Posts about Montgomery
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Lunch links: Get serious
Who’s seriously for ethics?; 90s Metrobuses will work like Circulator; Senate slightly saves HSR; Germantown, the “satellite city”; Incomes in central DC, Loudoun soar; How about an underground park?; Baltimore cancels Cyclovia; O’Toole just a rabid anti-urbanist. Keep reading…
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Changes mean more Purple Line and trail grade-separation
Maryland’s MTA is removing the only grade-crossing between Silver Spring and Bethesda in its plans for the Purple Line. This will improve the experience of trail users on the adjacent Capital Crescent Trail and could improve reliability of the light rail line. Keep reading…
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Regional map data is expensive
Detailed map data offers tremendous potential to expand our understanding of the world in which we live. Unfortunately, most localities in the immediate area charge for this data, which should be publicly available to everyone. Past posts on Greater Greater Washington have featured user-created maps based on GIS (Geographic Information Systems) data from DC and Alexandria. DC’s… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Going in and out of Metro
McDonnell appoints Dyke to WMATA Board; Pusher not a Metrobus driver any more; Wells defends anti-harassment bill; More push for ethics; Big brother MPD isn’t watching you; 65 years ago, parking was also a challenge; Who said ANCs are always anti?; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Eminent domain is imminent
Eminent domain hits the big screen; Skyland still pie in the sky; Smart Growth can save Marylanders billions; Pay for parking by phone in MoCo; Should MoCo join the power business?; DC has surplus; The high cost of required parking; Danish peds step up; Electric car drivers upset over fees; And…. Keep reading…
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Localities create temporary park spaces for Park(ing) Day
Park(ing) Day spaces in Silver Spring, Dupont Circle and Downtown DC all temporarily claimed a few more square feet for parkland in busy parts of our region today. In front of the Wilson Building in DC, Tommy Wells and David Catania’s space drew groups of children, Councilmember Yvette Alexander, and more. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rethink bikes and parks
CaBi gets Congressional support; Today is Park(ing) Day; Council vs. bike assault and corruption; Views on housing policy differ in Fairfax; Volunteers provide kids a safe passage to school; Flooded neighborhood questions future; East of the river needs movies; WMATA watching employees more carefully; Maryland lowers toll ambition; And…. Keep reading…
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Wells, Catania organize Park(ing) Day on Pennsylvania Ave
For Park(ing) Day tomorrow, DC Councilmembers Tommy Wells and David Catania will turn 2 of the councilmember-only spaces in front of the Wilson Building into a temporary park. Casey Trees will do the same in Dupont, and the Montgomery planning department in Silver Spring. Park(ing) Day started as a performance art project from Rebar Group, which made a park out of one San Francisco… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Scrutiny for new business
Walmarts see design scrutiny; ANC may dry H St; DC gets a new bus line; Gas tax increase unlikely in Maryland; Accenture moves to transit location; NYC chooses bike share system, imitates DC; Parking problems frustrate for decades; Dostoevsky on DC; And…. Keep reading…
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School capacity tests make sprawl worse
A few years ago Gaithersburg adopted an ordinance to ensure that infrastructure keeps up with growth. It seemed like a good idea at the time. Unfortunately, the law turned out to be counterproductive, as it damaged the city’s ability to grow in the right places. Gaithersburg has a big problem. On one hand, the city is trying very hard to promote smart growth. They’ve… Keep reading…