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@JWPascale

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Former reporter, Nebraskan in D.C., Husker ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿ€ ATL โšพ Always curious!

Washington, D.C.
Joined November 2008
Don't wanna be here? Send us removal request.
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Jordan Pascale
6 years
BREAKING: Democrat Shelly Simonds appears to win Virginia House seat by A SINGLE VOTE, according to preliminary unofficial recount results. Would mean 50-50 split of House. Judge panel must certify results. Legal challenge probably coming.
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11 months
*scene: bustling D.C. bar, happy hour* "And what do you do?" "I'm Lego's lobbyist."
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4 years
Did not get to see the Harry Styles Tiny Desk, but he did linger by my desk for a second. Overheard him saying he liked the open office plan, making Harry Styles the first person in history to like open office plans.
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10 months
This flight just flew over us and I have so many questions. Mainly, why?
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1 year
Shun the DMV discourse. Embrace the Megalopolis discourse.
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2 years
NEW: Metro says it will open the Silver Line extension on Tues. Nov. 15. The long-awaited six-station, 11.5-mile extension connects to Dulles International Airport and puts Metrorail into Loudoun County for the first time. The new terminus, Ashburn, is 30 miles from D.C. #WMATA
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1 year
Metro rolled out a Pride Month train today. Spotted by Kelly Whittier on the Green Line.
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6 years
Something, something every vote matters.
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9 months
After rain delay, Metro says Beyoncรฉโ€™s tour is picking up the $100k to keep the transit system running later. Last train is now at 1:04 a.m.
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6 years
This is the wildest thing Iโ€™ve ever covered.
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Jordan Pascale
2 years
Safer Intersections Act passes first vote at D.C. Council 13-0. The bill: - Bans right turn at red lights at ALL traffic lights by 2025. D.C. would be 2nd city after NYC to do it. - Allows cyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs if the intersection is clear of peds, vehicles
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2 years
My god, Metro, please hurry!
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6 years
11,608 to 11,607
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1 year
Metro says the Silver Line extension has had more than 1 million trips since it opened in November. The number of riders using the Silver Line to get to Dulles Airport is five times higher than those using the old 5A bus.
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2 years
NEW: National Park Service says it will keep Upper Beach Drive closed to vehicles, and open to people YEAR-ROUND. Previously, they said they'd keep it closed to vehicles just from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Previous coverage:
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Jordan Pascale
1 year
DDOT and WMATA are partnering for a new type of automated camera: bus lane and bus stop enforcement cameras. And the fine is likely to be a big one: $200. Metro officials say the red-painted bus lanes only work if they are free and clear of vehicles.
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3 years
Since I'm petty/can check receipts, this viral tweet absolutely didn't happen. - She tweets at 12:28 p.m. - Train left Dupont at 12:23:12 p.m. - Same train arrives at Woodley at 12:26:06 p.m. - That's 2 mins, 54 sec. Fastest human in the world couldn't make the 1.1-mile run
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3 years
WAMU/DCist officially using the oxford comma now, per our new style guide.
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4 years
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser now issuing stay-at-home orders like VA and MD.
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Jordan Pascale
1 year
Would a $400 rebate for an e-bike entice you to get out of your vehicle? D.C. council is pitching the idea, with an emphasis on serving low-income residents with up to $1,200 for an e-bike.
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1 year
lol wtf
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1 year
Red Line hasn't seen regular 6-min rush hour headways in 2,138ย days.
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Sarah Meyer
1 year
Loving these headways!! Go Red Line go! Thrilled to add more service today. #wmata
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Jordan Pascale
3 years
NEW: D.C. will stand up 11 high-capacity walk-up vaccination sites starting on Saturday. No appointment necessary.
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Jordan Pascale
1 year
A new hotel that just opened in NoMa, the Morrow, is pitching its rooftop as a destination for rail fans with views of Union Station rail yard and Metro. The rooftop bar doesnโ€™t open until March though.
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Jordan Pascale
8 months
After 20 years of journalism, WAMU/DCist is my last stop. It's been a privilege to interview so many interesting people and write stories for four communities in three states over my career. But now feels like the right time to try something new.
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Jordan Pascale
3 years
Breaking: #WMATA is proposing some of the grimmest cuts in its 50-year history. If approved, service cutbacks starting July 2021 include: - No weekend train service - Trains every 30 mins on each line - Close 19 stations - Close at 9 p.m. instead of 11
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1 year
This logo is so good.
