Posts tagged Transit Benefits
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$100 a month free for transit? Our contributors discuss.
DC councilmember Charles Allen (Ward 6) unveiled a plan Monday which would give every DC resident (almost) $100 on a SmarTrip card to pay for trips on rail, bus, and paratransit. Our contributors, and people on Twitter and elsewhere, have been discussing the plan. What do you think? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rollback on Walmart
Walmart, not a Prince George’s savior; Preserve Emerald Street?; Turf wars in Alexandria; WMATA’s labor problem; FCC says keep the WiFi; Beach Drive takes a vacation; Housing insecure, still; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Budget and bus lanes
Budget autonomy to the brig; Parking rate parity; 14th St streetscape; 16th St bus lane lag; IZ in DC; Plaza over Connecticut; Fort Reno done for?; Dollars for demand; A new VPP. Keep reading…
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Congress gives Metro riders an early Christmas present
If you’re a federal government worker, you’ll soon get up to $255 a month to pay for transit under a tax bill Congress agreed on last night. Or, if your employer allows setting aside pre-tax earnings for transit, you will also be able to reserve more. This will translate into badly needed fare revenue for Metro — perhaps as much as $15 million a year. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Keep rollin’
Happy BTWD!; AAA helping hand; By the numbers; Metro’s new solution; A sudden acceleration; Failure to load; The final countdown; Good business; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Housing too hot
Flipped; Homeownership declines for poor; Woof goes WMATA; Ticket to ride; Think of the children; Budget bites; If you build it, they will come; Non-gentrifying bridge; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: May day
Budget math; Fare skipping; Baltimore’s deep-rooted problems; Successful service; CaBi workhorse; No parking history; How we commute; Good transit, strong economy; And…. Keep reading…
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Tax benefit changes and better options are hurting transit ridership
While Americans took a record number of trips on public transportation last year, ridership numbers in our region are down. There are several potential reasons for the region’s dip, but two in particular warrant consideration: changes to commuter tax benefits, and better alternatives to traditional transit. Nationwide, Americans made 10.75 billion trips by… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Transit moves
Blame the feds; Museum returns to Metro; Long commutes, low incomes; Oh, frack; Show me the money; High school heights; Dallas does transit; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Down by the river
Stop that train; Art that wasn’t smart; More transit benefits?; Wizard Gray; Hidden blight; I-66 gets smart; Wawhat will go in Loudoun?; From cheap to “vintage”; And…. Keep reading…