Posts tagged Ike Leggett
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Leggett doesn’t agree with his own DOT?
Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett doesn’t agree with his own administration’s policies, or at least that’s what he said in his responses to a questionnaire by the Action Committee for Transit. ACT asked, Do you approve or disapprove of County traffic engineers’ current policy of giving equal priority on the road to autos that carry a few… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Building near Metro
Southwest becoming more livable, walkable; Will Grumman be near Metro? Does Leggett know Metro exists?; Tickets getting overturned. Problem?; Battle of the colors; Next up, bottles?; Too much preservation in NYC?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rolling backward
No more rollback; Anti-transit GOP; Not another parking lot; Parking full, no Metro for you; Farmers markets may become accessible to poor; Bixi pix; Leggett again chooses against walkability. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Empty parking, screw peds and bikes
We told you so, New York; College Park-ing still a failure; Mean parking lots; Just coal for pedestrians, bikers; Who needs to maintain bikeways? Not Montgomery; NIMBY, literally; Massive widenings are expensive, even in Tysons; Future Amtrak: Wireless, yummier, and more annoying. Keep reading…
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Leggett wants direct pedestrian paths except when they’d interfere with traffic
Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett’s isn’t giving up on proposals for an anti-urban skybridge connecting the Silver Spring library to a parking garage. This past weekend, Leggett unveiled concept sketches for the new library at Wayne Avenue and Fenton Street. It strongly evokes images of “an open book,” along with large glass windows said… Keep reading…
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Leggett’s growth vision is not smart at all
The twin plans of Gaithersburg West and White Flint, both currently under consideration in Montgomery County, provide a rare opportunity to compare elected officials’ responses to Smart Growth infill plans and sprawl development plans. The White Flint plan would convert the mess of strip malls along that segment of Rockville Pike into a real, transit-oriented, walkable neighborhood. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Montgomery County follies
Pushback on the Gaithersbungle; Examiner bores into Medical Center tunnel; Leggett: Walkable places bad if they interfere with driving; Faster than driving; What women want (in bike infrastructure); Bloody Monday for pedestrians. Keep reading…
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Gaithersbungle, part 8: They know it’s a turkey
This week, the Montgomery County Council will hold two hearings on the Gaithersburg West Science “City” development plans. The Council will decide whether to accept huge sprawl office parks with a slow bus under the guise of “walkable transit-oriented development.” Officials from the Planning Board to the County Executive can see the giant flaws, but… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Newer, faster, fairer, calmer
New New Carrollton; High-speed VRE; Now a fairer land for peds; Lawyers calmer, slimmer in Reston; Bixi in Boston; Not a free parking space; Strike! BART to shut down Monday; Amtrak ridership off highs. Keep reading…
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Leggett: “Isolating revenue” via special districts is bad, unless for parking
Psychological research has shown that people’s brains naturally respond to arguments that support our point of view, but reject almost identical arguments if applied to issues where we disagree. That’s why Democrats think Republicans are hypocrites, and Republicans think the same of Democrats. This also applies to policies about prioritizing walkable versus… Keep reading…