Posts tagged Richard Sarles
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Breakfast links: Metro’s promises
Seeking safety solutions; SafeTrack skepticism; Less service, same price; Jailhouse redevelopment; Takoma Park’s big bridge rebuild; More density for Reston; Shopping mall blues; A shrinking middle class. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The future of RFK
A new RFK stadium for… the Wizards?; Fairfax’s future; Northeast Corridor tragedy; Boston feels our pain; Tread carefully on shutdowns; Hogan gives scoring a low score; New era for National Harbor; Bikeshare’s safety benefit; Pothole tech. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Take me to your leader
A new GM, again; Stadium-Armory progress; Here comes the highway bill; Future DC is all TOD; It’s all about the beer; Unemployement inequality; A morbid map. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: School’s out
School woes; No more tolls; Left out; You stay, you pay; Breaking down on blight; Freedom of speech; Coincidence?. Keep reading…
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The five most frustrating things about Metro’s problems
For a few years after the 2009 Fort Totten Red Line crash, public confidence in Metro’s safety was growing. But a smoke fatality in January, a scathing federal report, and hearings last week have put safety back into the spotlight. I talked about Metro’s safety on the Kojo Nnamdi Show last Monday, with guest host Jen Golbeck and Greater Washington Board of Trade head… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: No Olympics
USOC picks Boston; DC’s new DMPED; Poor snow response; Development details; Transit transitions; Grosso pushes weed legalization; Winter cycling tips; And…. Keep reading…
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Topic of the week: What’s next for WMATA after Sarles?
WMATA General Manager/CEO Richard Sarles will retire in January. Has he left WMATA better off than he left it? What should the agency look for in a successor? We asked our contributors for their input. Also, I talked about these questions with Jennifer Donelan on Channel 8’s NewsTalk Friday: Keep reading…
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Metro’s Richard Sarles announces retirement
WMATA General Manager Richard Sarles announced at today’s board meeting that he will retire, effective January, 2015. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Drawing the line
New lines for schools; The Tax Warrior II; A better tax option?; Too tired?; Was it “just an accident?”; Silver Line could get a date; Where the housing is affordable; No more secret meetings; Underground railroad. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The future of getting a ride
Cab surge pricing for all; “A” is for autonomous cars; Silver Line by July 4? Maybe, maybe not; Vote today in Arlington; A less federal L’Enfant?; Relief for epileptics and others; Pushed out to the exurbs; Ukraine’s revolutionary design; And…. Keep reading…