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Here s a look at what you can expect on Presidents Day. (Shutterstock)
FAIRFAX CITY, VA Presidents Day, also known as the observed Washington s Birthday, will result in some service changes in City of Fairfax.
The holiday was actually established in 1885 to honor President George Washington. Then, as part of a Uniform Monday Holiday Act that proposed the country celebrate holidays on Mondays rather than the day they fell on the calendar so that workers could have three-day weekends, it was proposed to be changed. That didn t go over so well at first.
During debate on the bill, it was proposed that Washington s Birthday be renamed Presidents Day to celebrate the birthdays of both Washington on Feb. 22 and President Abe Lincoln s birthday on Feb. 12. Congress actually rejected the name change in 1968 version of the bill. But after the bill went into effect in 1971, Presidents Day became the commonly accepted name anyway.
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Keolis announces that it has been awarded a five-year contract to operate and maintain Loudoun County’s transit services. This new contract for Keolis further solidifies their multimodal presence in the northern Virginia area. Loudoun County has a proven track record of serving northern Virginia for decades with fixed-route, commuter, and paratransit services.
Loudoun County Transit’s goal is to promote connected communities through innovation, while providing top-tier service to its passengers. In addition to offering convenient transport options in northern Virginia, the fixed route, commuter, and paratransit services connect residents to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA) Silver Line.
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Amazon unveils Helix building as heart of HQ2 campus in Virginia
Fredrick Kunkle, The Washington Post
Feb. 2, 2021
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Amazon plans to build a 22-story helical building in Arlington, Va., as the centerpiece of its second headquarters. The building, designed by architectural firm NBBJ, overlooks a site that includes venues for public performances, green space and shopping.NBBJ/Amazon.
Amazon unveiled plans Tuesday to build a futuristic building modeled after a double helix to serve as the centerpiece of its Arlington, Va., headquarters.
In artists renderings, the 350-foot-tall building - designed by the architectural firm NBBJ to reflect nature s fondness for the helix in areas from DNA to the Milky Way galaxy - climbs above its National Landing neighborhood like the swirl on an ice cream cone or the tip of a giant screw that has punched through the Earth s surface.
NJ Transit leads nation in mechanical railway failures, but does much better on per-mile basis by Todd DeFeo, The Center Square | January 27, 2021 01:00 PM Print this article
NJ Transit commuter rail trains had more total mechanical failures than other agencies nationwide, but the system ranks in the middle of the pack when evaluating the number of breakdowns based on passenger car miles.
According to commuter rail data from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), NJ Transit saw 351 total mechanical failures in 2019 while operating more than 61.6 million passenger car miles.
A passenger car mile measures the number of miles rail passenger cars travel while in revenue service, including deadhead miles. In NJ Transit’s case, that equates to a breakdown every 175,535 miles.