Posts tagged Gaithersburg
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MARC backs away from all-day service on Brunswick Line
In 2007, the Maryland Transit Administration proposed adding a third track to the MARC Brunswick Line, which could make it possible to have all-day, two-way service. With a recent plan update proposing less third track, it’s unlikely that this will ever happen. The 2007 MARC Growth and Investment Plan proposed a third track from Georgetown Junction in Silver Spring,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What sustainability looks like
Seven Maryland locales certified sustainable; Planners revise Clarksburg blueprint; Homeownership preserves affordability; Water taxis could be feasible; A forest grows in Detroit; Pittsburgh candidate opposes stadium; The 70-mile bike commute; Does communication technology impact cities?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Furloughcation over
Shutdown comes to a close; The post-shutdown commute; DC gets budget autonomy, sort of; A booze-filled shutdown; Amtrak stations not fully accessible; Coming to a Metro station near you; RFK Stadium parking lots going green?; Frederick Avenue corridor can’t sustain itself; And…. Keep reading…
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25 years later, what can we learn from New Urbanism?
It’s been 25 years since development started at Gaithersburg’s Kentlands, America’s first year-round new urbanist community. With a quarter century of experience under our belt, not to mention a major shift in American development patterns, what have we learned? When new urbanism hit the big time in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, central cities… Keep reading…
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Will Montgomery fund a new sprawl highway?
Montgomery County residents say the proposed Midcounty Highway between Gaithersburg and Clarksburg costs too much, cuts through sensitive park and agricultural land, and won’t solve the area’s traffic challenges. But will the county decide to build it anyway? Keep reading…
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It’s not the “end” of the suburbs, but a transition
A new book by Leigh Gallagher heralds “the end of the suburbs,” but it may just be a change in how people want to live and get around in suburban communities. Judging from new suburban developments happening in the DC area, that shift is already underway. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Sold!
Post gets sold; DCHA looks to redevelop HQ; Purple protests & support; Union an example for United?; Walk safe, pay attention; Next stop: Preservation; Cardboard cop cuts bike thefts 67%; The Vancouver model. Keep reading…
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Gaithersburg may start its own bus network
Gaithersburg is interested in starting its own local bus network, and will soon begin a feasibility study to consider whether that makes sense. Gaithersburg has a number of walkable areas, but they’re poorly connected by transit. Most of the bus lines are designed to get riders to Shady Grove Metro station, and they don’t come very often. A new system would be more… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Off to the races
Who won; Who’s running, leaving; Struck around the region; Church wants to move bike lane; Slow down in Arlington; Takoma TOD plan 2.0; Is artificial turf hazardous?; Fundrise: investment or donation?; On the calendar. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Where real estate’s hot or not
Poplar Point for FBI?; Building in Ballston; Howard makes dough from real estate; Upper I-270 not so hot; Transportation plan reactions; Cyclist’s life worth $140?; Good things come from bag fees; Graham under fire; 3 neat apps; And…. Keep reading…