Posts about Montgomery
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Breakfast links: Timeliness
Silver Line back on schedule; Red Line will be bad for 3 years; Metrobus driver mitigated crash; Revise, resubmit, repeat; Catching school bus violators; Cash cows get a lean diet; Prince George’s considers bag fee; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Groundhog Day
6 more weeks of… winter?; House transpo bill to markup; Metro finds more cracks; Not terribly deliberate speed; Main drag a drag; Food deserts not a huge issue?; Public safety and history collide; Preservation group didn’t stall Met Branch; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Who rules transportation?
Meet the new boss; One piece of taxi tech or many?; Senate bill is better; Not much of a bike path; Building not to be; Silver brings in slightly less green; ICC won’t get faster; And…. Keep reading…
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New building raises Silver Spring’s urban design standard
Former Washington Post architecture critic Benjamin Forgey once said, “there are so many bad buildings in Silver Spring, it’s a hard place to do good.” Yet some architects and developers are trying to do better here. Last month, ground was broken on Eleven55 Ripley, a new residential complex in the Ripley District, located west of Georgia Avenue in downtown… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bring in the dough
Brown puts tax cuts first; A stop sign for a suburban Walmart; PG’s sprawling problem; Will Metro get fixed?; Restoration used to be racist; No need to watch for bikes, peds in Virginia; VA House may cut unions from Silver Line; Transportation bill a speeding SUV; And…. Keep reading…
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Montgomery DOT roadblocks thwart popular BRT plan
A Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) network could bring major transportation improvements to Montgomery County. But instead of pushing to advance the project as soon as possible, county transportation officials have thrown up obstacles and mired the project in unnecessary delays. Montgomery County’s roadways are filled to capacity with single-passenger vehicles. To help… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Busing it
Seven Corners gets transit center; Redevelopment rumblings for Glenmont; Counting the homeless; Residents stuck in limbo; Gas taxes are the best; When sprawl isn’t sprawl; Thriving without parking; To save or not to save?; Rents may fall. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: No funding
Trail defunded; No bill this year; Less of a deduction; Smart growth advocate to HPRB; Transit tweets are negative; New MD website lacks open data; Frederick fights sprawl; And…. Keep reading…
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Millennials entering the workforce need affordable housing
I am one of the millennials, at 80 million the largest generation in American history. We’re now entering the workforce, and many will stay in or move to the DC area. But few of my generation may choose to live in Montgomery County if we can’t find affordable housing in an urban setting. It’s no surprise that DC-area housing is scarce and expensive. The popular… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Speedwalking
Racial differences in walking; Lots of heat in education debate; Drawing great teachers to bad schools; Bethesda’s new gateway; A fight for DC’s memorial; Georgetown needs a plan; One City Summit for the masses; How blogs influence planning. Keep reading…