Posts tagged Montgomery
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Breakfast links: Fines and transit fights
Back on track, sort of; Railroad is public; Giant fines for snow fouls; Snowblind technology; The Snojo Nnamdi Show; Crime is crime; Maglev madness; DC’s streetcar past; Bike to bicycle kicks; FHWA fickle on fonts. Keep reading…
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There’s a new group opposing a more urban Bethesda
Montgomery County is working on a new master plan for downtown Bethesda that would promote continued development and might allow the population to increase from 7,210 today to over 18,000. But a group of people who oppose urbanization are gearing up to fight it. Keep reading…
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Silver Spring is getting a new protected bikeway
Montgomery County has been stepping up its seriousness when it comes to building bike infrastructure. Next up? Silver Spring’s first protected bikeway. Keep reading…
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NIH 2015: Growing without adding parking is “impossible.” NIH 2016: Okay, it’s possible.
The National Institutes of Health won’t add any new parking spaces to its campus after all. After saying “high-ranking scientists” were too important to take transit or carpool, NIH leaders have seen the error of their ways and modified the master plan to cap the parking. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Dividing and conquering
Scary separation; Theft during robbery crackdown; Purple Line plowing ahead; More options for biking downtown; Right spot in Reston?; Walking toward Silver; Office parks go obsolete; Population density around the world. Keep reading…
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This futuristic concept for the Bethesda station entrance has an even more futuristic Metro map
Imagine that one day the Bethesda Metro station’s entrance could look like this. Then look closely at that Metro map and imagine that we could have all of the extra, nonexistent Metro lines it shows. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Are you ready to ride?
DC Streetcar opening February; Not in your backyard; A dedicated rowing lane; Fight Baltimore’s blight; Reston speed bump; Walk dangerously; The math on housing policy; Wi-Fi in the City; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Here we go again
Chaos in ANC 5D; Mayor’s first year; Alexandria’s new mayor; Paid leave for MD?; Another tragedy; MTP to tackle bad behavior; New park plans; End to a deadly year; Self-destructive housing advocates; Less talk, more action. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not so grand
Vision 1000?; Housing heats up; Where Lyft takes you; The eggcellent Echo; Winter riding; Math fail; Forget shiny noses; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Wait until spring
Bus lane delays ahead; Bridge bummer; Show me the data; Office park makeover; Rhode Island Avenue revs up; Ashburn advances; Stranded in the South; Signs signs. Keep reading…