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Jordan Pascale
6 months
New gingerbread-themed Metro bus and train designs just dropped. ๐Ÿ‘€You'll find four buses and a train out on the system in December. They look tasty, but don't try to eat 'em! Happy holidays!
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3 months
Weโ€™ve strayed too far from Godโ€™s light.
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Jordan Pascale
6 years
No contested ballots. Judge panel will look at it tomorrow.
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Jordan Pascale
1 year
TIL I learned that the traffic circle outside of Arlington Cemetery is actually still Washington D.C.
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Jordan Pascale
1 year
New Capital Bikeshare e-bikes are arriving in D.C. today. Mayor Bowser announcing them and completion of 9th Street bikeway at 11.
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Jordan Pascale
1 year
New cherry blossom train, bus, and SmarTrip card from WMATA. Metro developed a special tracker to see where the cherry blossom train is at any time:
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6 months
Happy 19th birthday to Metro's first in-fill station, NoMa-Gallaudet!
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Jordan Pascale
2 years
D.C.drivers be like: โ€œYou think the Beltway is your ally? You merely adopted traffic congestion. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see free-flowing traffic until the pandemic, by then it was nothing to me but a speedway! The Beltway betrays you because it belongs to ME."
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Zachary Petrizzo
2 years
The People's Convoy is growing increasingly upset with Beltway drivers, so much so that organizer Brian Brase told truckers tonight they could escalate their complaints about commuters being "bad actor[s]" by "flood[ing] 911." "DC traffic does not like us," he said.
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9 months
Trump tramples on D.C. says there's decay, rundown buildings, graffiti, etc. He was on like 395 with a view of monuments, an interstate, the tunnel under the capitol grounds (it's a tunnel...), and then like nice downtown?
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Jordan Pascale
3 years
Spoke to Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) a bit ago. She's calling for arrests and prosecution of those that stormed the Capitol and impeachment or removal of the President by the cabinet.
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Jordan Pascale
1 year
Made it 8 hours and 32 minutes before a delay on the new line.
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Metrorail Info
1 year
Silver Line Delay: Expect residual delays in both directions due to an earlier train malfunction at Innovation Center.
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1 year
RIP to the weirdest place in D.C.
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1 year
Metroโ€™s new Potomac Yard station in Alexandria is opening May 19
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Jordan Pascale
2 years
D.C. task force gave up on trying to address the fake temporary tags on vehicles. Some drivers of these vehicles act recklessly with no repercussions bc they can't be traced by photo enforcement. Some have racked up 10s of thousands of dollars in speeding fines.
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Jordan Pascale
3 months
You can't access anymore and I'm hoping they don't erase the contents because there are YEARS of history there.
@ElaheIzadi
Elahe Izadi | ุงู„ู‡ู‡
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NEWS: WAMU has shut down DCist.
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Jordan Pascale
1 year
In a Reddit thread sharing salaries in D.C.:
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Jordan Pascale
1 year
Mayor Bowser did not sign the Metro for D.C. bill that makes all Metrobus bus rides starting in D.C. free. But that doesn't matter. If she would've vetoed, council which voted 13-0 for the bill, would override. Prev coverage:
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Jordan Pascale
2 years
NEW: Bowser approves Connecticut Avenue re-design that includes bike lanes, removes reversible design.
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Jordan Pascale
2 years
NEW: Metro's revamped map, released today, includes the Silver Line extension stations filled in and a bunch of other changes. @DCist / @wamu885 got a first look at the revamped icon. #WMATA
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Jordan Pascale
1 year
The person on the electric scooter in the background really taking me out of the Watergate-era period piece, White House Plumbers
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Jordan Pascale
1 year
The most D.C. thing to find in a little free library.
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Jordan Pascale
8 months
Tomorrow is my last day, but more doors opening soon! I'm headed down the Green Line to L'Enfant Plaza to do media relations at WMATA -- writing press releases, answering requests, and keeping people informed about what's going on.
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Jordan Pascale
2 years
Holy crap.
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Eat DC
2 years
The Silver Line extension is so long that you pass a Cracker Barrel before reaching the last station.
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Jordan Pascale
1 year
From 2-6 p.m. today, you can get a look and feel of what the new 8000-series trains will be like. A design pop-up will be at Gallery Place at the 7th and F St. entrance faregates. Metro will have physical samples, renderings, and photos. They want rider feedback.
