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“Balancing the budget with service cuts would require eliminating two-thirds of Metro’s existing service, with no service after 9:30 p.m.”

By Prince Of Petworth

From WMATA:

“Metro today detailed its future financial planning to address structural funding issues that will leave a projected $750 million shortfall in the fiscal year 2025 budget when federal covid relief funding runs out. Without an increase in funding, Metro would be forced to make drastic cuts to rail, bus, and paratransit services across the region.

The long-term financial issues facing Metro, come amid improving service, investments in modernization, and growing ridership. As of May, weekday ridership on Metrorail and Metrobus is at 50 percent and 88 percent of pre-pandemic levels, respectively, with ridership as high as 800,000 trips or more combined on bus and rail. (more…)

“Dedicated bus lanes & strict enforcement help buses stay on time.”

By Prince Of Petworth

From DDOT:

“The Clear Lanes Project is a joint initiative between Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) and DDOT that aims to improve bus travel times and enhance bus stop safety by using camera technology to identify illegally parked and stopped vehicles in dedicated bus lanes and bus zones.
Program Details:

Metro will mount automated cameras on buses serving select routes in DC. These cameras automatically take photos of violating vehicles and send information directly to DDOT for enforcement. Metro anticipates that the Clear Lanes project will be ready to roll out in Fall 2023, with a 45-day warning period beginning July 24, 2023.

Fines: (more…)

OK Where were we?

By Prince Of Petworth

Thanks to B. for sending just before 12:30pm:

“Vermont and 11th NW. Didn’t see it but driver seemed fine. Somehow jumped the curb and smashed through the middle of the bus stop on Vermont heading north towards T Street.”

Elsewhere in Driving Dangerously

By Prince Of Petworth

D. sends above from Capitol Hill Sunday: “I think ditched like this. Looks like it collided with the street sign at the end. There wasn’t a panel on the car that wasn’t hit though. Car is totaled.”

And R. sends from K Street, NW Saturday night: (more…)

Juneteenth Music Festival Monday

By Prince Of Petworth

Traffic advisory from MPD:

“On Monday, June 19, 2023, The DCBHCC Juneteenth Music Festival will take place in the District of Columbia. In conjunction with this event, there will be parking restrictions and street closures that motorists should take into consideration:

The following streets will be posted as Emergency No Parking on Monday, June 19, 2023 from 05:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. and closed to vehicle traffic from approximately 6:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.: (more…)

“Looking for witnesses Tuesday, 6/13 2:45 PM – She said ‘you ran a red light,’ got back into her truck and left the scene, leaving me standing there.”

By Prince Of Petworth


via google maps

Ed. Note: Witnesses can email me at [email protected] and I’ll forward on to OP. Thanks.

“Dear PoPville,

I am looking for witnesses to a pretty dramatic near-collision that happened a few minutes ago (Tuesday, 6/13 2:45 PM). I was in a light blue Mini traveling westbound on Porter St NW, waiting at the red light right at Connecticut. I was in the center lane that takes you straight across Connecticut.

I could tell the car in the left turn only lane wanted to go straight, but this isn’t even about that driver. I mention it only because when our light turned green and that driver and I both started to go across CT Ave together, with that car behind me and to my left, clearly trying to merge in behind me, about halfway across the intersection I saw a giant silver GMC pickup barreling up CT Ave northbound through the red light, about to t-bone me.

I swerved pretty wildly into northbound CT Ave to avoid the crash. Thank god there were no pedestrians. There was no impact; I have minor injuries from being slammed around inside my own car.

I pulled over on CT Ave northbound and put my flashers on. The truck, to my surprise, stopped as well. I spent several seconds just sitting to collect myself and then got out to talk to the other driver. (more…)

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