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a great day,
John
John
T. Salatti
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From:
``Chisholm, Ann``
To:
``Chisholm, Ann``
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012 10:06 AM
Subject:
Have a say in the future of transit
Ready
for a rail station in your neighborhood? Wishing for a bus-only lane on your
commute to work? Want to make sure Metro`s improvement efforts continue to
deliver results? Now is your chance to tell Metro what you think should be
included in its strategic plan for the next decade and beyond.
Metro
launched an online survey this week as another means of collecting input from
customers and stakeholders about their ideas and views on the future of transit
in the region.
The
Metro Momentum online survey, available until
Dec. 31, asks customers for their opinions on a range of topics including how
to improve safety and service, how to make the system more accessible for
people with disabilities, and how to fund Metro.
Metro
will use the results of the survey to help prepare for and identify priorities,
including how best to improve safety, deliver quality service, meet future
needs and help create transit-connected communities.
For
more information, visit www.wmata.com/momentum.
To
read the release, visit:
Okay, looking for feedback here....
ReplyDeletei did the survey, and there's no place in there for prose about requesting
ReplyDeletea mcmillan subway stop -- though that's an interesting idea -- and no
questions about even increasing the number of existing subway stops.
good questions, but more modest than line extensions.
I've had a couple of people ask where they could suggest having a Metro Station at McMillan. Here's how I did it.
ReplyDeleteYou have to bounce around to find a place to make such a suggestion. Try here: http://wmata.mindmixer.com/connect-areas-with-high-speed-frequent-transit. Here you can pick among places where more transit options should be in place (one of which is the North Capitol Street corridor). And further down the page you can add your comments, suggestions, and desires (like a Metro station at McMillan).
You can also refer WMATA planner to this fantasy plan put out a view years ago on the blog Greater Greater Washington: http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/634/even-more-fantastic-wmata-fantasy-map/. From the Bloomingdale/Eckington/Stronghold point of view, the Brown line extending north out of Union Station and serving the south end and middle of Bloomingdale before going on to the Washington Hospital Center and the Armed Forces Retirement Home would be huge for us. I believe this fantasy plan envisions the line running up North Capitol Street, but with the NOMA station on the Red line just east of North Capitol, I believe the better alignment would be along First Street with stops at First & Florida, First & Rhode Island, First & Michigan (just south or north of the intersection), and at the Armed Forces Retirement Home.
As for the development plans for McMillan, they say little or nothing about transit. At best, they talk about where cars will go when they get to the Site and possibly a Circulator bus along Michigan Avenue between Brookland and Columbia Heights Metro Stations (possibly a medium-term precursor to a streetcar, but nothing much is said about that). No mention of Metro rail. No mention of improving transit along North Capitol Street (street cars, bus rapid transit). No mention about what will happen to all the cars that will flow through Bloomingdale and Truxton Circle/Bates/Hanover (and bleed off into side streets as they try to avoid the backups).
The reason the developers and the city say nothing about these things is that they have no solutions. The District and WMATA are not prepared to spend the money needed to build these things, which is why I suggested (somewhat tongue-in-cheek including a McMillan Station in the survey).
Have a great day,
John
John T. Salatti
(202) 986-2592
john.salatti@gmail.com
"Together, Building a Better Bloomingdale"