Posts tagged Montgomery
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To rehab part of the Red Line, Metro will close it for 14 weekends
Get ready for major construction along the Metrorail Red Line. Starting in the summer of 2016, WMATA will close portions of the Red Line between Friendship Heights and Grosvenor for 14 weekends, including one stretch of at least 7 consecutive weekends. The good news is that in exchange for all those closures, Metro will complete a whole cadre of major rehabilitation projects… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Affordable housing
Affordable housing debate; What affordable housing?; No more Half Street; Closing sidewalks in Bethesda; “Woods” against the bus; Cycling incidents go down; America’s changing suburbs; Metro pedestrian bridge coming in January; And…. Keep reading…
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This dying strip mall could be the next Mosaic District
Over the past few years, retail developer Edens has transformed a gritty wholesale market and a suburban multiplex into trendy retail destinations. Their next redevelopment project, a dying strip mall in Burtonsville, might be a little more challenging. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Public housing redevelopment
A new neighborhood in Brentwood; Empty in Anacostia; FBI not near the Metro?; Flat is where it’s at; Cheh wants Uber legal; Minimum wage to $8.40; Purple Line OK in Bethesda?; Buses to the curb, please; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stay safe
“Intersection of Doom” improves; Streetcar safety for students; FBI for statehood; DHS HQ a go; Public finance for MoCo campaigns; Penn Ave, AdMo are great; MARTA on the upswing; Preposterous Purple Line posturing; And…. Keep reading…
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How a road in White Flint is like a ski area
White Flint’s master plan calls for a pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly road. The Montgomery County DOT (MCDOT) is disregarding that plan and says it can only build such a road once traffic declines. That’s a backward way to look at changing travel patterns. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New service
Strong start for Silver; Streetcars around the corner; DC police to wear body cameras; Who is Peter May?; Alexandria bike lanes opposition; How to make Ward 5 bikeable; How to build a cycletrack; And…. Keep reading…
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MetroExtra could come to Columbia Pike in Montgomery County
Columbia Pike between Silver Spring and Burtonsville is one of the region’s busiest bus corridors, but is prone to delays and crowding. Metro is studying improvements that could make the service faster and more reliable, making it a trial of sorts as Montgomery County considers Bus Rapid Transit for that corridor. The Z Metrobus lines, made up of the Z2, Z6, Z8, Z9, Z11,… Keep reading…
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Montgomery DOT ignores promises to the community and sabotages the White Flint plan
When the White Flint Sector Plan was adopted in 2010 after years of collaboration between residents, property owners, county officials, and civic leaders, it was hailed as a triumph of responsible, sustainable development. Now, county engineers are poised to undo years of work by pushing through a road design that does not include any of the elements the plan promised the community. Keep reading…
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On Car-Free Day, residents yearn for the Purple Line
Yesterday was Car-Free Day. For many residents of Montgomery County, it will be a lot easier to make important trips without a car when the Purple Line is built. University of Maryland student Sareana Kimia live-tweeted her two-bus commute from Rockville to the College Park campus and compared it to what her commute would be like with the planned light rail line from Bethesda to… Keep reading…