Thursday, April 4, 2013
DDOT's plans end at the Georgetown waterfront.
Georgetown University wants the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) to consider extending a proposed streetcar line to or beyond the main Georgetown campus, rather than ending the line at the Georgetown waterfront. DDOT is currently engaged in a study of premium transit lines between Union Station and Georgetown, among those options is a streetcar. In maps the agency has released of a possible 22-mile streetcar system, one line would end at the Georgetown waterfront. But GU and the Georgetown Business Improvement District (BID) think DDOT should extend the study area to include a line that would service the university and maybe even extend farther west. For Georgetown, the streetcar would help deliver on commitments made in the …
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Footage of the 82 Streetcar Line, which ran from Eckington in DC through College Park, Md. and terminated in Branchville, Md.
A video recently posted to YouTube shows the 82 Streetcar line traveling from the District into Maryland and serves as a reminder that streetcars are returning to DC, possibly this year. The streetcar system in DC was dismantled in 1962, but the District Department of Transportation and Mayor Vincent Gray have said the H Street Line should be running by the end of 2013. Get daily and breaking news email updates from Georgetown Patch by signing up for newsletters here. Additionally, DDOT is looking at other possible lines to expand the system throughout the city once again. In June the agency released a request for information, receiving 20 responses from firms from around the world by September. The possible 22-mile network could include a…
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
International experts weigh in on proposed "22‐mile priority network" of streetcar lines, including route from Union Station to Georgetown.
Leading transportation experts and companies from around the world were among the 20 respondents to the District Department of Transportation (DDOT)'s recent requests for input on a local transportation system. “The response far exceeded our expectations,” DDOT Director Terry Bellamy said in a press release. “This level of response is indicative of the broad interest and promising nature of the project. It is a unique opportunity to provide premium transit services to the District.” In June, DDOT asked industry experts to weigh in on a possible 22-mile priority streetcar system and local bus service operations. Though DDOT has proposed a 37-mile system proposed that would bring streetcars to all eight wards, the 22-mile priority system …
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
One of the priority routes proposed is a Union Station to Georgetown line.
The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) is soliciting feedback from industry experts on a proposed "22‐mile priority network" of streetcar lines, including one that would run from Union Station to Georgetown. The Request for Information (RFI) released Tuesday seeks feedback from industry experts to guide DDOT's planning and could lead to a formal procurement process. But DDOT was clear, at this point, the RFI is exploratory. "No contract or agreement will be entered into as a result of this process, nor does this RFI initiate a formal procurement." Though DDOT has a 37-mile system proposed that would bring streetcars to all eight wards, the 22-mile priority system would focus on a smaller core within that larger 37-mile vision. …
Stephen R. Brown
8:26 am on Sunday, April 7, 2013
Has anyone done a study which shows that the "streetcar" is anymore efficient than a bus or a bicycle or whatever? Those overhead powerlines in a snow storm? more ›