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Ray Train

5 months

There’s a lot of confusion about how much money Metro needs and from whom. To clear it up, this is the additional funding Metro is looking for from the three jurisdictions. DC: $275M MD: $209M VA: $180M

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Ray Train

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1 month

And now for an update from r/washingtondc…

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1 month

🚨 New NoMa protected bike lanes just dropped! 🚨

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10 months

@WFLA I’d say it’s the residents of that home who had the close call

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Ray Train

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8 months

Amtrak is trying to add seating back to the historic main hall of Union Station!

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2 months

What a huge upgrade year-over-year by @wmata . I’m absolutely loving the new Cherry Blossom card!

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1 month

🚨 New NoMa protected bike lanes just dropped! 🚨

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Ray Train

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1 year

The FRA recently released updated plans on the redevelopment of DC Union Station. Here’s some interesting stuff I found in there.

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

4 months

@nbcwashington So this story is really about someone who was squatting someone else’s land for a small green space and then got mad when they built a 3 story building so more people could enjoy the neighborhood?

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

8 months

@WBJonline 1975: 0% of people commuted to work by Metro. Why are we tearing up streets to build subway tunnels then, our columnist wonders.

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

29 days

@elaifresh The last several blue checks vs the first several regular replies

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Ray Train

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11 months

@souljagoytellem Camera, ENHANCE!

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

1 month

Knockoff WMATAcore

The LIRR Today

@TheLIRRToday

1 month

The parts of the RER E that are already open are very impressive. Definitely feels rather overbuilt, but they can easily handle very large passenger volumes with segregated entry and exit concourses/escalators,

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

20 days

Why does @WMATA subsidize the first $9 of a serviceworker’s rideshare trip late at night? That is an insane subsidy given WMATA’s much lower cost per rider. Microtransit kills agencies. Please stop subsidizing your competitors once this trial ends June 30!

Randy Clarke

@wmataGM

21 days

👇 Fare evasion is down 60% in last year. New gates are helping improve safety & fund the service we deliver for the community. We are also helping those that need a hand up w/ discounted fares. #wmata #yourmetro

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

1 year

The new Union Station will facilitate MARC through-running and a new Amtrak service called the Metropolitan, essentially the NE Regional Regional.

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

3 months

@MayorBowser @wmata Mayor, can you help me? I’m lost and need to get to Gallery-Pl Chinatown. Do you know which lines go there? Please help me.

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@RayTrainToTrop

1 month

VRE has just rereleased their 2050 service plan, pending board approval. Overall, great improvements that would transform VRE into an actual usable system by focusing on service rather than expansion.

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

3 months

Is the T the only heavy rail system with a catenary in the US?

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

1 year

@tobinjstone My guess is triangular corners and since at a certain point a triangle pinches to be too narrow to use well, you may as well go for the circular layout.

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

1 month

@AdamTuss @DDOTDC It’s not controversial. The ANCs voted for them. And the community voted for the ANCs. The only people who don’t like them are business owners who don’t even live in the city.

Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

1 month

@AmanTGeorge @DDOTDC Those business owners don’t even live here. I talked to one of them in Cleveland Park and brought up unused bike lanes in Old Georgetown Rd in MD as an example. But who would even use them? They don’t connect to anything bike lane network and the street is 6 lanes wide!

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

10 months

@ALPAPilots You’re embarrassing yourself. Just say you’re greedy and want high barriers to entry so you can make more money

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

1 year

Train volumes will substantially increase: Amtrak: x2 MARC: x2.4 VRE: x2.7

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

2 months

@yfreemark This is literally because rich St. Pete Beach residents didn’t like @RidePSTA ’s SunRunner bus even though studies have found no change in travel time + a decrease in crashes along the corridor.

Studies find new St. Petersburg bus lanes cause no car commuter harm

In the face of criticism from Republican politicians, one study shows vehicle crashes are down sharply year over year since the SunRunner rapid bus line began operating.

www.tampabay.com

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

2 months

@ddiamond @afkostka @pwoodreporter He’s really whoring himself out here. I hope DC and Maryland don’t fall for it

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

1 year

@GeoRebekah @GovRonDeSantis I don’t like DeSantis but he probably doesn’t like talking about the death of his sister because it was the death of his sister

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

3 months

Why are you in Boston, Ray*? Well hypothetical DC follower, it’s because a special piece of track is scheduled for service for the first time this week since 1997: The Brattle Loop! *Ray is my pseudonym

Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

3 months

Is the T the only heavy rail system with a catenary in the US?

