The large bicycle helmet-shaped structure — a project that’s been in the works for six years — outside of Union Station finally opened to the public during a ribbon-cutting ceremony this morning attended by a …
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DC has already purchased three Streetcars that are currently being stored in the Czech Republic. Photo courtesy of DDOT.
Transit vehicles purchased and stored in the Czech Republic, an unresolved controversy over a 120-year-old federal law prohibiting overhead wires in the historic L’Enfant City, and tracks already being laid along H Street NE and in Anacostia… As it stands, DC’s first foray into Streetcars in 47 years might seem more like a fleeting dream of transit proponents than a paradigm shift in inner city transportation. Based on a public meeting last night in Ward 6, DDOT seems to prefer the latter narrative.
The plan they presented was an updated and even more ambitious version of their 2005 Alternatives Analysis. It envisions a 3-phase, 37-mile long fixed rail system with 8 different lines (see large map here) reaching into many areas of the city currently under-served by transit. Several lines that were planned as bus rapid transit (BRT) or express bus in the 2005 analysis are now proposed as streetcar. Additionally, DDOT still envisions the K Street Transitway as eventually having streetcars, rather than BRT, as it is currently proposed in a federal grant submission.
DC Mayor Adrian Fenty and new DDOT director Gabe Klein seem to be delivering on a promise to revive and breathe new life into the effort. Read the full story »
As we reported back in July, DDOT is taking public comments (due by October 30th) on the proposed alternatives for the K Street Transitway:
1) no build
2) a two-lane center busway and 3 traffic lanes in …
Last night, DDOT presented the Final Draft of its Union Station Intermodal Transportation Center Feasibility Study, the culmination of an 18-month effort by the Department and its partners to assess possible improvements to the functionality …
With much fanfare, transportation planners and local governments applied for the Department of Transportation’s TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) competitive grants program. Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood has hailed the program as “an outpouring of …
Today is my first day at TheCityFix where I’ll be blogging full-time over the course of the next three months. I graduated from University of Maryland with a degree in Environmental Economics in 2007 and …
Bikestation is set to unveil its newest bicycle parking facility outside of Union Station on Friday during a ribbon-cutting ceremony, scheduled for 10:30 a.m. The grand opening is hosted by Bikestation, the District Department of …
I have often extolled the virtues of the D.C. Circulator system. The unique branding and routing combination has served to make the system valuable to the infrequent rider. The routes served fill major …
How did Metro area residents celebrate the first day of fall? By ditching their cars, of course! D.C.’s third annual Car Free Day was held Tuesday with over 6,000 area commuters pledging to abandon their automobiles …
There has been an ongoing discussion on TheCityFix about the cool factor of buses – or lack thereof. Though we’ve come to no definite conclusions, the legion of bus companies conveying travelers between DC …
With the advance in the design of the new layout for K Street in downtown DC (see recent article in The Washington Post) and the introduction a few years ago of the Circulator service, Washington …
Statues of Guyasuta and George Washington stare each other down on Mt. Washington. Photo by meironke.
I make no apologies for being from the greatest metropolitan area in the country. Living in Pittsburgh absolutely infuses every …
Tomorrow is the International Day of Climate Action, an international movement launched by environmentalist and activist Bill McKibben of 350.org.
The 350 campaign encourages people around the world to organize an “action” — a music and arts …
El primero de enero del 2010, entrará en vigor la reforma al Artículo 73 de la Ley General de Vivienda, que establece nuevas normas y requisitos para los desarrollos de vivienda financiados con recursos federales y para los programas de interés social.
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