Exciting progress this week on the @PurpleLineMD@wmata Red Line interchange at Silver Spring! The escalators and canopy have been moved into position! This will look very cool when completed! 🚊🚇👷🏗️
Purple Line crews will begin Live Wire testing of light rail tracks and systems with a Light Rail Vehicle (LRV) between the Lyttonsville Operations and Maintenance Facility and Bethesda Station.
For more information, visit here: https://t.co/cwIpu7wnCh.
Hopefully this can be done in a way that’s not too disruptive but gets the message across and changes behavior. Clear messaging about how and why to pay are also important.
Metro says since Sunday, May 24 they have given out 740 bus fare evasion tickets and have made 46 arrests as part of a crackdown on Metrobus. In some cases officers are going onto buses and pulling people off who were seen on security camera evading the fare elsewhere. #wmata
May in Baltimore ended with 8 homicides. That’s down from:
-15 last May
-29 in May 2023
-39 in both May 2021 and 2020
-40 in May 2017
-and 42 in May 2015
On this day in 1996 - The Arizona Avenue Trestle officially opened for use as part of the Capital Crescent Trail, creating for the first time a complete trail from Bethesda to Georgetown. It marked the completion of the DC portion of the trail.
Very interesting, since a few years ago RideOn was really pushing this service. IMO microtransit is mostly a fad, so I hope this means we will avoid wasting too much money…
Running extra service for game days, festivals etc. is great. A sign that the system takes itself seriously. Good to see KC doing this even with a small system.
The western branch of the Red Line will have an extended shutdown this summer for Purple Line construction. Two months compared to three for the shutdown in Silver Spring two years ago.
Reminder! This summer, we're building a second mezzanine at Bethesda station to connect to @MarylandDOT’s @PurpleLineMD—making it easier to transfer & support ridership growth. Free shuttles replace trains between North Bethesda & Friendship Heights.
➡️ https://t.co/7lFlimZmwS
Washington-Baltimore when Amtrak runs express. 32 minutes averaging 76 mph. The new tunnel should speed this up quite a bit as the slowest parts leaving Washington and entering Baltimore.
The Capital Crescent Trail bridge construction site at the Silver Spring Metro and @PurpleLineMD stations has sat dormant for several years and one of the reasons the opening of the trail has been pushed back until fall. #CCT#BikeDC#PurpleLineMD@WABADC@purplelinenow#Metro
Here are drawings from @NoMaBID of a proposed new east entrance from the NoMa Metro Station. The project is in the city's capital budget for opening in 2028.
@TODNewsHub@WashProbs@tysons_va@VivaTysonsMag It’s fascinating to see. I’m always struck by the large scale parking with these kinds of buildings. Any info on the parking for this one?
.@mtamaryland has completed the rail installation on the Purple Line
The project now will focus on completing construction by the end of 2026. #Rail#Infrastructure
https://t.co/2gKQwmHJkI
@AmusedToDeath1 Last time I was up there they were doing a big station upgrade. I think it’s getting high platforms. Impressive for a station with only two trains per day.
@HNLTransitFan I think the plan is installing platform screen doors first. This is like a long term plan, not something that will happen in a year or two.