Pages tagged with transit

Planning a High-Density, Transit-Oriented Future for Waldorf, Maryland
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

When high-capacity transit comes to downtown Waldorf, Maryland -- as the Maryland Transit Administration has been discussing for several years -- local planners want the site to be ready to handle the new development that they hope will accompany it. A 2010 study funded under the Transportation P

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Infrastructure deficit, U.S.-China climate challenges, regional economic growth, and more!
Monday, May 14th, 2012

It’s been awhile since we’ve done a round-up of posts here at The Yardstick and since we’ve covered so many topics over the past couple of months, we thought we’d sum them up in case you haven’t had a chance to see them all: Metro Washington and the U.S. as a whole are suffering from a

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Changes to How Metro is Governed Informed by Extensive Review of Other Transit Agencies
Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

An extensive research effort by the Transportation Planning Board and other groups in the Washington region over the past two years has informed a series of actions by area jurisdictions and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) that change how the transit system is governed. 

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Helping people with disabilities, low-income workers, senior citizens and others better get around DC region
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

Getting to work, to school, to medical appointments, and to countless other destinations in metropolitan Washington can be a challenge for people with disabilities, those with limited English proficiency, workers with low incomes, and for senior citizens who have limited mobility. A new website and

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How a one-day event can create lifelong bike commuters
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

On Friday, May 18, the region's twelfth annual Bike to Work Day will take place to promote bicycling as a viable transportation alternative for Washington area commuters. Nearly 12,500 people are expected to participate, and 58 "pit stops" will be set up throughout the region to welcome cyclists and

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How to solve our regional and national infrastructure deficit? (Part 2)
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012

This is part two of a two-part series on infrastructure funding and financing. Part one highlighted examples of our “infrastructure deficit” as discussed at a recent forum on regional and national infrastructure needs and part two focuses on infrastructure banks as potential ways to help better

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How to solve our regional and national infrastructure deficit? (Part 1)
Monday, April 23rd, 2012

In a globalized world, falling behind on infrastructure means falling behind economically. That’s a point we’ve made before here on The Yardstick and it was one of the key messages repeated by leaders at a recent forum on the potential for infrastructure banks to help solve our regional and nati

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Global Fridays: Are countries “cheating” to reduce emissions? What role does urban planning play in race relations?
Friday, April 20th, 2012

Happy Friday! To get your weekend off to a great start, here are a few international news clips related to climate change, bike sharing, energy efficiency, and a reminder on the role of land use plays in how people interact with one another: “Very few countries have cut their carbon emissions

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Aging vehicles could impact region’s emissions targets
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

The average age of all the cars and trucks on Washington area roadways is on the rise, according to a 2011 Transportation Planning Board study of vehicle registration information from Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. The trend suggests that residents and businesses in the region are

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Connecting people to the transportation planning process
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012

Twenty community leaders from around the Washington region recently attended a two-day workshop hosted by the Transportation Planning Board to learn about how transportation decisions are made in the region and how to become more involved in the decision-making process. Now in its sixth year, the

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