Archive for the ‘Talkin' Transit’ Category
Blinking ornament in bomb-proof trashcan causes 90 minute fustercluck at Pentagon
‘Christmas 2008 – My Tree – 12-21-08′courtesy of ‘mosley.brian’
I understand being cautious in a world where new plots to assault Metro riders are announced daily (and that’s just by WMATA! *badum ching*) that you have to be cautious in a situation where you figure out that you might well have something a bit hazardous on [...]
Metro shortens timeline to meet NTSB recommendations
‘Order is repetition of units…..’courtesy of ‘LaTur’
Metro’s Finance & Administration committee today approved a $15.7M “budget reprogramming” to shorten the process to meet the NTSB recommendations after last July’s fatal train crash. Included in the budget modification is the replacement of the track circuits that lead to the issue, installation of event recorders onboard the [...]
Faux Metro Ads
‘Vacation’courtesy of ‘futuraprime’
I love this series of fake Metro ads from Evan Hensleigh on Flickr. As bad as it’s been, it’s good that we cans top and laugh a bit at what we’re experiencing out there with Metro’s collapse over the last three years. My personal favorite is the one with the ad, but the [...]
Three Federal Agencies give employees access to Capital Bikeshare
‘Do my nails clash with the red?’courtesy of ‘fromcaliw/love’
Capital Bikeshare launched just two weeks ago, with installations popping up all over town. The idea is simple: if you need a bike, grab your helmet and check one out from Capital Bikeshare and take your ride. When you’re done, return it to any Capital Bikeshare location. [...]
Talkin’ Transit: Future
‘31/395 – Daunting Entrance’
courtesy of ‘andrew.cohen’
In the mass transit world it always seems like it’s “us vs. them”. The drivers, with their greedy, self-centered, insistence that they have to drive everywhere vs. the saintly public transit lovers who are sure that you’ll love it if you tried it. Or, another way, the drivers, with their [...]
Talkin’ Transit: On the Tube
I’ll wait while you watch that video, possibly for the second (or third time).
After seeing yesterday’s video for Metro’s new Train Arrivals by Phone service, I figured I’d go look through some of the video that Metro has posted over the last few years to YouTube.
Below the fold, my favorites, including gems made for [...]
Talkin’ Transit: London Edition
‘All Aboard’courtesy of Samer Farha
“Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.” — Samuel Johnson
I recently spent a week working in London, and got [...]
Heat Kinks on Metro to Slow Evening Commute
‘yup, it’s hot out’courtesy of ‘philliefan99′
It sucks out there. It’s fit for neither man nor beast, and your evening commute is going to suck. Now, Metro has come out and said that it’s going to suck a bit more. There are some heat kinks in the rails, which Metro explains as: “Heat [...]
Talkin’ Transit: An Uphill Battle For WMATA One Year After Crash
‘Horton #23 (26/365)’
courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’
Earlier Samer wrote about how his commute changed when he was able to drive to work, for me it has been a luxury I’ve enjoyed for most of my time here in the DC area. I called it a luxury because I had a parking space at [...]
