Colin Peppard

Recent Actions

• Posted Fare Options? to DCist
  UPDATE: The Metro Board has put the proposed fare hikes on hold, saying they would like more details about the proposals before they would approve public hearings. They voted to hold a special informational committee meeting on Sept. 27. More than a year ago, then interim Metro Chief Dan Tangherlini began uttering those two little words no transit rider likes to hear: fare increase. At the time though, our favorite transit official was reassuring...
• Posted Transit on Thursday: Silver Line, Red Light Edition to DCist
  After some much needed R&R (that's rest and relaxation, not roads and rails), Transit on Thursday returns to Washington only to find that all hell has broken loose on Metro. The Sliver Line extension to Dulles, looking good when we left, is turning into a first rate debacle, and clouds of smoke seem to be drifting though the tunnels on just about every line. We can't turn our backs for even a few seconds, can...
• Posted Transit on Thursday: Fix It First Edition to DCist
  Following the tragic collapse of the I-35W bridge outside of Minneapolis last week, just about every major news outlet in every media market scurried to scrutinize the safety of its own local bridges. As with most areas of the country, the results for the metro-Washington area were not encouraging. The Washington Post found that well over a thousand area bridges were structural shadows of their former selves; 15 bridges in the District, 1200 in...
• Posted Transit on Thursday: HOT Enough? Edition to DCist
  How, oh how, do we reduce congestion? That is the one question that public officials, policy-makers, and commuters throughout the D.C. have been wrestling with for as long as we can remember. The answers proposed have reflected the diversity of the people asking the question: wider roads, more transit, denser housing, bike lanes, pedestrian-friendly streets, all of the above... You name it, and it's been put on the table at one point or another....
• Posted Transit on Thursday: Trolleys and Tribulations Edition to DCist
  Too often, when we think of problems with our transit service here in D.C., it's from the perspective of a commuter headed to work. It's not an unreasonable point of view; much of the travel that takes place in the District is for commuting. Ensuring Metro's morning and evening rush are as smooth and painless as possible is critical to keeping business in the city, as well as attracting more of it. Commerce is...