Posts about Montgomery
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Open space versus parks
And Now, Anacostia rebuts Marc Fisher’s criticism of a soccer stadium at Poplar Point. ANA and my commenters make several points, including that the money would be for infrastructure like roads rather than for the stadium itself (unlike with the ballpark), or that Fisher simply prefers baseball to soccer. Ryan Avent, though, is still skeptical. Keep reading…
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MoCo planners considering congestion pricing
Traffic in Montgomery County is terrible and getting worse, that much is clear. But instead of simply calling for more and more road widenings and other LOS obsession, the head of Montgomery County’s Planning Board is at least open to smarter solutions like congestion pricing. Keep reading…
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Bethesda garage only needed if you ignore all the other parking lots
Montgomery County is planning to spend $88 million to quadruple the size of the downtown parking lot in Bethesda. Does Bethesda need so much parking? Turns out that there’s plenty of parking, even at peak times. Montgomery County’s analysis simply assumed that nobody would park a few blocks away, where there’s plenty of parking. Keep reading…
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America’s stupidest bike lane is in Silver Spring
After playing a video of a bike lane in Los Angeles that suddenly disappears only half a block from where it started, Slate V started a national contest to find the stupidest bike lane in America. The winner? A 20-foot dead-end patch of road that invites bicyclists to go the wrong way down a one-way street. And it’s right here in Silver Spring, Maryland. Keep reading…
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Preservation versus taxidermy in Takoma Park
On the post about dwelling density, Alex B. writes, Keep reading…
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No new subsidized parking in Bethesda
The private parking garage at Bethesda’s Air Rights Center costs $6.00 per hour. The public lot across Woodmont Avenue charges only 50 cents per hour. Keep reading…
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Gaithersburg could get a downtown
BeyondDC reports that the Montgomery County Fairgrounds, “right where downtown Gaithersburg should be, if only it existed,” will move, creating a perfect opportunity for real urbanism in what is now “an incoherent conglomeration of strip malls and fast food shacks.” Keep reading…
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DC & Rockville residents: get involved in local planning!
There are a lot of good meetings happening this week in DC and Rockville around local planning, from encouraging the arts and retail through DC’s zoning to improving Rockville Pike. I highly encourage all of you, readers, to attend these meetings in your city or neighborhood. Many of them, especially the DC Zoning Update and the Pike planning, are significant opportunities… Keep reading…
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NoMA Public Radio, not New Parking-Lot Radio. Nice for Pedestrians Radio?
NPR is moving its headquarters to NoMA, the area north of Union Station that is experiencing major revitalization. I just hope their new building is better than their old one in terms of engaging the streetscape, and that the old one can be turned into something that, unlike many of the newer buildings around Mt. Vernon Square, presents something other than a blank wall to passing pedestrians. Keep reading…
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Rockville Central reports on Pike meeting
It looks like Cindy CG of Rockville Central was at another Parking and Loading table at Wednesday’s Rockville Pike meeting. Keep reading…