Posts tagged Water Taxi
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Metro, bus, scoot, or bike? Maybe I’ll take the water taxi to work today.
The Potomac Water Taxi Service is more than a recreational boat that tourists flood to every year to see the cherry blossoms and that sports fans use to cruise to Nats Park and Audie Field. It’s also a useful transportation system for commuters—I should know, because I take it to work myself. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: SafeTrack extends its stay
SafeTrack slower than expected; Water taxis get real on service; Maryland might lose Uber; Stadium redesign; New Communities slow to start; Kaya’s contractor commotion; The plan is all about PPPs. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Getting housing regulation right
Regulating DCRA; Where there’s smoke?; How you gonna pay the rent?; The Tide turns 5; Wait for it … in an Uber room; More housing for Michigan Park; Baltimore’s new boats; EmergencyBnB; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Parking and the pope
Ferrying feds to parking; More papal problems; Tunnel treats; Bounded body cameras; Walkable suburbs; Seattle’s subway; Run or ride?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: HOT lanes and cold weather
HOT lane prices rise; HOT lanes on the 14th Street Bridge?; Winter redux; Tragic; Why conservatives like sprawl; What to expect on Metro; Don’t break up DDOT; Belgian Uber ban incites outrage; Study for the Susquehanna; The real problem in Silicon Valley; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Comments welcome
Riders rate Metro; Missing the riders’ voice; Independence from delays; Ellen McCarthy, planning director; Alexandria water taxi route debuts; The Alexandria waterfront, illustrated; Under the crossing; Waste into power; Ryan rejects Amtrak; Peak suburban office park?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The constant skyline
No height increases in L’Enfant City; Inner Harbor improvements; New development may fund housing; Microsoft is coming to St. Elizabeths; Further details emerge on FBI site; Opposition threatens King Street bike lanes; The future of retailing; HOT lanes’s first birthday; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What sustainability looks like
Seven Maryland locales certified sustainable; Planners revise Clarksburg blueprint; Homeownership preserves affordability; Water taxis could be feasible; A forest grows in Detroit; Pittsburgh candidate opposes stadium; The 70-mile bike commute; Does communication technology impact cities?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro askew
Which Metro stations are crime hot spots?; MetroRail divided; Water taxis could be viable; Pentagon stymies Arlington’s walkability; Will CaBi be profitable?; Shutdown paralyzes DC spending; Poor walkability affects health, not home; Silver Spring considers parking innovations; Office building will replace Third Church of Christ; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The downside
Purple Line would displace homes and businesses; DC Walmart in jeopardy; Vote on housing authority; Metro proposes more bus changes; Go to National Harbor by boat; Japan hops on the maglev train; And…. Keep reading…