Ditch the Car, Ride Metro, Save $760 Monthly
Photo by bencarrdus If you can avoid getting into a brawl , there’s a new benefit to taking the Metro. A report from the American Public Transportation Association calculates that commuters in the D.C.-area can save an average of $760 per month by living with one less car and switching over to public transportation. The savings were calculated using the costs of driving, such as gas, parking, maintenance and taxes, and comparing those to the price of a monthly, unlimited public transportation...
The Nationals’ Game of Musical Chairs Continues
Photo by antisocialtory We thought that the pain caused by the loss of Nyjer Morgan to the disabled list would be more than compensated for by an emerging Roger Bernadina, who went 4-for-8 in two starts at the top of the order in the Arizona series. However, manager Jim Riggleman, who clearly favors unnecessary platoons over any chance at establishing consistency, thought that Bernadina would be at a disadvantage going against left-handed starters (Clayton Kershaw and Ted Lilly) in the Dodgers series...
The Needle: Doug McKelway, Political Prisoner, Edition
Leave Doug McKelway Aloooone! : The banjo-playing WJLA-TV anchor has been suspended ” indefinitely ” following a run-in with station management. See more here: The Needle: Doug McKelway, Political Prisoner,...The Needle: Labor Day W...
Red Line Shutdown: Five stations on Metrorail’s Red Line will be shuttered this weekend for extensive track maintenance. If you’re headed in the direction of Silver Spring and Glenmont, be aware that you’ll have to take a shuttle bus from Fort Totten or Georgia...
Photos: Utility Day Lin...
Convention Center, September 3 More: Photos: Utility Day Line Dance, Things Get...Accused Kitty Killer Ar...
It’s been a bizarre week for D.C. animal news. A guy who’d read a novel about a gorilla takes hostages at the Discovery Channel . A shark turns up in the Potomac . A new report says city cabbies discriminate against blind people with guide dogs . And now comes word that a...
Blackout? What Blackout...
For the ink-by-the-barrell platform of Washington City Paper, I wrote this week about the origins of the NFL’s blackout policy. That rule allegedly requires games to sell out before they can be broadcast in the host market. Turns out the Redskins were as responsible as anybody for...
The Needle: No Hostages...
Phillips Flames Extinguished : A fire in a museum is about the worst nightmare any curator could have. So when the Phillips Collection started blazing this morning, it would have been easy to panic. But museum workers spirited artworks out of the building as soon as they realized the...