tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post116434007825694450..comments2007-07-18T15:38:54.640-04:00dan reed!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10594208011755406956noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-60416808956289323382007-07-18T15:38:00.000-04:002007-07-18T15:38:00.000-04:00I'd like to see WMATA greatly simplify all the metro names. Why for example can't "U Street/ African-American Civil War Memorial/ Cardozo" simply be "U-Street"? We don't need neighborhood descriptions injected into the station names. WMATA clearly isn't giving passengers enough credit here. If someone is headed to the AA Civil War memorial and they learn its at the U Street stop, they'll get off at U Street. Not too difficult.<BR/><BR/>Other station names that desprately need shortening:<BR/><BR/>OLD:Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan<BR/>NEW:Woodley Park<BR/><BR/>OLD:New York Ave-Florida Ave-Gallaudet U<BR/>NEW:NoMa<BR/><BR/>OLD: Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter<BR/>NEW: Penn Quarter<BR/><BR/>OLD: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU<BR/>NEW: Fairfax<BR/><BR/>Seriously, can't we invoke an 8 syllable cap or something?Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06264861001704449430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-1164602628028299682006-11-26T23:43:00.000-05:002006-11-26T23:43:00.000-05:00I'd point out that the Smithsonian metro station is named after someone (a former metro administrator). The metro map doesn't show it but the station itself does...dwdaddiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14844333536226319760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-1164553492060809152006-11-26T10:04:00.000-05:002006-11-26T10:04:00.000-05:00There are quite a few things, given the number of years he was in office. A couple of practical things:<BR/><BR/>- bringing the FDA into the closed Surface Naval Warfare center in White Oak<BR/><BR/>- wrote the law that completed the whole (as originally designed) Metro system. Probably why they're naming the transit center after him.<BR/><BR/>- funds to communities such as Wheaton for beautification and development<BR/><BR/>- funds into the MARC system<BR/><BR/>- support for Federal agencies with facilities/offices in the county<BR/><BR/>- funding for the Capitol Crescent/Georgetown Spur<BR/><BR/>- funding for restoration/preservation of the Anacostia watershed (Northwest Branch runs through Silver Spring, crosses 29 there by Trader Joes)<BR/><BR/>- restoration funds for Great Seneca/Muddy Branch watersheds<BR/><BR/>Those things came up on the first round of Google. Feel free to continue the search yourself.Terry in Silver Springhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15740886304575395039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-1164469333994175742006-11-25T10:42:00.000-05:002006-11-25T10:42:00.000-05:00What did Sarbanes ever do for Montgomery County?what did he do for us?noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-1164377117563534142006-11-24T09:05:00.000-05:002006-11-24T09:05:00.000-05:00Sarbanes is a good man and has represented us well. The worst things his opponents could say about him is that he's "too intellectual". In a number of ways, he was a good complement for Mikulski in the Senate. Sure, they're both pretty darn progressive/liberal, but their styles couldn't be more dissimilar. I suspect is good to have a delegation that can work their colleagues via a number of routes.<BR/><BR/>Maryland also has a long tradition of electing genuine people as opposed to airbrushed and prepackaged candidates. That's a good thing. I'd rather be represented by a hard working "character" than by a polished image that's backed by little substance.Terry in Silver Springhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15740886304575395039noreply@blogger.com