Though it has several key constraints, the Metrorail System’s capacity compares favorably with its peers and even out-performs them in several key measures. In a previous post, we explained that Metro doesn’t schedule more than 26 trains per hour at any point in an effort to balance reliability with high capacity operations. But it also […]| PlanItMetro
Metro needs over $17B in the next ten years to reach and maintain the State of Good Repair (SGR), which accounts for approximately 70% of its total needs over the same period. As noted in our our previous post, Metro’s SGR needs are built off of a comprehensive inventory of existing assets as a part […]| PlanItMetro
Metro used a risk-based multi-factor methodology to score and rank its 10 year capital needs. Metro’s 2016 Capital Needs Inventory (CNI) aims to capture and quantify Metro’s existing and anticipated capital needs over the next ten years. With our needs far outpacing available funding, prioritization of capital needs is critical. But with the ever present […]| PlanItMetro
With the impending colder weather, Metro is piloting some new track equipment to fight the snow and ice and maintain overground rail service. As a pilot project funded through Metro’s Sustainability Lab, we have replaced the switch heaters at Glenmont Yard with a new energy efficient heater that not only reduces energy consumption, but is also easier to install and […]| PlanItMetro
Jim Hamre, the Director of Metrobus Planning and Scheduling, explains that although decision-making often gets made at the local level, Metrobus is a collective regional asset that is critical to the region’s success. Metrobus Has Long Been an Important Part of a Coordinated Regional System For decades, Metrobus and local bus operators have coordinated to […]| PlanItMetro
The DC Streetcar has not significantly changed ridership on Metrobus X2 and X9, even though the services overlap on H Street NE. Instead, the Streetcar appears to be serving a new, different market – and has increased net transit ridership in the corridor by 15%. Although the new first phase of the DC Streetcar serves […]| PlanItMetro
Metro needs to invest $17B over 10 years to achieve and maintain a State of Good Repair. In June 2016, we introduced the initiation of the 2016 Capital Needs Inventory (CNI), with the goal to develop a list of fiscally unconstrained and prioritized investment needs over the next ten years and to meet the new federal […]| PlanItMetro
The relocation of Marriott’s headquarters to downtown Bethesda would bring new riders and revenue to Metro, without straining Metro’s capacity. A win-win! Marriott last month announced it will move its headquarters to downtown Bethesda, bringing over 3,500 employees to a location that’s now accessible to the Red Line. The move will help Metro by attracting […]| PlanItMetro
Two years into operation Metro’s solar powered high efficiency water treatment facility continues to work as designed by producing as much energy as it needs on-site to perform the entire subsurface water treatment process. According to Basil Borisov, Environmental Engineer at Metro’s Office of Environmental Management and Industrial Hygiene, “During the summer of 2016, the Largo Water Treatment Facility […]| PlanItMetro
I am looking into X2 data for some route analysis. I want to develop nice time space diagrams and dwell time analysis. So, I picked the AM peak period westbound from Minnesota Ave to downtown. The schedule is every 8 minutes (in the route info ) in the AM peak. The schedule deviation column (Delta Time) does not correlate to the schedule at all. It seems to be an arbitrary value. The issue is still there even when I skip the initial departure stop (Bus Bay K) as the doors maybe open for a lon...| PlanItMetro