Posts tagged Montgomery
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Breakfast links: Honoring Barry
Barry memorial set; Gray invokes Barry in land swap; Drop the tolls?; Streetcar Fallout; No taxes for providing parking; What will be DC’s High Line?; New tech at airports; And…. Keep reading…
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Montgomery throws more money at unneeded parking
Montgomery County is about to spend tens of millions of dollars on a 395-space parking garage in Wheaton, even though more than 500 parking spaces sit empty in a Metro garage a block away. The new garage would sit northwest of the Metro station, beneath a mixed-use development that will house several county agencies along with retail stores and 200 apartments. The county will own… Keep reading…
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“Road Code” bill will make Montgomery County’s urban streets more ped and bike friendly
Tomorrow, the Montgomery County Council will vote on Bill 33-13, a road code bill that will set a new standard for urban streets. If passed, the bill will make streets narrow, give them pedestrian bumpouts and bike lanes, and set a speed limit of 25 mph when they pass through urban areas. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: We can’t have nice things
No density; Let them ride the bus; No Reeves swap, no deal?; What’s coming for bikes; Bazinga! GGW parking nerds; Arlington seeks more retail; Mobility may not be affordable; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Sports, sports everywhere
Bowser for soccer, not swap; Empty penthouse promise?; MNCPPC on the move; A flood of flood protection need; When to go for turkey; Inclusionary zoning lags; Not forfeit. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Next stop?
Surface rail is on shaky ground; Will Reeves remain?; Reverends for rain gardens; Take down a parking lot; Busboys to Anacostia; Cycletracks safer for peds; Bell tolls for toll roads; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Peel back the ground
Big ideas for Smithsonian; Plowing snow in bike lanes; Bike safety bill delayed; More bike lanes, more bicyclists; Vacant lots for sale; CCT worry; Triwizard Tournament; Why the bag fee works; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Helping with housing
Housing homeless vets; IZ is creating housing; Potomac faces threats; Negligence going down; Paper slowing down streetcar; Purple brings the green; Woodmont Plaza gets a makeover; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Barriers to entry
Concert closures; No kids around the office; Lane block; For the birds; Transportation on the table; ICC complete; Suburban crawl; Buses vs. “neighborhood feel”; And…. Keep reading…
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Montgomery County’s BRT challenge: Getting it right
Montgomery County is starting to plan the specific details for the 81-mile Bus Rapid Transit project county leaders approved last year. Its success will depend heavily upon whether the current wide, fast roads stay that way and just get bus lanes added on, or whether they become pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly boulevards that welcome transit riders and respond to community needs. Keep reading…