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Fares (effective 2024) range from $2.25 to $6.75, depending on the distance traveled during weekdays prior to 9:30 PM and $2.25 to $2.50 on weekends or after 9:30 PM on weekdays at the time of tapping in. Discounted fares from 50% to 100% are available for DC school children, [151] SNAP Recipients in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington DC, [152 ...
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact; Long title: An Act to grant the consent of Congress for the States of Virginia and Maryland and the District of Columbia to amend the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact to establish an organization empowered to provide transit facilities in the National Capital Region and for other purposes and to enact said amendment ...
The system's track gauge is 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (1,429 mm) – 0.25 inches (6 mm) narrower than 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge. [2] Also, at 40 inches (1,016 mm) above top of rail, [2] the floor height of the cars is lower than that of most other East Coast mass transit systems, including New York City, Boston [3] and Philadelphia.
Planning for Metro began with the Mass Transportation Survey in 1955, which attempted to forecast freeway and mass transit systems sufficient to meet the needs of 1980. [2] In 1959, the study's final report recommended two rapid transit lines which anticipated subways in downtown Washington. [ 3 ]
An Earth where Diana defected to the Axis powers, helping them win World War II, and Lois Lane becomes Wonder Woman; Named in The Essential Wonder Woman Encyclopedia (2010) Superman/Wonder Woman: Who Gods Destroy (1997) Earth-1191: Elseworlds: Batman, Dracula, James Gordon, Alfred Pennyworth, the Joker, Two-Face, Killer Croc, and Catwoman
At that time, a Green Line was planned to pass through some of the area's poorest and most transit-dependent neighborhoods and provide them with subway service. [9] Riots following the death of Martin Luther King in 1968 destroyed much of the commercial district around 14th and U Streets, and planners hoped that adding a subway stop in that ...
World of Subways is a series of subway simulations created by TML-Studios. There are currently four volumes. All volumes are standalone programs and cannot be modified. Each volume has only one route included with no other routes available, with the exception of Volume 1; however, the total amount of drivable track in Volume 1 is significantly less than other volumes with only 13.8 miles incl
The vast majority of rapid transit systems use 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge.Some of the largest and oldest subway systems in the world use standard gauge in agreement with the country wide dominant usage for track gauge, e.g. London Underground (1863), Chicago "L" (1892), Vienna Metro (1898), Paris Métro (1900), Berlin U-Bahn (1902), New York City Subway (1904), Stockholm ...