Posts tagged Bethesda
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Give me a break: Tax incentives should be regional, not local
Yesterday, the DC Council approved a $6 million tax break for CoStar to move from downtown Bethesda to DC. To address criticism from small businesses and nonprofits that moving CoStar wouldn’t actually create new DC jobs since Bethesda is right on the Metro, the Council added several amendments to the deal. They now have to add 100 new jobs for DC residents, hire DC residents… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Boxes and bags
Box of trash or standard contemporary?; Safeway taking another way; How are the bags?; BRAC bike lanes; Fun and games until it becomes criminal; Reading makes a comeback; Fake placard involved in NYC bomb scare. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Spiral up, not down
Death spiral alert; Improve buses instead of creating new ones; Be Montgomery Planning Board Chair; Fairfax creates Dulles rail tax district; How to fight a project; Gun + snowballs = “inappropriate”; Let me off the plane. Keep reading…
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Bonus links: Parking extravaganza
$80,000 a space for another DC USA?; Tenleytown Safeway too suburban; Three parking bills, one hearing; Free holiday meters?; Free transit for some Chicago shoppers; Potomac Yard station still just out of reach; A Green City but without green transportation. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Tragedy of the anti-commons
The Grinch stole playtime; Green line severed; Declining ridership means cuts; Tougher penalties for phones than booze?; Franklin School RFP; Another driverless car. Keep reading…
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Pedestrian Metro access suddenly turns into grade-separated interchange
Today is the deadline for the region to submit its application for the federal competitive TIGER grants. Eagle-eyed Montgomery County residents noticed a strange and sudden change in the proposal: money for better access to the Medical Center Metro station became a pedestrian underpass under Rockville Pike, and then morphed into a “multimodal” underpass that will… Keep reading…
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Lt. Gov. Brown open to new ideas, needs to hear them
On Thursday, July 23rd, I joined other Montgomery County-based bloggers for a conversation with Maryland Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown. Adam Pagnucco of Maryland Politics Watch organized the forum, and MPW contributor Marc Korman also attended. Many thanks to Adam for inviting me. Overall, I found Mr. Brown to be a competent and capable person. He clearly had a lot of experience… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Standing alone
And then there was one; They’re called roadside stands for a reason; Go Saqib; Not another passive park?; A safer McLean; States not fixing it first; The condo paradox; Tweet of the day. Keep reading…
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Morning links: Don’t walk here, bike over there
Reckless walking; Giving a lane to bikes makes all traffic better; Berliner calls for “sustainable transportation corridor”; Secret affordable housing; Walking through 16th and Park? We don’t care; Not even pretending anymore; On the slow track; Not necessarily the best car; Bike to brothel. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Raw deals
Worst deal ever; Disneyification, literally; Smart Growth is green and cheap; No room to expand. What parking lots?; Numbers on SmartBike; BamBike?; Paths not lanes; Desire of Detroit. Keep reading…