Comments on: A Model for the Nation http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=6840 Dedicated to the sunset of government planning Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:00:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: OFP2003 http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=6840&cpage=1#comment-306342 OFP2003 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:05:57 +0000 http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=6840#comment-306342 Normally, I can tell the difference between sewer and dead animals. This had that “death” smell to it. Imagine if the Metro system lost power while down in there…

]]> By: C. P. Zilliacus http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=6840&cpage=1#comment-306292 C. P. Zilliacus Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:30:17 +0000 http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=6840#comment-306292 Peter Samuel of TOLLROADSnews recently wrote this article, which is relevant to today’s topic:

Dulles Toll Road operator MWAA faces US Government move to purge board

]]> By: C. P. Zilliacus http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=6840&cpage=1#comment-306289 C. P. Zilliacus Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:24:12 +0000 http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=6840#comment-306289 Agreed. I’ve smelled it elsewhere in the system too.

The smell may be from the District of Columbia’s “combined” sewer system (stormwater runoff from the streets and sidewalks flows into the same sewers that drain toilets and other plumbing fixtures in the city).

]]> By: C. P. Zilliacus http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=6840&cpage=1#comment-306287 C. P. Zilliacus Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:20:26 +0000 http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=6840#comment-306287 The Antiplanner wrote:

Secretary of Immobility Ray LaHood

I have always liked (and unfortunately agreed with) the title you have bestowed upon Mr. LaHood.

Will the new line disrupt service on other transit lines?

Though Loudoun County, Virginia, which has recently agreed to build the line to the airport and beyond, to the interchange of Va. 267 (Dulles Greenway) and Va. 772 (Ashburn Village Parkway) (Google Maps here, map from Loudoun County showing the airport station and the other two stops on Flickr here) has stated on the record that it will not be cancelling express bus service from various place in the county to D.C. Because the bus service is not run by WMATA, it won’t be subject to automatic turn-back like most other bus service in the D.C. area has been as the rail system was extended.

]]> By: OFP2003 http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=6840&cpage=1#comment-306256 OFP2003 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:25:49 +0000 http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=6840#comment-306256 There is one part of the L’Enfant station that regularly reeks of dead animals. Today it was particularly bad. Dark, Dingy, Dirty, sometimes hot, today with the stench of dead animals, not the futuristic travel I was promised!!

]]> By: LazyReader http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=6840&cpage=1#comment-306255 LazyReader Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:25:23 +0000 http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=6840#comment-306255 Nevermind rail. They’re so arrogant they’re willing to spend billions on places just to house the trains.

http://inhabitat.com/amtrak-announces-ambitious-eco-plans-for-overhaul-of-washington-d-c-s-union-station/

But that’s government. They not only spend your money, they spend more of your money advertising how they’ve spent your money.

Look no further than Parsons Brinkerhoff.

]]>