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2 years
Always gotta go when Iโ€™m in Arlington
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Jordan Pascale
2 years
People are OUT in D.C. today. Lincoln Memorial packed. NoMa Metro platform packed. Traffic is nuts. Trails are busy. Party bus full of drunk dudes pouring out to Wundergarten. People lounging and reading in Malcolm X Park fountain.
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Jordan Pascale
2 years
I feel like there are very few places left in D.C. where you can get lunch under $10. But Marianneโ€™s Cafe at the MLK Library is one of them.
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Jordan Pascale
6 months
Weโ€™re trying to make finding your way in stations easier. Weโ€™ve put up new signs as part of our pilot project at Lโ€™Enfant Plaza! You can find them in the lower level now and upper level in the coming months. Weigh in:
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Jordan Pascale
1 year
Happy Mario Day, D.C. #MAR10
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Jordan Pascale
3 years
Biden stops to say hi to D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser
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Jordan Pascale
11 months
Capital Bikeshare hit a record for ridership last month, marking recovery out of pandemic.
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Jordan Pascale
1 year
How it feels when I sit in the back of train and can see the front of the train on the curve between NoMa and Rhode Island Ave.
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Jordan Pascale
3 years
I think theyโ€™re replacing transformers in Takoma Park but Iโ€™m gonna pretend a giant white spider is invading
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Jordan Pascale
6 years
New, from ATU Local 689: โ€œSources have shared with ATU Local 689 that a hate group with Ku Klux Klan affiliation will be provided three private Metro rail cars and police escort to Foggy Bottom Metro Station for the โ€œUnite the Rightโ€ 2018 rally.โ€
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Jordan Pascale
3 years
DC Police had 289 arrests on one of the early nights of the George Floyd demonstrations.
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Amanda Michelle Gomez
3 years
D.C. Police update: "As of 9:30pm this evening, the Metropolitan Police Department is reporting approximately 30 curfew-violation arrests." 30. More info:
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Jordan Pascale
3 years
Deputy Mayor Lucinda Babers left todayโ€™s press conference via Metroโ€™s Deanwood station, which shouldnโ€™t be newsworthy, but kinda is. She was recently appointed to the Metro board and is a regular transit user, which seems to be rare for board members.
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Jordan Pascale
1 year
Metro is launching its โ€œaspirationalโ€ bus network redesign map on Monday. While WMATA doesnโ€™t have enough money to pay for it, planners say it's the service the region deserves. It includes: - 100 routes w/ 20-min or less frequency - 24/7 routes - More:
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Jordan Pascale
5 years
Get yourself a man that looks at you like Scott Taylor's Twitter profile pic looks at his header photo.
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2 years
THIS is the kinda press release I'm looking for today.
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Jordan Pascale
2 years
Itโ€™s been 200 days since Metrorail Safety ordered the 7000-series trains sidelined after a Blue Line derailment.
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Jordan Pascale
10 months
In this yearโ€™s Takoma Park parade @TheNimbee is boxing ADUs and developers. But who is winning?
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Jordan Pascale
3 years
More photo ops in #wmata Union Station. I asked Buttigieg if heโ€™d take Metro to work. โ€œI hope to!โ€
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Jordan Pascale
4 months
My wife wins the award for giving the best Christmas gift of 2023. ๐Ÿ˜ Itโ€™s vintage, but can you guess what year?
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Jordan Pascale
3 years
BREAK: Mayor Bowser says Eastern Downtown Protected Bike Lane project will move forward on 9th Street in 2022. The 1.6-mile project was controversial in the neighborhood and seemed to stall after 2017 final report. DDOT says it now has the money to build.
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Jordan Pascale
6 years
BREAKING: We obtained the actual ballot submitted to the court. Dissect away.
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Jordan Pascale
1 year
Inbox: NPS and DDOT moving ahead with road redesign in East Potomac Park. One vehicle lane on Ohio Drive from the East Potomac Golf Course to Hains Point and back to Buckeye Drive will be replaced with a dedicated bicycle and pedestrian lane. Work expected to begin next month
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Jordan Pascale
1 year
DDOT says the Rock Creek trail rehabilitation and new construction project is done --and it's six months early. The $15 million project fixed 2.8 miles of trail, added the new ped bridge near the Zoo Loop trail, and a new mile of trail along Piney Branch Road -- a key connector.
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Jordan Pascale
3 years
This is just some of the ways Metro is trying to bridge a $500 million budget gap for July 2021 to June 2022. All of this could change/go away if Congress approves new federal coronavirus relief funds for public transit. WMATA hopes it will come soon.
