Posts tagged Montgomery
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Breakfast links: Smoke pot in the snow
Marijuana is legal; Confusion; Necessary bike lanes; Break up with Bikeshare?; A new kind of bus; Cold never bothered them anyway; Girls, become transportation engineers!; Too little housing; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Montgomery for transit
No service cuts; Purple please; Legalization looms; Aiports less uber; Ped death leads to charges; Build for safety; Signs that work; See sprawl run; Jobs back downtown; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cash crunch in Maryland
A transportation guy; Purple money; Burlesque show in Chinatown?; On the waterfront; The College Park try; Towers in a park; Frozen; Not enough bikeways; Capitol Hill grinch; And…. Keep reading…
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Long Branch is primed for revitalization, but it needs the Purple Line to make it happen
For some neighborhoods, the Purple Line is more than a transit line. Without the Purple Line, revitalization might not happen in Long Branch, on the border of Silver Spring and Takoma Park. Long Branch has long been an immigrant hub. Tens of thousands of people from Central America, West Africa, the Caribbean and elsewhere have moved to the area in recent years, attracted by low-cost… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Catch a ride
Uber 1, taxis 0; Snow pricing; Someday, maybe; Empowerment or equality; Kid free DC; Key to bikeshare success; So long, team?; And…. Keep reading…
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How should Montgomery County fund and build Bus Rapid Transit?
Montgomery County needs to find a funding stream in order to make its Bus Rapid Transit happen, and county executive Ike Leggett is exploring the possibilities. One of them is an independent transit authority, and while that may still work, the county needs to both vet it more thoroughly and weigh other options. In late January, Leggett rolled out his initial vision for how to develop,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: After the snow
Snow sequel; More plows please; Air rights to Rosslyn?; Snow patrol; Mixed use might; Aging in place; Franklin fallout; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: No death spiral yet
No fare hikes today; Help for the homeless; Chevy Chase continues fight; Carpool express; The best for bikes; Walkblocked by snow; Maintain or expand transit?; Maintain or expand roads?; And…. Keep reading…
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Bethesda’s parking district is going broke while its most popular garage remains free
The fund that pays for parking garages in Bethesda may soon run out of money, Montgomery County officials say. The reason is simple: The county just built an expensive new garage, yet it continues to under-charge for parking on weekends. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rebuke
Money over culture?; Free our sidewalks; Downzoning going ahead; Safety steps; Slower growth in DC; Morning bell; How can Metro save energy?; And…. Keep reading…