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

3 months

@MusserRyan I’m glad I’ve not been the only one to notice. Hopefully her love affair with the boss won’t get in the way of her dreams of becoming a rail operator.

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

1 year

@lyft @wmataGM @wmata L + ratio + you’re a more expensive lower capacity transportation system that treats its workers worse than WMATA

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

2 months

@ThunderWolf08 I want right wingers to be urbanist so the next Scott Walker doesn’t cancel this project

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

1 month

@nrb117888 So many students Uber to Center City from the Quad dorms (which is literally right across the 37th trolley station entrance) rather than take public transit.

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

14 days

Randy’s out of surgery and back on his anti-car propaganda grind

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

6 months

Loving the new additions to Gallery Place-Chinatown, @wmata ! - Bus connections board - Topped off fences to reduce fare evasion once the new gates are installed

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

13 days

It would be cool if someone (doesn’t have to be a WMATA board member) has the time to list new transit opportunities with the better bus network. It would help sell the network knowing what we are gaining.

Tracy Hadden Loh 🌸

@lohplaces

17 days

In an unexpected context, did I gain insight into how NIMBYs feel? A network redesign after generations of only incremental tweaks is a huge disruption. But ➡️ resources are finite ➡️ our job is to maximize ridership ➡️ the challenge is to execute this well Let's do this: 🌱🚍

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

11 months

Least social Amtrak cafe car:

Jonas Denenberg

@jdlogistcs

11 months

@averyhatestwt on my Amtrak NER last night somebody bought beers for everyone in the cafe car and declared that we were having a party. It was great. The cafe car attendant joined in too

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

1 month

Why does NW red line have much better looking new construction than NE red line (e.g. NoMa)?

UrbanTurf

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1 month

A Malls + A Trader Joe's + The 1,400 Units Coming to Friendship Heights.

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

29 days

Changes you can expect to see at Union Station in the near-to-medium term

Dan Sernovitz

@WBJDan

29 days

Big news on D.C.'s Union Station! A federal judge has ruled on @Amtrak 's decision to take the transit hub by eminent domain.

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

3 months

@Amtrak 4 new weekday trains and 2 new weekend trains a day is huge!

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

4 months

@RepMaryFranson Why do you, as an anti-communist Republican, support leftist government control of what people can build on their properties? The current leftist government requires more parking instead of allowing hardworking Americans to build more market-rate housing or office space.

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

1 year

@transitlanta WMATA actually clears all 3, sadly. - 2 rail lines - 🟡 every 6 min to downtown in 14 min - 🔵 every 10 min to Arlington and downtown - All this for as little as $2

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

5 months

@macsquirelera They’re not gadgetbahns, but they’re often presented as them by those advocating for their use. The truth is monorails are slow, should not be used for traversing long distances at high speeds, and are single line solutions rather than network solutions.

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Ray Train

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2 months

@ThunderWolf08 He’s definitely not the worst person in the Republican party

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

28 days

Why am I only going max 55 mph coming back from Dulles airport @wmata ? I’m in the green part

Adam Tuss

@AdamTuss

4 months

Here’s a look at potential top speeds across the system #wmata @nbcwashington

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4 months

@the_lettuce_cat The *only* thing I don’t like about it is you can’t have multiple banks on the same Zelle account. That means using a phone number for one bank (like savings) and email for another (like checking) which makes it a hassle.

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

5 months

@FixCircle @dccrimefacts It looks like police just stopped doing stuff once COVID hit (before the protests) and stayed at that level. Maybe they got comfortable just sitting in their cars

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

1 year

Meanwhile, construction will cause very limited alterations to train service. No more than 3% of trains will be impacted at any point during the 13-year long construction process.

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

8 months

@wmata Nooooo!!!!!!! Why can’t you all just keep it open and just defer maintenance until it breaks down so I don’t have to be inconvenienced for a short time? 😭

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

14 days

There’s a pretty big decrease in planned service when comparing last year’s proposal to this year’s. Look at all the red that is missing now. Plus proposed service in Capitol Hill was greatly reduced.

Zach Israel

@ZachBIsrael

14 days

Looks like @wmata has released its proposed 2025 Better Bus Network! Public comments can be submitted between May 13 and mid-July 2024. Here’s what the proposal looks like within the District

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Ray Train

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3 months

@wmataGM @wmata Of course Randy Clarke is a streetsblog fan. This is great!

