Posts about Montgomery
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Ride On piloting real-time bus tracking
Bus riders in Montgomery County can start trying to track their Ride On buses with a new real-time system the county is piloting. However, the system still lacks a public API that would allow developers to use the data in other applications. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Boo[ndoggles]
Shootings mar Halloween; TE “boondoggles” never got funded; Evans’ firm represented hotel partner; 3 years to MoCo BRT?; Metro ridership going down; New Tourmobile now, Circulator later; Tenants purchase building after fight; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Time to start planning for growth
Washington will grow no matter what; Money talks; Tysons Corner does its part; Repubs demand more spending; Cross the virtual tunnel; Trail costs jump; Shout it from the treetops; Movie popcorn gets even more expensive; And…. Keep reading…
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Station name debate focuses too little on helping riders
If you listened to the WMATA Board discuss station names this morning, you could be forgiven if you concluded the board is made up of representatives from local universities, hospitals, and sports teams, and that those institutions, rather than riders and residents, pay for Metro. That’s because where institutions want to be on Metro station names, most members from… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The road ahead
Transportation policy running on empty; Should DC get its own park rules?; Do riders win or lose with Dyke?; PG seeks more speed cameras; What to do about Bethesda’s escalators?; Preservation parcels; Suggest your own CaBi locations; And…. Keep reading…
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“Wedges and Corridors” still shapes Montgomery
Wedges and Corridors is the name of Montgomery County’s governing master plan. While it was updated in 1992, the basic framework is the same. Revered by many, forgotten by few who were active during that time, the General Plan, as it is also known, has stood the test of time. It is important to put this landmark Wedges & Corridors Plan in context. It was developed in the… Keep reading…
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Councilmembers propose anti-loitering alternative to curfew
In response to mounting opposition to a proposed teen curfew, Montgomery County Councilmembers Phil Andrews and George Leventhal will introduce an anti-loitering bill modeled on ones used in Florida and Georgia. They call it a “better tool” for fighting crime because it targets actual troublemakers, not just youth. “A loitering and prowling law wouldn’t… Keep reading…
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Proposed Walmart undermines Rockville Pike redevelopment
For years, Montgomery County officials have been trying to remake Rockville Pike’s retail strip into an urban boulevard. Yet thanks to a fluke in zoning, Walmart could drop a standard suburban big box in the middle of an urban neighborhood trying to become more walkable. The new Walmart would be located at Rockville Pike and Bou Avenue, just north of Montrose Road in the… Keep reading…
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Montgomery considers many ways to fund bike sharing
Montgomery County will get 20 Capital Bikeshare stations in Rockville next year, and is exploring many funding possibilities to expand the program to more parts of the county. The county council’s Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy & Environment committee discussed the issue on Monday. According to the pre-meeting material, the county has been trying to… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cracks in the process
ICC cracking; Emergency arises on redistricting bill; VDOT holding up Arlington CaBi; What can we learn from Dream City?; Alexandria picks new city manager; Weed stores won’t bring crime; WMATA fights MoCo energy tax; And…. Keep reading…