Posts tagged Metro Crash
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Metro is getting rid of the 1000 and 4000 series railcars. That’s great… mostly.
Metro announced on Wednesday that all 1000 and 4000-series railcars will be gone by the end of the month. This might sound good because the 1000s and 4000s don’t work well, but it’s only happening because fewer trains will be running starting June 25th. Keep reading…
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Metro is proposing service cuts, again. Will riders ever see the benefits?
Metro has fallen and it can’t get up. That’s the reality facing riders, agency staff, local officials, and the WMATA Board of Directors. In yet another slap at riders, Metro is proposing service cuts to allow for the the work time necessary to fix the system. But will it make a difference? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro’s big bite of the Big Apple
NYC subway safety leader joins Metro; Mort Downey on the “death spiral”; Fairfax City does a 180 on homeless support; CaBi flourishes in Alexandria; Safety after the Fort Totten crash; Historic “shotgun house” plans; The skywalk is the limit…ing factor. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Hogan’s choices
Purple haze; Red riot; Highway work; Metro’s next steps; Worth the cost; Need parking?; Bad roads; Fair housing win; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Decisions, decisions
Who won?; It’s official; Capital cuts; A calmer day; Summer of our discontent; Too much; Fixing Route 1; End of an era; And…; Join the breakfast club. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: On the rise
Back on track; Just around the corner; Aim high; Save the ‘sphere; Decisions, decisions; How we gonna pay?; It’s gentrification; Too darn high; And…. Keep reading…
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Here’s where Metro railcars go after they die
Last week, reddit user redfrobro spotted something unusual. Aboard an oversized flatbed truck sat one of the Metro’s distinctive brown-striped railcars, boarded up and without wheels. The truck was towing it down a wide avenue… in Lawrence, Kansas. Keep reading…
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When WMATA restores automatic train operation, here’s what it will mean for riders
Jerky Metro rides are on the way out (on the Red Line, anyway). The bad news is that trains will keep stopping at the end of the platform. Automatic door opening is also not returning for now. As we discussed on Monday, after five years of manual operation, Automatic Train Operation (ATO) will return to the Red Line as soon as March 2015. I spoke to WMATA spokesperson Dan Stessel to… Keep reading…
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Computers will start driving Red Line trains again
Starting in early October, Metro will turn control of six non-peak Red Line trains over to computers. If all goes well, every Red Line train should be under computer control by March 2015. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: In memoriam
Survivors remember Metro crash victims; Cuts could hit more than streetcars; Older Americans lead bike boom; I shall call him … Mini-Me; What about pop-ups?; Bucking trend, developer plans 3-bedrooms; New app helps estimate bus costs; Fairfax supervisor’s War on Bikes; Texas high speed rail progresses, quietly; And…. Keep reading…