Posts tagged Clarksburg
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This new suburban place has some lessons for old suburban places
30 miles north of DC, Montgomery County is trying to build a new kind of suburb in Clarksburg, one that looks more like a small town and where residents don't have to drive everywhere. It hasn't totally worked. But Clarksburg might actually have something to teach closer-in communities about how to grow sustainably. Keep reading…
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Montgomery’s traffic tests for new developments encourage sprawl, but that could change soon
Montgomery County is expected to gain 232,000 new residents over the next 30 years. Currently, Montgomery’s traffic tests measures whether development leads to people driving faster rather than whether development leads to more people driving. Reforming this practice could help discourage sprawl. Keep reading…
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Montgomery backtracks on a sprawl-inducing highway
After a decade-long process, it looked like Montgomery County was pushing ahead with a new highway through streams and wetlands at the edge of the county’s built-up areas. But last week, county officials announced they don’t support the road project after all. In March, the county Department of Transportation issued a report recommending a new limited-access… Keep reading…
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Rural Montgomery residents write their own transportation proposal
Boyds, a rural town in Montgomery County’s Agricultural Reserve with a MARC station, is a commuting destination for the residents of Clarksburg, a rapidly growing town just north. To handle increasing traffic and make transit more accessible, Boyds residents want to move both a central road and the MARC station. Keep reading…
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Change is coming to the Montgomery DOT. Will things get better for residents?
Montgomery County leaders and residents want walkable, transit-served neighborhoods, but the county’s department of transportation has a reputation for putting cars over everything else. Now that two of the agency’s top officials have departed, will new leadership bring the department in line with a changing county? MCDOT’s former director Art… Keep reading…
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A safer route to school is coming for Clarksburg kids and parents
In a win for parents, an intersection adjacent to a northern Montgomery County elementary school is getting a traffic signal and marked crosswalks. 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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Breakfast links: Who pays what
Price to play; Not most expensive?; When growth doesn’t pay; DC still undecided; Can’t cross the street to school; Stop for school buses; Make it look traditional; What’s next in transportation; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Development past and future
A complete Clarksburg; Down to two; Permits for pub crawls; Columbia Heights development leader dies; So long, Baier; Induced demand is real; Replace the gas tax?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Victims of the road
Cycling hit on Bike to School Day; Hit-and-run gets 6 months; Intersection of doom; Did confusion kill?; Transit first in MoCo; Right to play; Heights stay; Returning home; Diversifying the housing stock; Can’t build there. Keep reading…