Posts tagged Gaithersburg
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It takes more than bricks & cherry blossoms to make a nice town
Communities hoping to recreate the charm of a walkable main street often sidetrack themselves by focusing too much on things that don't make much difference, like insisting on brick sidewalks or lush landscaping. Those extras can be nice, but they're far less important than getting right the fundamentals of walkable urbanism. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: A different track
ICYMI; Bring on the buses; Homeless families on the rise; Car2go2more places; From retail to residence; Tall Oaks short on retail; Make the grade; Gaithersburg, the most diverse city; Traffic nightmare or hidden art?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: For a safer system
Metro’s crime spike; No new fares; Unnecessary shutdown; Blizzard’s hefty price tag; Where’s our interchange?; New afforable housing projects; Picking Purple Line builders; Marriott’s decision deadline; No ballot initiative; Memorial sneak peek. Keep reading…
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Smaller stations, fewer dedicated lanes for Gaithersburg BRT
As designs for the Corridor Cities Transitway BRT line solidify, officials are revising plans to try and cut costs and ease approvals. Among the changes: Smaller stations, fewer dedicated lanes, and fewer grade-separated street crossings. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Best laid plans
Phoning it in; Catching fire; Next in line; New Montgomery road; 16th St detours; What federal funding?; Underground city; Turn around; IB for DC?. Keep reading…
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Where DC area bike fatalities happen, in one map… and what’s the real “intersection of doom”
Since 1987, over 100 DC area cyclists have died in motor vehicle crashes. This map shows where they are. And there’s just one intersection in the region which had two separate fatal crashes. Can you guess where? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Affordable housing
Affordable housing debate; What affordable housing?; No more Half Street; Closing sidewalks in Bethesda; “Woods” against the bus; Cycling incidents go down; America’s changing suburbs; Metro pedestrian bridge coming in January; And…. Keep reading…
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Bus Rapid Rabbit Transit pulls into Gaithersburg
Bus Rapid Transit is years away in Montgomery County, but residents got a preview when Action Committee for Transit and Transit Alternatives to Mid-County Highway Extended brought a bus rapid rabbit transit bus to the 76th annual Gaithersburg Labor Day Parade. Keep reading…
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How do you get people excited about Bus Rapid Transit? Bring a bus to the county fair
Bus Rapid Transit has become an increasingly popular concept for communities in the DC area, but to see it in action, you’d have to travel to Cleveland or Los Angeles. This week, you can get a glimpse of our possible future at the Montgomery County fair in Gaithersburg. Keep reading…
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For Montgomery’s District 3, it’s about new transit vs. more highways
Montgomery County’s District 3 will be at the heart of several key new transit projects in the coming years. Will its new councilmember push to surround them with new, walkable neighborhoods, or move forward with a 1960s-era road plan? Located in the heart of the county, District 3 contains the cities of Rockville and Gaithersburg, along with Leisure World and Derwood. Keep reading…