Posts tagged Montgomery County
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Don’t segregate Montgomery voters into urban and rural
Two competing maps have emerged for redistricting Montgomery County’s 5 council districts. One keeps the lines similar to today’s, while another creates a single district for all rural areas and one for all inside-the-Beltway communities, which would be a very bad idea. Keep reading…
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Montgomery planners work to find biking hot spots
Planners in Montgomery County are working to determine how to best accommodate bicyclists as the county continues to grow. They’ve created a tool known as a “heat map” to figure out the best places to invest in bike infrastructure. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Greater greater Maryland
Curfew alternative in Montgomery; Election free-for-all; Take a bus to the show; Soccer field a key goal; Angelou objects to King paraphrase; Ward 8 wants construction jobs; Henderson vs. parents; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Trouble with nonprofits
Not that type of service; Tighter rules for nonprofits?; Bikeshare in Bethesda?; Improve a small triangle; New faces around Gray; Georgetown ANC drama continues; Greater Washington is majority minority; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Mixed news for pedestrians
Car chase on foot; Walking safer in MoCo; People like to tweet on 9 mph streets; Illegal to let a kid bike to school; Bike sharing IS transit; NNMC getting more parking; Watch where you swim; Skyland delays test patience; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Count ourselves lucky
Irene’s aftermath; MLK memorial a “failure”?; MoCo may criminalize criminality; Dry tavern goes dark; Fairfax planning Silver Line parking; Tourism trumps education in Richmond; MetroAccess drivers tired of long hours; And…. Keep reading…
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Some seek alternatives to proposed Montgomery curfew
A controversial curfew is proposed for teens in Montgomery County. Many community members are clamoring for something to be done about unruly teens, but the debate has also focused on alternatives. Last night, community members on both sides of County Executive’s proposed youth curfew spoke out at a contentious meeting hosted by the Silver Spring Citizens Advisory… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Unifying Union Station
Streetcar will open mid-2013; Columbus Plaza getting fixed, finally; Tweet for DC voting rights; Nowhere to put a bike at MLK; Brown would consider tax hike; Alexander faces more challengers; Is photography a constitutional right?; And…. Keep reading…
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Zombie road rises from the dead in upcounty Montgomery
Montgomery County DOT has resurrected an expensive and environmentally destructive extension of Mid-County Highway in Gaithersburg from a dotted line on a 1960’s map. Codenamed M-83, the highway would waste scarce money from the county’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP), destroy valuable parkland and wetlands, take people’s property, and… Keep reading…
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Is disability parking necessary at sites without parking?
New buildings near transit hubs can often be built without parking. But that can leave mobility-impaired visitors and employees with poor access. A new courthouse in Rockville, built without any parking, is drawing the ire of some for not including disability parking spaces. On August 1, Montgomery County celebrated the opening of a brand new judicial center in Rockville. Keep reading…