Tim Sloan
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Tim Sloan
@TimSloanDC
Journalist/photojournalist, urbanist, infrastructure geek, cyclist, pedestrian and driver. Hope. #VisionZeroDC #BikeDC
Washington, DC Katılım Eylül 2010
256 Takip Edilen308 Takipçiler
@TimSloanDC @PurpleLineMD Why are there so few doors on the purple line vehicle?
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The @PurpleLineMD is designed to run roughly 90% of its 16.2-mile route in its own dedicated ROW with 52 grade crossings. It will also be running the longest Light rail vehicle in the US at 142 feet long in mixed traffic for 1.4 miles on Wayne Avenue. #LightRailSafety #BikeDC
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@Airbuilder7 @PurpleLineMD Yes; eastbound left turns at Whole Foods parking lot and Cedar st. One westbound turn lane onto Fenton all done with painted median striping.
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@TimSloanDC @PurpleLineMD Is that going to be a median-turn-lane strip in the middle?
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@emojiluver82 @PurpleLineMD ROW means Right-of-Way; all stops are within the ROW.
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Montgomery County, MD - Dept. of Transportation@MCDOTNow
⚠️🟣🚆NEW🚆🟣⚠️ In June 2026, @PurpleLineMD crews will begin 'Live Wire' testing of light rail tracks & systems with a Light Rail Vehicle between the Lyttonsville Operations & Maintenance Facility & #BethesdaMD Station ▶️ ow.ly/4p0C50Z3arp @MontgomeryCoMD @MoCoCouncilMD
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“That we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain.” - Abraham Lincoln #MemorialDay
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The most terrifying horror movie ever: the day Bettina Anderson realized she actually married Don Jr
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It looks like the newly renovated Freedom Plaza is getting even more new statues. The one on horseback was planned, but there are now a dozen more statues lining the northern and southern edges of the plaza.
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@joeflood There’s no way whatever replaces it will have as much style and flair. #GoodArchitecture
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@ItsMePatrickE @TODNewsHub @PurpleLineMD @wmata Yes, Metro will display new maps showing @PurpleLineMD and all the connections.
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People still think the DC suburbs are just highways and cul-de-sacs meanwhile Maryland is casually building massive rail tunnels like this 🤯🚇🔥
The @PurpleLineMD is going to completely change how the region moves around!
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The west portal of the @PurpleLineMD Plymouth Tunnel. Located between Plymouth and Arliss Streets, at 2/10th of a mile in length it features a horseshoe-shaped profile measuring roughly 35.6 feet wide by 29 feet high. #bikeDC #PurpleLineMD #LightRailTunnel @purplelinenow
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@inconspicuousLE @PurpleLineMD That intersection looks very problematic! Why would they build a right-turn slip-lane onto train tracks? The car will have speed and a blind spot to trains from the right.
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@TimSloanDC @PurpleLineMD I live up the hill from the stop at 67th. It's just idiotic to go skidding off onto actual rail tracks. I thought this had something to do with the crossing itself.
I imagine that such learning will have a big safety spillover for pedestrians
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It begins. There will be a learning curve for drivers around @PurpleLineMD trains and tracks on what was once “their” roadway.
The DC MD VA Live@TheDMVLive
A driver got stuck on the (future) Purple Line train tracks along Riverdale Road at 64th Ave in Prince George’s County, Maryland this evening. The car had to be pulled off of the tracks in the rain. No injuries were reported. 📸: Bro’s Towing LLC
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The section of the Capital Crescent Trail between the Silver Spring Metro and Talbot Ave bridge is all new construction on a ROW that was undeveloped and is delaying the opening of the trail until fall. #CCT #BikeDC #PurpleLineMD #LightRail @WABADC @purplelinenow @PurpleLineMD
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The west portal of the @PurpleLineMD Plymouth Tunnel. Located between Plymouth and Arliss Streets, at 2/10th of a mile in length it features a horseshoe-shaped profile measuring roughly 35.6 feet wide by 29 feet high. #bikeDC #PurpleLineMD #LightRailTunnel @purplelinenow
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@SafeSidewalksDC @PurpleLineMD @WABADC @purplelinenow They are in denial; the trail has no where to land yet at the Silver Spring station. The new Metro entrance has to be completely finished for the trail to pass through on to the Georgia Ave bridge now completing.
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@TimSloanDC @PurpleLineMD @WABADC @purplelinenow It feels/looks like there is more than a few months of work to be done on this section - are they being honest about the timeline & could this impact the train construction wrapping up?
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The Capital Crescent Trail bridge construction site at the Silver Spring Metro and @PurpleLineMD stations has sat dormant for several years and one of the reasons the opening of the trail has been pushed back until fall. #CCT #BikeDC #PurpleLineMD @WABADC @purplelinenow #Metro
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@JarheadTop @PenguinSix The White House grounds and Lafayette Park are officially considered national park land. So, while we usually think of the White House as a residence and executive office, it structurally holds the administrative status of an official National Park.
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@TimSloanDC @PenguinSix That stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue is not a National Park, neither is Lafayette Square. They’re managed by the NPS as a specialized administrative site.
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The National Park Service is turning Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House into street parking today.
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The Piney Branch Pkwy closure for a month is to allow for the realignment of the roadway and trail to build the drop shaft. The Piney Branch Tunnel project is required by federal consent decree to improve water quality in Rock Creek and in the Potomac River. #BikeDC #CleanPotomac
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