factor in what professional planners need to think about. Keep reading…
-
Metro Reasons: Where did the Yellow and Green lines’ eight-car trains go?
The number of eight-car trains on the Yellow and Green lines has fallen in recent months, according to data from Metro analyzed by MetroHero. Both lines are budgeted for 100% eight-car trains, according to the agency’s Fiscal Year 2020 budget, but have been below that since the start of the Platform Improvement Project shutdown. Keep reading…