• Tag Archives: WAMU

    Walter Reed Center’s Closure May Be A Boon To D.C.

    The Walter Reed Army Medical Center has a storied past. It has been the country’s leading Army hospital for more than 100 years, sitting on...

    Airports Authority Reverses Dulles Metro Station Decision

    (Washington, DC) UPDATED WITH DETAILS ON VOTE The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority has reversed its controversial decision to build an underground Metro Station at Dulles...

    A New Transit Problem: Excessively Wordy Train Station Names

    (Washington D.C. – David Schultz, WAMU) Metro, the public transit agency here in D.C., is facing a problem familiar to Twitter users everywhere: it needs...

    D.C. To Impose New Fees On Booming Intercity Bus Industry

    (Washington D.C. – David Schultz, WAMU) The intercity bus industry is red-hot here in the Northeast Corridor. Almost a dozen companies have sprung up seemingly...

    Online Coupon Offer Nearly Doubles D.C. Bikeshare Membership Overnight

    (Washington D.C. – David Schultz, WAMU) My colleague at WAMU, the esteemed J. Patrick Madden, reports that membership in Capital Bikeshare, D.C.’s nascent bikesharing program,...

    Old Plans, Current Debate: Would A Second Beltway Work Today?

    (Washington D.C. – David Schultz, WAMU) The idea of a second Beltway — a circular highway in Virginia and Maryland,  is sort of mythical now,...

    As Planners Decide to Put Station Underground, Intense Political Machinations Over Dulles Airport Train Station

    (Washington D.C. – David Schultz, WAMU) The construction of a subway line out to Dulles International Airport in Northern Virginia is one of the largest...

    Local D.C. Bus Service To Both Grow And Contract, Riders Not Happy

    (Washington D.C. – David Schultz, WAMU) The District of Columbia began operating its own local bus service in 2005. It’s called the Circulator. The idea...

    DC’s Metro Tables Contract Extension After Lobbying Reports

    (Washington, DC — David Schultz, WAMU)  Metro is delaying the extension of a nearly $500 million contract after reports that the contractor may have hired...

    BREAKING: Virginia Alters Major Highway Plan After County Refuses To Drop Lawsuit

    (Washington, D.C. – David Schultz, WAMU) Sean Connaughton, Virginia’s Secretary of Transportation, announced this morning that the state is scaling back a project to add...