Posts tagged Complete Streets
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Breakfast links: Winter (weather) is coming
Patience; I need a hero; Pound foolish; Fight for your right; Walking while black; All aboard; Sorry, kids; Business or pleasure? Pleasure; Toboggan to work day. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Loss of communication
Metro alarms; Transit snow day; Keep the carpet; Higher speeds in Maryland?; Gas tax will stay; Bigger offices are a must; Bicycling role models; Off the beaten path; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Out of batteries
Less money from cameras; Watch out for drivers; Black gold in Virginia?; Broke in Bethesda; Homeless hotels; A county underwater; Boost biking; Bowser meets Boehner; Dig into Metro ridership; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Just an inch
Nor’easter; Emergency training; Pop-up primer; Authority for Montgomery?; Minimize parking; Metro affluence; Dependent downsides; City limits or region?; And…. Keep reading…
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White Flint’s holiday gift: a safe Old Georgetown Road
White Flint residents were frustrated to hear that Maryland transportation officials wanted to push a wide, eight-lane road through the new urban center they anticipated. But on Christmas Eve, they got an early holiday gift: Old Georgetown Road will get to be a boulevard after all. Montgomery County’s award-winning master plan for White Flint, approved in 2010, would… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Underground preparation
Art underground; Year-late indignation; Arlington Cemetery swamped; Record bike lanes; Andy Harris banned; Get in line; May your nights be merry and bright; And…. Keep reading…
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White Flint is at a crossroads, and traffic engineers should follow the path the community chose
Montgomery County leaders and residents have worked for years to re-plan White Flint as a pedestrian-friendly urban place. Now that redevelopment is finally beginning, county traffic engineers insist on suburban-style road designs rather than complete streets. In this letter to the editor, County Councilmember Roger Berliner demands the Department of Transportation honor… Keep reading…
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Montgomery DOT ignores promises to the community and sabotages the White Flint plan
When the White Flint Sector Plan was adopted in 2010 after years of collaboration between residents, property owners, county officials, and civic leaders, it was hailed as a triumph of responsible, sustainable development. Now, county engineers are poised to undo years of work by pushing through a road design that does not include any of the elements the plan promised the community. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Riders make changes
The Silver Line’s weekday debut; Plenty of (car) parking; Bus change woes; McMillan will get tweaks, not more; St. Elizabeths needs direction; New bill could help cyclists; Why so few black cyclists?; Breakthrough for bikeshare; Friendlier fed streets?; And…. Keep reading…
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America can learn from this French city’s complete streets
Strasbourg, France is a beautiful city that takes its complete streets to heart. The roads through the old city gracefully mix street trams/light rail with bicycle paths and friendly traffic calmed streets. Pedestrians move easily. Its central intercity train station is a glamorous historic building sheathed in a chic, modern glass shell. Keep reading…