Posts about Maryland
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MoCoCo agrees with Planning Board on Road Code
The Montgomery County Council thinks the Planning Board—and the GGW community—are right about the flaws in the Road Code. Six of them sent a letter to the MoCo DOT concurring with the Planning Board’s objections. From the letter: Keep reading…
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Pedestrians and drivers: Can’t we all just get along?
In the wake of last week’s traffic traffic fatality, columnists and bloggers are calling for peace—and some measure of balance—between drivers and pedestrians. Keep reading…
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Weekend reading: Up and down the Green Line edition
First stop Columbia Heights: Today is Columbia Heights Day, featuring local music, food, family activities, a bike ride and more. Keep reading…
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Stand up for the Purple Line in November
MTA Maryland will be holding four hearings on the Purple Line in November. These are a key way that MTA and Governor O’Malley will hear public support or opposition. Wealthy NIMBYs (literally) in the Columbia Country Club and the Town of Chevy Chase are organizing to get opponents there; MTA and O’Malley need to hear from the many citizens of Montgomery and Prince George’s… Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Three jeers and a cheer edition
Urban planners in blue: Ike Leggett wants to give the police sole decisionmaking power about what pedestrian paths should go around the Fillmore. Meanwhile, planners and elected offiicals will have almost no say. (Just Up the Pike) Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Don’t sweat the small stuff edition
Girard Park plans revealed: New Columbia Heights has drawings of a planned renovation of the park at 14th and Girard. It will have an “inviting” plaza with tables, a fountain, and restrooms by day, and a fence to keep undesirable activity out at night. Keep reading…
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MoCo road code, AAA oppose tree-lined medians
Montgomery County is finalizing a new “road code” to define basic standards for roads of different types across the county. It’s a good idea to update the standards, but in the hands of MoCo’s traffic engineers and some county leaders, it’s become a blindly pro-traffic sledgehammer that will force pedestrian-unfriendly design throughout the… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Mo’ train money, mo’ problems edition
Federal bread crumbs for a third VRE track: Virginia will spend $13 million to add a third track for VRE trains south of Fredericksburg to reduce delays from freight trains. In a big change for the feds, they are contributing; previously rail projects got no federal money. But they’re only kicking in $2 million of the $13 million total, as part of a mere $30 million for rail across… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Paved paradise edition
AP covers parking minimums: This Associated Press article summarizes the debate over relaxing parking minimums. The article quotes Jeff Speck, who testified in favor of relaxing minumums, and Capitol Hill ANC Commissioner Ken Jarboe, who testified against. It also gives an example of a historic Milwaukee building which burned down and couldn’t redevelop until the city… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Boston to Baltimore to Bloomingdale, oh my! edition
Close a road, reduce delays? We know that reducing lanes for cars can improve pedestrian safety, help a neighborhood, and lead to less traffic in the long run. But even Level of Service-minded traffic engineers can get behind closing certain roads. As the Economist reports, researchers studied Boston’s road network and determined that too many alternatives create more delay… Keep reading…