Leaders in Howard County, Maryland, and the unincorporated town of Columbia are trying to figure out whether something that seems to be working quite well in more urban areas can be part of the plan going forward in their neck of the woods — they’re exploring the potential of bike sharing. The two municipalities have…
(Jonathan Wilson – WAMU) Two D.C. Metro workers have been charged with stealing thousands of dollars in coins from fare machines. Federal prosecutors allege 58-year-old Horace McDade, of Bowie, Md., and 54-year-old John V. Haile, of Woodbridge, Va., worked as a team to systematically pilfer from the transit agency’s malfunctioning fare machines. McDade is a revenue…
Metro’s Board of directors took its first in-depth look Thursday at fare increase proposals put forward by General Manager Richard Sarles. Sarles’ proposed budget for fiscal year 2013 would raise rail fares by 5 percent for most riders. It would also introduce a flat fare for rail riders who use paper tickets, setting a $4…
The debate over how to fund transportation needs in Virginia seems to be never-ending, but there’s one idea gaining steam in Richmond that has both Republicans and Democrats in Virginia’s D.C. suburbs worried: “devolution.” Devolution is the term for having counties and cities take over maintenance of secondary roads, and the idea has been discussed…
(Washington, D.C. – WAMU) There was no shortage of transportation related news for D.C.-area residents to digest in 2011. Here’s a list of some of the biggest stories: The Rail-to-Dulles Kerfuffle Most residents and leaders in the D.C. region agree that extending Metrorail to Dulles International Airport is a good idea. But that doesn’t mean…
(Washington, D.C. – WAMU) In Maryland’s Montgomery County, AAA MidAtlantic and the Latino Advocacy group Casa de Maryland are sounding the alarm about the disproportionate number of Hispanics killed in pedestrian crashes. Triple-A’s John Townsend says of the 11 pedestrian deaths in the county this year, five of the victims were Hispanics — Hispanics make up only…
(Washington, D.C. – WAMU) Montgomery County, Maryland ,which borders the nation’s capital, is hoping for some financial help from the state to get its portion of Capital Bikeshare up and rolling. The County’s Department of Transportation has applied for a $1 million grant to fund bikesharing in the southern part of the county. The proposal…
(Washington, DC — Jessica Gould, WAMU) The District is partnering with two local universities to help employees live near where they work. As part of a new pilot program, the District is giving $60,000 each to Gallaudet and American universities to help staff members live within a couple miles of campus. “Seventy percent of the…
(Sabri Ben-Achour–Washington, DC, WAMU) The rate of land consumption in Maryland is three times the rate of population growth, according to the state’s department of planning. That’s a lot of urban sprawl for a small state. So earlier this week, Governor Martin O’Malley issued an executive order for an anti-sprawl strategy called PlanMaryland, but it’s…
(Washington, D.C. – Jonathan Wilson, WAMU) D.C. pedicab operators have been complaining of hostile treatment from police around the National Mall for much of the year. Although business slows down as the weather gets colder, some pedicab drivers say unpleasant interactions with police are again heating up. Pedicab operators in the District started complaining of…
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