Posts tagged Adequate Public Facilities
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Breakfast links: Public apathy
Voter turnout hits a new low; See results on a map; Bowser won’t “hold anything up”; Bowser chummy with developers; Speak up on Courthouse Square; Will DC enforce carless projects?; Sprawl could be worse; Who knew?; Anti-transit Tennessee; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What’s the law?
U-turns on Penn illegal, really; CMs exempt from parking laws?; Bike easier to GMU; Arlington wants more CaBi; Tiny homes in DC?; DC’s most unsafe playgrounds; Commutes slower for black folks; Traffic pollution boosts autism?; And…. Keep reading…
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Montgomery builds BRT-hostile roads as it plans BRT
Montgomery County’s transportation policy is descending toward incoherence. Policymakers want to put dedicated Bus Rapid Transit lanes on the county’s highways. Yet they continue to prioritize expensive projects that will increase car volumes on those same roads. A prime example of the contradiction between these 2 policies is a planned underpass taking… Keep reading…
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Traffic tests confound Montgomery council
Montgomery County has tried several times to find a working “adequate public facilities ordinance,” rules that aim to ensure new buildings don’t jam up roads. They’ve never succeeded, and a new version won’t either. At a County Council meeting Monday, legislators struggled with another proposed revamp of the law, which the county DOT originated… Keep reading…
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Could less review bring walkable TOD to Prince George’s?
Some Prince George’s County Council members want to make it easier to develop around the county’s transit stations with a pair of bills that would streamline approvals. But communities and smart growth advocates fear the bills would just encourage more of the unwalkable development that has been all too common near the county’s Metro stations in the past. Council… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: More gentrification?
Is Union Market gentrification?; The gentrification invasion; Riders’ freewill presents challenge; Inaccessible machines; Development school of thought; Opposition group of one; A councilmember in 73; WMATA not the only one; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not enough
Give peak a chance; ICC too empty?; The Tide rolls on; Poplar going to auction; Peds, bikes now count; Tourism without a car; Biking in the future; Transit Score gets low quality score; And…. Keep reading…
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Development moratoriums make traffic headaches worse
When traffic moves too slowly in any section of Montgomery County, a local law halts new development in the area until there are more roads. This is a failed remedy, no more effective than bloodletting with leeches to cure a headache. Prince George’s, Alexandria, and many other suburbs around the country have such a law, known as a “concurrency” or “adequate… Keep reading…
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Developers should provide sidewalks, not just road capacity
Prince George’s County, like many other jurisdictions, requires developers to pay for new roads around new buildings, even outside the project’s boundaries. But it never requires new sidewalks or bike lanes offsite. A bill in the county council would change that. “The Park at Addison Metro” is a prime example. It’s a new development of townhouses… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Share the car
Car2go ready to go; Zipcar interested in P2P; Gray dreams of Redskins practice fields; Purple Line getting worse?; Adequate Public Facilities law not adequate; Silver Line labor laws up in the air; Privacy vs. policing, take 516; Transpo bill moves right; And…. Keep reading…