Thanks to Antonio for sharing with us:
“Just spotted Veo’s new cargo e-bike. This could be a game changer for carrying items and getting around the city without a car.”
Could this replace some car trips for you?
Transit
Lisa shares with us:
“*Brand new* ward 7 ADA-non compliant bus stop as part of the years-in-the-making new bus system in Washington DC.”
WMATA has replied: (more…)
From WMATA:
“Ring in the Fourth of July with Metro! Heading to a barbecue or fireworks on the National Mall? Don’t stress about holiday travel. Let Metro get you where you need to go. To mark the occasion, fares will be FREE on Metrorail, Metrobus, and MetroAccess from 5 p.m. until the system closes. (more…)
photo by Mr.TinMD
Thanks to G. for passing on from Capital Bikeshare:
“To adjust to the rising costs of providing bikeshare in Metro DC, we’ll increase prices on August 1. This will help us maintain our system’s infrastructure including more station upgrades and increased ebike availability.
So, what are the big changes? (more…)
photo by Emma K Alexandra
“Dear PoPville,
My birthday is in mid-September, and in the decade+ I’ve lived in DC, I’ve always followed this rule that I should have my Thanksgiving and Christmas Amtrak tickets home to New York purchased before my birthday in order to secure a good price.
In recent years for Thanksgiving, for example, I’ve departed the day before the holiday and come back to DC over the weekend. Since the pandemic, I’ve paid $120-150 for roundtrip coach tickets (though one year, I got a steal with $58 roundtrip tickets from a promotional sale).
I just took a look at the website and a one-way ticket is a whopping $286 for any time slot– and this is well earlier than the time I usually look for tickets. (more…)
From DC Water: “Noticed the green in Rock Creek this weekend? It’s just a test & is long gone. We used dye to investigate a sinkhole & void near a sewer line on the ramp to Rock Creek & Potomac Pkwy from P St NW. It’s perfectly safe, non-toxic & meets EPA standards. No cause for alarm.”
From NPS:
“The National Park Service (NPS) is taking steps to ensure public safety following the discovery of two sinkholes at the P Street NW ramp to northbound Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway. The ramp will remain closed until the sinkholes are fully evaluated and corrective action can be taken. (more…)
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2500 block of Massachusetts Ave, NW
Thanks to J. for sending right before the storms hit: (more…)
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photo by Ron Cohn
From AlertDC:
“The North American Aerospace Defense Command’s (NORAD) Continental US Region will conduct the routine live-fly air defense exercise Falcon Virgo in the National Capital Region during two consecutive two-hour periods on July 1 and July 2, between midnight and 2AM, and then again between 3:30AM and 5:30AM. (more…)
Thanks to C. for sending:
“on Saturday at 4:45 PM at 4th and O and New Jersey NW”
It had been 8 days since we noted a driver had flipped a car.
In more pleasant Truxton Circle news, as I was fixing old photos the other day, back in 2009 a reader found remnants of the Truxton Circle Fountain (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Washington Circle… a vehicle went through the chain and posts, struck an ornamental apple tree, went through low evergreens kept going across the path…. (more…)