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Re: Washington, D.C.

Posted: January 22nd, 2016, 10:05 am
by intercomnut
The Washington, D.C. Metro will shut down completely this Saturday and Sunday due to a snow storm, in a move described by the agency as "unprecedented."

Re: Washington, D.C.

Posted: January 22nd, 2016, 10:26 am
by seanrichardryan
I imagine their trains don't have sanding systems for the above ground portions of track.

Re: Washington, D.C.

Posted: January 22nd, 2016, 10:41 am
by FISHMANPET
In the past I think they've shut down only the above ground portions while leaving the underground portions open.

Re: Washington, D.C.

Posted: January 31st, 2016, 1:04 pm
by Anondson
Gondolas?

http://wtop.com/sprawl-crawl/2016/01/ge ... g-reality/

Are there any river crossings that a gondola would work in the Twin Cities? Maybe the Mill District (on either side of the Gutherie) to Main Street SE (near Water Power Park or 3rd Ave SE)?

Re: Washington, D.C.

Posted: January 31st, 2016, 6:45 pm
by mattaudio
Image

Re: Washington, D.C.

Posted: March 16th, 2016, 8:54 am
by mattaudio
Anyone in D.C. for the Metropocalypse today?

Re: Washington, D.C.

Posted: March 16th, 2016, 5:05 pm
by EOst
Flew into Reagan this morning, drove south around 4. Traffic was insane (it helped that we were a carpool) and you could easily tell that things were disrupted. A lot of the tourist areas seemed very dead.

I saw a Silver Line replacement bus once I got downtown, but there was zero signage at Reagan for stranded travelers. The taxi line was intense. (I took an Uberpool.)

Re: Washington, D.C.

Posted: November 3rd, 2016, 10:02 pm
by Anondson
Washington D.C. Metro board reluctantly agreeing to proposal to drop evening service because 40 years of neglect has left the system in such a horrendous state of repair it isn't really possible anymore to even catch up with basic maintenance, much less fix bigger problems.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/tr ... ge%2Fstory

I hope this is used as a good example on how to not let a city rail system fall apart.

Re: Washington, D.C.

Posted: November 4th, 2016, 7:43 am
by intercomnut
Let's remember this every time we want to complain about one of our rail lines being shut down over the weekend.

Re: Washington, D.C.

Posted: November 5th, 2016, 9:26 am
by Anondson
To save Washington DC metro from its death spiral, should the Federal government take it over?

http://www.planetizen.com/node/89537/wa ... um=twitter

Filling its governing board with finance, transportation, management pros instead of politicians.

Re: Washington, D.C.

Posted: November 29th, 2016, 1:42 am
by ord2msp
This video touches on recent development activity occurring throughout the city.

Notable tidbits: 1+ million SF of retail under construction right now, population has grown over 11% since 2010 Census. Wow!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES7Xnxk0Ny8

Re: Washington, D.C.

Posted: November 29th, 2016, 8:52 am
by Anondson
There was SO much construction around the city. Everywhere I went.

Re: Washington, D.C.

Posted: December 16th, 2016, 1:49 pm
by Anondson
Late night service to be cut for two years after all.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr- ... af80d9f1db

Re: Washington, D.C.

Posted: February 11th, 2017, 9:14 pm
by Anondson
Because the Metro system missed a deadline to setup a safety oversight commission, the Feds are fed up and are going to withhold money.

http://thehill.com/policy/transportatio ... y-deadline

Re: Washington, D.C.

Posted: December 19th, 2017, 4:01 pm
by Bakken2016
Purple Line in Maryland outside of D.C. is upheld in appeals court. What a great day for the people of Maryland.

https://ggwash.org/view/65962/breaking- ... urple-line

Re: Washington, D.C.

Posted: January 7th, 2018, 8:55 am
by Anondson
D.C. has a law blocking full service gas stations from closing. They can never be redeveloped.

https://wamu.org/story/18/01/04/gas-sta ... velopment/

There are lawsuits.