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As the DC’s streetcar plans begin to take shape, most of the debate seems to be centered around the question: “Will the system use overhead wires?”
We’re big fans of streetcars at ReadysetDC, and would be happy to see DC’s system built, wires or no.  That being said, despite a current ban on overhead wires [...]

If there is one major difference between the DC Metro and the great urban subway systems in cities like NYC, Tokyo, Paris, London, etc., it would be the focus of the system. In these cities, the subway is designed to move people within the city. Metro is designed primarily to get suburban commuters into downtown. [...]

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Last night, DDOT revealed their new proposed streetcar system plan at DC’s Transit Future meeting in Ward 6, the first of eight meetings- one for each ward. New materials were also posted online.  Given the slow progress that’s been made over the last few years and the increasingly low expectations, the [...]

[ October 22, 2009; 7:00 pm; October 26, 2009; 7:00 pm; October 27, 2009; 7:00 pm; October 28, 2009; 7:00 pm; October 29, 2009; 7:00 pm; November 2, 2009; 7:00 pm; November 3, 2009; 7:00 pm; November 4, 2009; 7:00 pm; ]
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DDOT will be holding open houses in all 8 wards to “engage residents and businesses in the implementation of improvements proposed for the transit system for the city, including streetcars.”

Schedule (All meetings run from 7:00-8:30pm)

Ward 6: Thursday, October 22, 2009
J.O. Wilson Elementary, 660 K Street, NE

Ward 1: Monday, October 26, 2009
Columbia Heights Education [...]

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DDOT will be holding open houses in all 8 wards to “engage residents and businesses in the implementation of improvements proposed for the transit system for the city, including streetcars.”
Schedule (All meetings run from 7:00-8:30pm)

Ward 6:  Thursday, October 22, 2009
J.O. Wilson Elementary, 660 K Street, NE
Ward 1: Monday, October 26, 2009
Columbia Heights Education Campus, [...]

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DC Mud posted an interview with District Department of Transportation (DDOT) Director Gabe Klein last Thursday, chock full of tantalizing hints about DDOT’s new priorities and upcoming projects. According to Klein, he’s  “gotten his feet under him” during his first 6 months as Director, and has led DDOT in assembling a strategic vision that [...]

A streetcar passes the once ubiquitous Peoples Drug Store on 14th Street, NW, one of the District’s busiest streetcar lines, circa 1935
I just recently came across this set of historic streetcar photos on the DDOT site. They show a DC that was growing at the time, up to a peak population of over 800,000 residents [...]

Tonight at 7pm @ the Atlas Performing Arts Center (1333 H Street NE), Advisory Neighborhood Commissions 5B, 6A and 6C will co-host a public meeting with Gabe Klein, Director of the District Department of Transportation (DDOT), to receive an update on the H Street-Benning Road streetcar line. Try to make it if you can—hopefully some [...]

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Greater Greater Washington has a great rundown of the presentation on the K Street Transitway Project. K Street is a mess right now, with local and express lanes, it’s practically a highway cutting through the city. This project will turn it into a truly world-class, multi-modal urban boulevard. In the middle of the [...]