Posts about Montgomery
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Pedestrians still ignored at Silver Spring intersection
Back in February, we showed you a Silver Spring sidewalk closure that violated SHA’s own policies. Three months later, the intersection remains virtually unchanged, and pedestrians are still forced to choose between backtracking nearly 1,000 feet or dashing across a busy highway. In an email last week to both officials and state and county transportation staff,… Keep reading…
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Get to know the Silver Spring Transit Center
With construction well under way, Silver Spring’s new multimodal transit center is rising quickly from the ground. It seems a good time to share details of this important project. The new center will consolidate just about every mode of transit imaginable into a single station, to be named for former US Senator Paul Sarbanes. It will include: 34 bus bays for use by local, commuter,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Still wanting
USDOT disses Union Station; CMs want more money; Wolf wants VA control of MWAA; All curbside buses at Union Station?; DCPS waiting lists growing; Montgomery to raise parking fees; Few driving the ICC; Metro adding more hybrid buses; Traffic tragedies at all ages. Keep reading…
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USGA feels sorry for drivers, not Metro riders
Free shuttle service will be offered from free parking lots in Gaithersburg to the US Open tournament at Bethesda’s Congressional Country Club June 13-19. Yet those choosing to take Metro will be forced to pay $8 per day for shuttle service. The shuttles, requiring reservations, will serve a Red Line station that’s much closer to Congressional than the parking… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Once upon a time
Time means change; The Mount Pleasant riots; Landlords discriminate against poor; The consequences of DUI leniency; MoCo ups traffic safety enforcement; CaBi clips; Charters as the internet of public education; McDonnell renews push for drilling; Governments asking you about engaging you; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Suburban mobility
BRT could work in MoCo; MWAA sticking with underground station; Bridge construction reduces traffic; No gas for water head; Near SE organizing against “annexation”; Myopic little twit magnet; Best enticement to live near work?; Arrests, graphics for DC rights; May the fourth be with DCRA; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: No free lunch
Bag fees, Bethesda to Burtonsville; WMATA employees park free; DDOT rejects Walmart traffic study; Visualize the 4/26 election; Black church turns to solar; Today in buildings; Where are the food deserts?; Using Tysons to better Fairfax; And…. Keep reading…
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US Open pushes driving over Metro
People attending the US Open this June can choose between taking transit or parking at lots 15 miles away. Yet transit riders will have to pay for shuttles from the Metro on top of their fares, while drivers get both free parking and free rides to the Open. The USGA’s premiere event will he held this year at the Congressional Country Club, between Bethesda and Potomac. The private… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cause to celebrate?
Osama death brings celebration, security; CaBi’s utility creates converts; Responsive Metro pushes bike cage; Chevy Chase a little less anti-Purple Line?; Safety rule strains track inspectors; No agreement on Nats’ Metro bill; MD cities, DC will tackle street runoff; Residents, tourists alarmed by rising tolls. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Orange you glad?
Orange wins; Investigation of Gray admin hits snag; Good signs and bad for MARC; MoCo will fight immigration rules; How is Metro today?; MoCo picks new schools chief; London bikeshare outgrowing itself; AASHTO backpedals on bike-ped objections; And…. Keep reading…