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

11 months

@Mayon_Usha @The_Underburbs @jaketropolis Ah okay. Looks like I got 75% of the joke

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

1 year

@Nerd4Cities Isn’t the important thing to look at here how speeding is on the boundary of enforcement? It seems like there is a clear shift from 5-6 AM and 9-10 AM and I don’t think driving patterns explain that

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

1 year

Huge win for cyclists with a “major beneficial” impact! - 900 private bike parking spots - 100 bike share spots - new bike infrastructure

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

5 months

@ByronKAdamsX @mattyglesias @MattBruenig There would need to be a floor because someone speeding in a $1000 car should not pay a minimal fine that doesn’t deter behavior

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

5 months

@numble He’s right that Metro is stuck in the past. Metro should NOT be building a heavy rail subway. Instead, they should be building an *automated* heavy rail subway.

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

3 months

@CNLiberalism I don’t think this is the best line of thinking and contains heavy exaggeration, but Southwest has lobbied hard against high speed rail in Texas.

Bullet Train Failed Once, but It’s Back (Published 2014)

Texas tried to establish a high-speed rail line before, but a lot has changed since 1989, and the newest effort, by Texas Central Railway, may have much better luck.

www.nytimes.com

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

1 month

Choose your fighter: Acela zooming past you or a diesel MARC train underneath overhead wires crawling into the station?

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

3 months

@Ulic_Qel_Drama You sure about that?

Interested MKE Citizen

@Citizen_MKE

3 months

In Albuquerque, you get what you pay for. This route only runs counter-clockwise (the clockwise direction has been suspended) and the bus arrives ~ once an hour (unless you want to get dinner after 6 PM, then your SOL. There's also no service on Sundays

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

1 year

Vehicular traffic will receive a “major adverse” impact, mostly due to the pull of the station inducing greater traffic. Honestly though, I don’t care about private car traffic.

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

9 months

@BradyBadly The only way that would be possible is to build a subway line out there

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

5 months

@PurpleLineMD Never forgiving Hogan for pushing this project back by 2 years

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

1 month

Got an almost perfect transfer to New Carrollton at Metro Center. Red line was PACKED today (filled up to capacity at Dupont after taking this photo). Love to see it. Also, love seeing Metro’s ad wraps to make that $$$.

Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

1 month

What do you do when you live on the NW side of the red line, have a flight from BWI, and have nothing to do? You take Amtrak from New Carrollton of course!

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@RayTrainToTrop

1 year

The redevelopment will have a “minor adverse” operational impact on WMATA Metrorail. However, this is actually good! Because the adverse effect would be ridership increases past capacity, which can always be solved by more trains and CBTC (the red line would be a great test bed).

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

1 year

@ChristinaPushaw @lazarwolfbk Literally every car centric city since Eisenhower has grown inorganically because of federal subsidies for roads, highways, and single family homes. I hope you agree with me that these subsidies should be scaled back to limit Deep State overreach.

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

1 year

@wmata Wow, *early* May! That’s very impressive actually. Great work!

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

1 year

They are also going to Hudson Yardsify the Union Station tracks. Looks pretty good but wish we could build taller!

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

1 month

Just an idea, how about weekly bike protests where we bike in the lanes at a casual pace during rush hour to show that bike lanes would help everyone? @WABADC @Ward3Bikes @DcSafer

Commissioner Sauleh Siddiqui

@saulehforanc

1 month

Hey @MayorBowser here's how many people you have pissed off after your unsafe decision. Yes, this video is 4 times the speed from Connecticut Avenue tonight. cc: @CMFrumin @DDOTDC @DDOTDCDirector

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

14 days

The new proposed Better Bus Network also severely scales back the use of K St. The plan had been for a transit way to be constructed but that was cancelled after @DDOT removed the bike lanes and the council, in a push led by @charlesallen , defunded the project.

Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

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There’s a pretty big decrease in planned service when comparing last year’s proposal to this year’s. Look at all the red that is missing now. Plus proposed service in Capitol Hill was greatly reduced.

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

2 months

@thrillhowse Amtrak is trying

Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

8 months

Amtrak is trying to add seating back to the historic main hall of Union Station!

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

1 year

However, apparently there will not be upgrades to the current WMATA mezzanine, meeting long lines at the station as people wait for packed escalators will get longer. WMATA could deal with this in their own capital program, though.

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

9 months

@mpopv @jacobin Which still means more people get housing even in the worst case scenario

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

4 months

I am the proud owner of one (presumably revenue service-used) @WMATA Metrorail map!

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Ray Train

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2 months

@GoaldiggerDC @SegravesNBC4 @nbcwashington You realize that not everyone lives near a Metro stop, right? Do you not use the bus at all?

