By David Alpert (Executive Director) • December 16, 2019
Up to 68 Washington-area bus routes could face cuts in 2020 (and some could see increases), under a draft budget document presented to the WMATA board Thursday. At the meeting, various board members then proposed numerous of amendments, and the board ultimately put off any action for a month. What’s going on, and what should riders take from this?
By Aimee Custis (Editorial Board Alum) • December 16, 2019
WMATA is studying and discussing ridership, service, and reliability needs on the Orange, Blue, and Silver lines. Find out what options it’s studying, and give your opinions about new train turnbacks, a second Rosslyn station, new Blue or Silver line connections, and a core loop. As residents, if we talk about it, then we can start getting elected officials to talk about it.
By Wyatt Gordon (Virginia Correspondent) • December 16, 2019
Five years ago Charlottesville Area Transit (CAT) had a ridership of 2.4 million; this year the city’s transit expects to serve just 1.7 million riders. The system lost more than one-fourth of its ridership since 2014, and CAT’s new director Garland Williams says it’s in a “death spiral.”
The District Department of Transportation will be announcing a number of projects ranging in cost from $10,000 to $10 million that will add or improve bus infrastructure in the District, said DDOT Director and Metro board member Jeff Marootian. (Max Smith / WTOP)
Striking workers at Metro’s Cinder Bed Road bus garage in Lorton will return to work while their union continues negotiations with Transdev, the private contractor that employs them. The agreement is an outgrowth of a four-year deal that Metro reached last week with its largest union. (Lori Aratani / Post)
At a rally Monday night, Montgomery County residents joined county council members and County Executive Mark Elrich in opposing Maryland Governor Larry Hogan’s plan to widen and add toll lanes on the Capital Beltway and Interstate 270. “You build more roads, you just create more congestion,” said one resident. (Dick Uliano / WTOP)
As part of the second phase of a pilot program for the city’s mobility plan, the Alexandria City Council banned riding e-scooters from all sidewalks, required more equitable distribution of scooters across the city, and pushed to diversify the scooter taskforce. (Vernon Miles / ALXnow)
Maryland officials debuted $4.7 million in upgrades to the passenger-waiting area of the 40-year-old BWI Airport Rail Station, which serves MARC, Amtrak, regional bus service. However, a leaky roof on the Amtrak-maintained covered walkway highlighted other needed repairs. (Colin Campbell / Post. Tip: Chester B.)
The developer JBG Smith has 6.9 million square feet of development in the pipeline for Crystal City and has plans for a half dozen new projects separate from Amazon’s HQ2 buildings. Meanwhile, the Arlington County Board signed off on a 17-acre development that includes 819 new residential units and 627 parking spaces in Crystal City. (Alex Koma / WBJ, Kalina Newman / ARLnow)
To prepare for the 2020 Point-in-Time Count, Virginia Beach officials are asking the public to go online and identify locations around the city where people experiencing homelessness live. (AP)
