Hendel in D.C.
I live in Washington, D.C., where I first came to work as a writer and producer for The Atlantic in 2010. Now I cover transportation for local news site TBD at its On Foot blog.
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I live in Washington, D.C., where I first came to work as a writer and producer for The Atlantic in 2010. Now I cover transportation for local news site TBD at its On Foot blog.
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Should the D.C. Metro allow bicycles on its trains during rush hour? It’s forbidden, but many bicyclists want to change the rules.
“Occupy Transit!” That’s the message Metro unions and other transit workers had this morning at Farragut Square in Washington, D.C. Governments all around the country, they contend, need to fund buses, trains, and light rail more than we have before. They’re allying with the Occupy movement to spread the message.
Read more about the rally here and see photos here.
The D.C. Metro is now working to let riders report sexual harassment after pressure from local groups last month. They’ve created an e-mail address you can send reports to, for starters, and are planning a public awareness campaign in the months to come. Wise, fast response to some hard critiques.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is reading your tweets about the D.C. Metro.
Happy Monday. Here’s a beautiful short doc on DC’s Red Line graffiti. (via TBDOnFoot)
The short film really is worth a watch if you have a moment or two. Read more here.
We all stood there on the platform in shock, looking at the train sitting there, thinking to ourselves, ‘Someone is lying under that train, and there is nothing any of us can do about it.’
WMATA announcer on the metro yesterday. Why can’t they all be like this?!
Amazing Metro train conductor on the Orange Line. I wrote about this WMATA employee recently here.
Santa Claus has no love for Metrobus. No reindeer and a sleigh full of glum Washington, D.C. commuters? Welcome to Christmas in the capital.
