DCist: Transit on Thursday: Where They Stand Edition

Disco Stu

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:36:54 -0500

MONOrail!!!

dcustadiumnow

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:01:15 -0500

Alexandria could have had *two* Metro stations at Potomac Yard, paid for by the developer, if the city hadn't killed the proposed density back when the area was first being developed in the early 90's.

stmove

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:48:58 -0500

Don't laugh, The Flaming Gaylord Poop Chute would be the best way to solve our transit problems, at least in the all important neighborhoods of Anacostia and "National Harbor". Tubes, buses, whatever, there ain't much hope... aren't our trollys running around Prague or someplace because we forgot to build the track? (seriously) That is why roller coasters and waterslides would be the best approach, they are the only thing all 'mericans can get behind!

Politburo

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:57:23 -0500

"City officials say it will be several more years before they decide whether they can come up with the estimated $150 million required for constructing a station." Hilarious. Several years just to decide, then you've got design and construction.. and probably an EIS in there. 2015 at the earliest.

RJ

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:54:33 -0500

The Monorail is alive ...sort of

monkeyrotica

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:45:20 -0500

Hey, if travelling in tubes is good enough for Logan-5 and Jessica-6, it's good enough for me! Which reminds me, what happens to Young Republicans when they turn 30? Do they get blown up at Carousel?

IMGoph

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:33:33 -0500

aaron: might want to add an addendum about this to the old transit links. i always thought that a metro station at the whole potomac yard area would make a ton of sense.

Vaughan

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:32:37 -0500

@blittle: note that some of the american apparel ads are actually trying to sell borat's unitard to women. as hilarious as that looks is, it probably shouldn't be mass-produced and is so much funnier on a skinny, hairy man.

IMGoph

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:21:34 -0500

i guess we've all given up on the idea of monorails. north haverbrook we ain't...

Politburo

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:21:07 -0500

As with most campaign promises (on all sides), McCain has failed to explain how he will accomplish what Bush could not. Amtrak has too many supporters in Congress.. it's not going away any time soon.

Reid

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:18:13 -0500

"From now on, we will travel in tubes!" That reminds me of when I read Brave New World as a kid. Everyone is traveling around by the "tube". Let's just say that the London Underground was not what I was imagining.

spookiness

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:17:08 -0500

Gondolas? moving sidewalks? what about... Monorail! Yes Portland is lovely, but its overrated in just about everything, including transit. I was in Chicago several months ago, and I took the bus for an entire week, and I hate buses. I thought they had a pretty good system there.

erincarly

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:54:14 -0500

if McCain wins and nixes Amtrak, i'll never go home to see my parents in New Jersey (or my fiancé's parents on Long Island) again. i've already had to give up driving (congestion, older car, gas prices) and flying (the $99 shuttle from Newark to DCA is now at $399) . . . maybe someone should invent the transporter sooner than later.

monkeyrotica

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:51:38 -0500

Screw the ski lift gondolas. Where the hell are my Jetson-style moving sidewalks? The least they could do is provide conveyer belts to carry me along the corridor in extreme comfort past murals depicting Mediterranean scenes towards the rotating knives. The last twenty feet are heavily soundproofed.

McGillicuddy

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:45:52 -0500

"From now on, we will travel in tubes!"

Vaughan

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:38:43 -0500

light rail, amtrak, freight - blah blah blah. that's inside the box thinking! where do the candidates stand on the completely feasible and non-silly aerial tram/gondola? which i guess literally also involves people in boxes - but flying boxes, which are better.

monkeyrotica

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:36:08 -0500

stmove - Replace "roller coaster" with "waterslides full of barbecue sauce" and you've got a winner. I christen thee "The Flaming Gaylord Poop Chute." [smashes bottle of Kristal on head]

blockski

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:28:31 -0500

Portland gets more credit than it probably deserves on transit, but consider the fact that it's not a very large city and that it's one of the first to actively build new rail lines. All things considered, they've done a great job in building new transit, especially when pro-rated for city size.

stmove

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:26:47 -0500

Oh and monkey: to hell with the light rail. Metro should put the worlds longest roller coaster with a giant eagle head on the front between Anacostia and the "National Harbor". They could name it the Patriot Tornado, commuters will be whipped along at 100mph, and when it gets to the giant pheonix statue that the Gaylords put out on 295, a fireball could errupt from the mouth of the eagle combining with lightening bolts emitted from the beak of the pheonix, after rolls and loops it could finally stop at the foot of the Awakening statue. Then everyone can get a free coupon for Ashton Kutchers restaraunt. That place deserves more than light rail.

bawler

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:25:42 -0500

I, too, think Portland gets a little too much hype. Arlington deserves just as much or more credit for their planning. Great piece looking at Obama's positions on transit and biking. Let's hope Obama would carry his words into action if president.

stmove

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:16:41 -0500

What is up with the connection between mass transit and Portland? I lived there, and the transit is not that good. Sure everyone bikes, but that is just because they want to, the lanes over overated, the light rail is extremely limited at best, the buses are equal/less than DC's (which is not saying much), no trains, I just don't get the praise always going out there? Not that I am a PDX hater, just wondering why... why... Everyone I know there drives/bikes- most people I know here metro/bus/bike.

monkeyrotica

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:51:26 -0500

WMATA needs to get its finger out of its a** and implement the Anacostia light rail project NOW. Light rail should have been brought back to DC years ago. Forget busses that will only be caught in gridlock on 295. Forget connecting Bolling AFB with the Anacostia Metro station; let it run STRAIGHT to National Harbor.

blittle

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:50:13 -0500

Oh, great the skanky american apparel ads are back. I'll never be a fan of those ads until i see some panda in a gold lame short-short.