Posts tagged Metro Matters
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WMATA tightly leashed its watchdog for years, a new report says
Journalists have had a hard time getting Metro employees to go on the record about problems at the agency, and some say there's a “culture of paranoia and retaliation at WMATA.” Keep reading…
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Proposed Metro Matters much better, but with a loophole?
Maryland has announced they will pay their share of capital money under Metro Matters for FY 2010 and support funding a new FY11-16 agreement at the $5 billion level. The proposed new agreement also provides more assurance that jurisdictions will pay for projects, but there are still some questions about the details and whether a jurisdiction can back out too easily. WMATA… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Colors and signs
Stand over there; Green means park; New signs for New York; Local AAA now says “share the road”; Yes! to Fairlawn; Since when is it about accountability?; Purple Line will run big in election; McDonnell backs tolls. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Suburbs change, state DOTs don’t
Not your parents’ suburbs; VDOT is hot, Halsey is cold; Fix Metro funding, and not by pulling it; Transportation Row?; Cost of killing Holden: $4.3 million; Paris “reconquering the Seine”; NYC and Boston like to share; Do cities need more density?. Keep reading…
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Maryland comes through for transit
The O’Malley Administration has backed off its attempts to reduce capital funding for Metro. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Warping Metro
Maryland is a “deadbeat”; Debating “peak of the peak”; Republicans for tolls and against new lanes; Bad times on some buses; Free streetcars? Maybe some places; Your friendly bike lane PSA; Eyes on the street FTW. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Make the point
The graph that moves backward; Sarles should push harder, ride buses; MA’s bicycle Republican; Construction pushes peds into street; War on grand staircases; Sun rising on East Campus; Iconic bus map?. Keep reading…
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Swaim-Staley says “Maryland will deliver,” but will it?
The Fair Share for Metro campaign and the Washington Post’s supportive editorials have finally triggered a response from the O’Malley administration. Maryland Transportation Secretary Beverley Swaim-Staley wrote an op-ed in yesterday’s Post, insisting that “Maryland’s commitment to WMATA cannot be questioned” and that “Maryland… Keep reading…
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Hiccups hamper new railcars, could delay Silver Line
Metro needs new railcars soon, but efforts to order new cars have hit a few bumps. MWAA, which is managing the Silver Line project, is objecting to costs, and Maryland’s cuts to capital spending could imperil the needed commissioning facility at Greenbelt. If Metro can’t buy and commission new cars, the Silver Line might not be able to open in 2013. MWAA balks on railcar… Keep reading…
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Post editorial decries O’Malley “pushing [WMATA] downhill”
An editorial in today’s Washington Post warns that the O’Malley Administration’s withdrawal of capital support is putting Metro “on a slippery slope.” Keep reading…