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keelhauld
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quote:Your points are spot on, DDOT does not see the forest for the trees they have no ability to plan or see the long view. It boils down to the fact that DDOT is mostly concerned with keeping Metro busses moving. Look at Google maps for the stretch of 14th and 15th streets from K south to E Street. On 14th street there is a bus stop almost every block, however, on 15th there are NONE! The only thing they see is the immediate problem of congestion on 14th street that is messing up their bus schedule. DDOT is not concerned with the best interests of slugs or commuter bus riders; their only obligation is to keep Metro moving, all other concerns are secondary. |
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keelhauld
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quote: I’m not sure I follow your answer to this one. How can “no stopping” apply to the PRTC busses and where specifically are you talking about that this applies? If they can’t stop, they can’t pick people up. "No stopping" means just that the vehicle cannot stop at all, not even for a moment to pick up or drop off! Do you mean there is no “standing” i.e. stopping and waiting? This link provides pretty good definitions of stopping, standing, http://parkitguides.com/wp/?p=131. I know it sounds as if I'm nitpicking here but if DDOT wants to enforce the law, let's make sure they are enforcing the right law. |
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keelhauld
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quote:I have another suggestion to take to DDOT: Why not move the slug line around the corner on H Street? Slug lines would form on H instead of 14th. This gets the standing drivers off of 14th Street but keeps the slug line close enough to the bus stop to leave options open for sluggers to slug or take the bus if they don’t get a ride. Unfortunately drivers would have to turn off of 14th which means they would still be going over to 15th to get out of DC. That limits their options if they can’t find a slug there at that stop. Now they have to navigate back over to 14th to pick up slugs at one of the stops further down. Currently there are no other slug lines on 15th street I am aware of though it sounds as if DDOT may want to push all slug lines over there. Incidentally lack of driver options from 15th street has not been addressed much if any in the posts I have read. My guess is that drivers will attempt to turn left off of 15th on to G Street with the new set up, especially if they are not able to pick up slugs at the 15th and H line. I'm not sure what effect that will have. |
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ernie
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Nice, lets tell all the slugs to move, who is going to tell the drivers?
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NO44
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I am not a happy driver I have to go out of my way now just to get to the slugs since 15th is one way! why did they mess with the system, it wasnt perfect but it worked.
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sallie.worth
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Anyone notice that eventually everyone will have to go back on 14th street to exit the city? I also want to know if PRTC has addressed the problem of no bus stop at 14th and NYA? Everyone goes to 14th and F? Hello -- there is shelter at 14th and NYA too NONE at 15th and NYA.
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NO44
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Does anyone know if they are moving the Potomac Mills slugs that are by the holocust museum?
You can get potomac mills lsugs there right??? quote: Nic |
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Admin
New Slug Joined: 25 Jul 2001 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0 |
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As far as I know, not yet. However, the DDOT plan is to relocate virtually all the slug lines off of 14th street. First, they want to see how the 14th & NY move works.
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pro transit
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quote: PRTC's Tysons Corner buses are funded entirely through VA Megaprojects. No other service was reduced to create those trips. |
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Admin
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This message thread is being locked and a new thread has been created to capture feedback and suggestions from slugs/drivers on the changes made by DDOT.
The new thread is: http://www.slug-lines.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=11570 |
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