Posts tagged Montgomery
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Breakfast links: Decisions, decisions
The future of the Purple Line; Tough decision on the streetcar; No more bus?; Got to go; Income inequality; Who will buy?; Not your grandma’s Ford; Q&A with APA; And…. Keep reading…
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Montgomery won’t make (some) businesses fund parking anymore
Builders in downtown Bethesda, Silver Spring, and Wheaton are now free to build as little parking as they want, without violating zoning rules or paying extra taxes. The change eliminates a major subsidy to driving and will help these suburban centers evolve into walkable urban areas. The new policy, enacted as part of the new county budget, is the result of the simpler, more modern… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stand by
The NTSB report is out; Not cool; Empty office parks; Goodbye, flag; Go fishing; Ahead of the curve; Elevate; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Step by step
Memorial walk; Metro’s stalled recovery; DC’s transportation experiments; Careful bike lanes; Recycling woes; Tiny apartments; Constant construction; The Pope is a planner?; Faded renewal; And …. Keep reading…
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Meet Ride-On Plus, the every-10-minute bus that may run on Route 355
Montgomery County is hoping a federal grant will jump-start its proposed BRT network with a new bus line on the county’s biggest main street, Route 355. If the grant comes through, the new “Ride-On Plus” won’t be full BRT, but will rather be a limited-stop route akin to WMATA’s MetroExtra. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Audits for all
On the clock; Don’t forget the buses!; Failure to communicate; “No” at any cost; Sidewalk cycling?; Finding the funding; Fair housing?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Short-sighted
Congress slights Metro; Lost in translation; Purple path; Imminent deal; Unlimited parking; Housing queue; Heating up; Land, call, ride; Clean up, clean up; And…. Keep reading…
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The Montgomery and Prince George’s Gazette will shut down
After nearly 60 years in production, the Gazette, a chain of weekly local newspapers in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties, will shut down in August. That means an area of over two million people won’t have a local newspaper. Post Community Media LLC, which owns the Gazette, announced the closure this morning at the Montgomery County edition’s… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Train trouble
Midday single-tracking and more; An open invitation; Bus blight?; Pot prohibitions stay in place; Waterfront woes; Affordable housing everywhere; Growing apart; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Goal for DC
United stays in DC; Fix it; Vote, Virginia!; DC Water on the river; See you in court; Red line not maglev; Not so fast; MoCo likes bikes; Come for the jobs; And…. Keep reading…