From DDOT:
“The District Department of Transportation (DDOT), along with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), invite you to public meetings on Tuesday, January 23, and Wednesday, January 24, to provide an update on the Union Station to Georgetown (USGT) Streetcar Environmental Assessment (EA) and to discuss potential storage and maintenance sites that have been identified for the new USGT streetcar vehicles. (more…)
Bonus, also prevent dooring a cyclist! Thanks to Grant for sending.
Thanks to Clifton for sending Sunday morning:
“When you drive your car onto the tracks at 3 am–”
Photo by Kevin Gilligan
Kevin reports:
“Pretty nasty accident between police cruiser and sedan this morning at 7 and S. Heard the crash!”
MPD Chief Newsham reports:
“At 4:47 am a female MPD officer rear-ended an uber driver on 7th and R Streets NW. Both were hospitalized for non-life-threatening injuries”
4th and H St, NE
Following up on Saturday 3:15pm, thanks to Chase for sending: “H Street, NE eastbound 400 block. Looks like it happened around 520 or so.”
Ed. Note: Car drivers, don’t forget to use your mirrors before exiting.
A reader reports:
“Looks like street car clipped the mirron on an ambulance at 14th & H. I don’t see any reason to have that lane at a standstill. Just have the cops take the info, and move on and take the car out of service.”
Not clear when the new vehicles will go into passenger service. I believe they are still only in testing mode…
A reader reports just before noon from H Street between 3rd and 4th in the eastbound lanes:
“Totally took out the streetcar stop”
Update:
James reports:
“About 2 hours ago, a Megabus headed eastbound on H completely destroyed the 3rd and H st streetcar stop. He must have somehow jumped and ridden the crub. Hard to tell if there were any injuries. I don’t think anyone was at the stop. There is glass and debris everywhere (looks like it shaved off the edge of the curb). This is directly in front of the construction site that collapsed earlier this week. Would have been scary to have been in at the front of the upper deck. Check where the front glass shattered due to the stop overhang.”
UPDATE: Accident: 300 H Street, NE. The E/B & W/B 300 Block of H Street, NE is now CLOSED. Follow Police direction
— DC Police Traffic (@DCPoliceTraffic) April 26, 2017
From DC Streetcar:
“It’s our anniversary! Thank you for the support during the first year of passenger service.”
Also during Streetcar’s first year of service – Donald Trump was elected President. Metro service has shit the bed to an extent even some pessimists couldn’t have imagined. Prince and David Bowie died. Argonaut and Millie & Al’s closed…
Thanks to Chuck for sending around 2pm.
A reader reports:
“A car ran up on the streetcar tracks on Hopscotch Bridge. Saw this at around 4am this morning. It looked like the airbag deployed.”