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Jordan Pascale
1 year
The 2023 D.C. bike map is here. It includes the new 9th St protected bike lane, five miles of new trails, like MBT extension to Fort Totten, Piney Branch Parkway to RCP connector, and more.
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Jordan Pascale
6 years
Also, love this image from AP photographer Steve Helber.
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Jordan Pascale
3 years
Check for yourself: My theory: Dudes get off at Dupont, move to a different car on the same train. When they arrive at Woodley, they get off that car and "sprint" back to the original car and spin a helluva tale.
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1 year
Update: Halima Ali, the safe streets advocate that had been missing since April 18, was found safe earlier this morning. Good news!
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Jordan Pascale
2 years
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announces vaccine mandate for indoor dining, bars, gyms, meetings, and entertainment. Goes into effect on Jan. 15. People 12+ must have at least one dose of the vaccine. By Feb. 15 must have two doses. Follows cities like NYC, Philly, Chicago, and Boston
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Jordan Pascale
1 year
Love browsing the @NCPCgov agendas because sometimes presentations are just like "here are the bench types of D.C.!" Do I need to know that? Nope. Am I interested nonetheless? Yep.
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2 years
The D.C. region isn't close to its goal of eliminating traffic deaths. I often cover this reality thru stats, vigils, calls for action, policy changes. But recently I interviewed ppl who survived a crash and live w the effects + those who lost a loved one.
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1 year
BOSTON IS PART OF THE D.C. REGION
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11 months
Looks like Metrobarโ€™s renovated 5000-series car-turned-bar is finally opening next Thursday. Looks great! The bar opened almost two years ago as a beer garden
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My girlfriend will not quit bothering me to write a story about what happens to bugs that get stuck on a Metro train and if they miss their friends and family when they get off at a completely different station.
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New: @SecretaryPete meeting w/ frontline transit workers at Union Station on Friday. He'll discuss the "importance of the recently announced federal mask requirements for public transportation" and highlight the Biden Admin's support for more COVID relief funding for transit.
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2 years
WMATA carpet
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9 months
Lol wtf DMV snubbed again
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1 year
$10 is worth it right?
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1 year
Second time in two weeks that Iโ€™ve been on a Green Line train where teens have broken into back cab of older trains and turned off the lights. Operator at Lโ€™Enfant โ€œplease stop playing with the lights.โ€
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1 year
The ironic part is FedEx Field is like a mile walk to Metro
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Corey Burnett
1 year
Interesting. @Commanders using the look and feel of the Washington Metro subway maps for their 2023 schedule. @UniWatch
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Jordan Pascale
2 years
#WMATA just dropped the new @WashSpirit commemorative SmarTrip card celebrating their championship. The limited-edition cards are being sold at Navy Yard, Waterfront and Gallery Place stations in specially marked fare machines.
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Jordan Pascale
10 months
Talking about quality of life updates for Metrorail to Metrobus transfers!
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Jordan Pascale
1 year
In 8 hours and 36 mins, moving nearly 169 miles, a Maryland teen visits all 97 WMATA stations via transit and beats the previous record holder by 18 minutes. Quite the speed run! Congrats! Check out the fun video:
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claire
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On Wednesday, I became the fastest WMATA rider alive. See how I did it ๐Ÿ‘‡
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Jordan Pascale
2 years
D.C. made it through January without a traffic fatality. Last year, we had two by this time.
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Jordan Pascale
3 years
To everyone expressing shock and anger on this news, WMATA's public comment period on the budget runs from January-March. In the meantime, you can leave a comment for Metro's board: . But most importantly, call your congress members for federal relief
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Jordan Pascale
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NEW: Metro says upcoming $750M fiscal cliff could mean drastic cuts if region doesn't come together to find dedicated, reliable funding. What's at stake in July 2024: - Trains, buses every 20-30 mins - No service after 9:30 pm - Bad overcrowding - Fewer police, janitors, support
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Jordan Pascale
11 months
Biden at a fundraiser in Chevy Chase and...
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Evan Glass
11 months
The Beltway comes to a complete stop for the presidential motorcade. I knew I should have taken the bus!
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Jordan Pascale
2 years
The @SWBID / @DCMID_SW are launching a new on-demand electric shuttle (similar to a big golf cart) to get people around Southwest D.C. Set to launch next spring. Costs $2 a ride no matter where you go in the service area. It's part of a bigger mobility innovation initiative there
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