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@RayTrainToTrop

3 months

@beyonddc They should reopen the one in Metro Center, too

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

2 months

@macsquirelera Lots of congresspeople have Ukrainian flags in their offices or on their lapel pins

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

8 months

@progress2trees @SandHillRude @ne0liberal He’s been right more often than others

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

1 month

@CMFrumin Please fight for the bike lanes. The mayor’s current proposal makes life worse for everyone. Cyclists: No protected infrastructure. Drivers: They have to deal with conflicts from cars parking and leaving parking during rush hour, which will increase # of accidents + slow traffic

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

1 month

@MayorBowser May as well bring them to Connecticut Avenue…

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

2 months

@BryanDGriffin @GovRonDeSantis Why is fiscally conservative infrastructure (such as moderate density) that requires less linear feet to maintain not conservative?

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

2 months

@YIMBYLAND Not irreparable but very very bad damage. I also wouldn’t fully blame it on the authority. The legislature bears lots of the blame for the mandates it gave CAHSR and for not waiving CEQA.

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@RayTrainToTrop

3 months

@Wundi_93 @OnlyInBOS How many affordable units are on that the IHOP’s land now?

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

1 year

@ADL @nytimes As a Jew, you guys are wrong. This same debate happens in Israel, but no one would call the Jewish Israelis who are against Yeahivas anti-Semitic. Please don’t cheapen what it means to be actually anti-Semitic.

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@RayTrainToTrop

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@Wundi_93 @OnlyInBOS That’s not an affordable housing unit bub

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

5 months

@numble Okay that’s actually really cool

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

1 year

@cjmcgowne @DavidZipper Congress restoring power to the people so big government doesn’t boss them around on how to use their land

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

1 month

A beautiful day to take @bikeshare 🥰

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

11 months

@olliecarroll What do you mean by “military-connected?”

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

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@floppatakes Fares should not remain the same as they were 5-10 years ago with 30%+ inflation since the last raise.

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

3 months

@dmtrubman @SEPTA_SOCIAL @SEPTAKey @SEPTAPHILLY @SEPTA_MFL As a Penn alum, the worst feeling was seeing someone you knew had plenty of money to pay the fare but didn’t, even after their $8,000 summer internship.

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

1 year

DC Streetcar sucks and will still suck, but it gets greater ridership as a result of Union Station redevelopment. Increased vehicle traffic will offset some benefits because it is not lane-separated.

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

3 months

@Wundi_93 @OnlyInBOS Glad you agree

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

8 months

@RM_Transit As someone who only joined urbanist/YIMBY/transit twitter a year ago (mainly after watching your videos), what is it missing and how can I find it?

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

1 year

@AdamTuss @nbcwashington I’m sure the dog helped him deal with his PTSD but I don’t think that’s considered a service dog

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

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@numble Why does the last 3% take a year and a half to complete?

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

3 months

@SoundTransit That’s a nice start time, but a very early end time. Are there plans to eventually extend the hours past 9:30?

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

1 month

@numble @EstebanCortante This should be a skyscraper matching the height of the tallest office building

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Ray Train

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1 month

Does Bowser even want a redesign? Did Bowser even want the K St Transitway? Or were removing the bike lanes the poison pill to kill those projects and then being able to point to council and say they defunded it?

Mark Joseph Stern

@mjs_DC

1 month

@CMFrumin @DDOTDC Please do not let DDOT and Bowser get away with valuing the convenience of commuters over the lives and safety of cyclists (and our children!). The CT Ave redesign should not be funded unless it includes a protected bike line.

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

10 months

@beyonddc Randy Clarke said that ATO would allow for doors to open up quicker. I’m not sure what is preventing them from doing so now, probably something form legal.

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

5 months

@BFryback Haven’t played CS2 but in CS1 it is remarkable how powerful induced demand is. Building small roads, the widest being the smallest bus lane option, and have a metro meant my city rarely had any traffic.

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

4 months

@ADogmaticCaveat @nbcwashington @WashProbs So it’s now gentrification to build something that will apparently lower property values and make it easier for current residents to stay in the neighborhood?

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

8 months

@AdamTuss @nbcwashington This is clearly mayoral interference

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

11 months

@WTOP The community, through ANCs, already voted to approve this plan. Enough community input has been given. Let’s build it then!

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Ray Train

@RayTrainToTrop

11 months

@ac_reed01 @jake_gotta Are you kidding me? That would be the easiest stretch of subway they’ve built in decades. Open greenfield with easy cut and cover and no utility wires to worry about it. Only issue is if they have sediment problems from the infill.

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Ray Train

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10 months

@wmataGM Roast them, Randy! 🔥

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