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Current Local Transit News
Light rail vote gives heavy boost to Science City
Advocates for the so-called "Science City" project have been given a big boost by the Montgomery County Council's decision to build a light rail system along Interstate 270. By Bill Myers, November 20, 2009, Examiner
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D.C. Council proposes transit stop 'safety zone'
Citing rising crime in and around District transit stops, D.C. Council members have proposed a new 50-foot "safety zone" where virtually any crime committed would carry extra jail time and civil penalties. By Michael Neibauer, November 19, 2009, Examiner
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Group wants to steer Alexandria toward streetcars
An old method of getting around is becoming hot again: Streetcars. By Michelle Basch, November 18, 2009, WTOP
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Why is I-66 so congested? It's a matter of supply and demand
The choices are transportation choices: an express bus that picks up passengers in Centreville and heads straight to Tysons Corner, the Silver Line Metrorail extension to Dulles Airport and car and vanpools. By Adam Tuss, November 19, 2009, WTOP
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D.C. streetcars coming home
The three 66-foot streetcars that D.C. purchased in 2005 are finally coming to the city. By Jonathan O'Connell, November 17, 2009, Washington Business Journal
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Metro developing guidelines to improve bus stops
Metro planners are in the process of developing guidelines for Metrobus stop design and placement in an effort to improve the overall customer experience and make sure that common elements like accessibility, customer information and physical design are incorporated into all new or relocated bus stops. November 17, 2009, WMATA
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Montgomery Council favors rail for transitway
The Montgomery County Council appears poised to recommend a light-rail transit system for its Corridor Cities Transitway over a less costly Bus Rapid Transit system. By Erin Cunningham, November 16, 2009, Gazette.Net
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The Dulles Metrorail project
The Metrorail project is marching west through Tysons Corner and swinging north onto Route 7, where construction will probably have the greatest effect on drivers. By Robert Thompson, November 15, 2009, Washington Post
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Update on Anacostia streetcar construction
Construction continues on the first of the new D.C. streetcar lines, the one in Anacostia scheduled to open late in 2012. By Robert Thomson, November 11, 2009, Washington Post
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Bus or rail? Montgomery debates I-270 gridlock solution
Easing gridlock along Interstate 270 has been a goal of the Montgomery County Council for some time. However, the method in which to solve the congestion is still up for debate. By Kate Ryan, November 10, 2009, WTOP
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Montgomery, Metro outages suggest more lapses coming
Two relics from an earlier century broke down last week, causing vast new frustration for commuters who normally rank among the nation's most frustrated and delays that any good economist could translate into millions of dollars in work hours lost. By Ashley Halsey III, November 9, 2009, Washington Post
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