Posts tagged Montgomery
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“Let’s use this space!” say mysterious signs around Silver Spring’s unfinished transit center
While repair work continues on the Silver Spring Transit Center, the entire block around it remains roped off. On Friday morning, big signs appeared asking to turn the space into a temporary park. Keep reading…
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Shepherd Park neighbors tell car2go users to stay out
While car2go is mostly limited to the District, more and more users live in surrounding areas, and often leave their cars at the edges of the city. One resident of an adjacent DC neighborhood warned car2go drivers to stay away in this note: Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Democracy in action and inaction
Speed cameras all the time; No democracy at Eastern Market; Slow down Maryland Ave; Gas delays green street; Hillandale yellin’ over Yellen guards; Georgetown could lose gas stations; Where do the embassies go?; More tickets in bike lanes; Crashes are deadlier than war; And…. Keep reading…
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It’s a little harder to pay for parking in Montgomery County
Montgomery County’s limited options for paying for parking, besides using piles of quarters, shrank some more yesterday, as the county announced it will not longer support popular Parking Meter Cash Keys. Keep reading…
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Maryland SHA needlessly draws community ire with poor Georgia Avenue Bus Rapid Transit options
Last November, Montgomery County passed a master plan envisioning high-quality Bus Rapid Transit on its eight busiest corridors. Unfortunately, Maryland officials are pushing to design BRT in an unreasonable way that would harm the community along the route, and have unnecessarily stirred up opposition to BRT as a result. The Maryland State Highway Administratrion (SHA)… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Home sweet home no more?
Residents could lose homes; Shotgun housing; Unaffordable housing; NoRamp for NoMA?; Need more human enforcement; Parking problems in the future?; Living up to his name; Fund is temporarily trusty again; And…. Keep reading…
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Casey Anderson is Montgomery’s new Planning Board chair
Montgomery County’s new Planning Board chair will be Casey Anderson, a strong advocate for growing the county’s urban areas and improving its transit network. The County Council voted 8-1 to appoint him this morning. An attorney who lives in Silver Spring, Anderson has been a community activist on smart growth, transit, and bicycling issues, previously serving… Keep reading…
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Morning bell: Report on school discipline prompts legislation and yields some surprises
Ease up on preschoolers: Reacting to a recent report on school discipline from the Office of the State Superintendent of Education, DC Councilmember David Grosso introduced a bill that would prohibit DCPS and charter schools from expelling or suspending pre-kindergarteners. (Post) Keep reading…
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Morning bell: Progress and delay on the special education front
Special ed legislation advances: The DC Council’s Education Committee unanimously approved legislation that would speed the delivery of services to children with disabilities. The full council will vote on it in the fall. (Post) Keep reading…
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To turn this Silver Spring street around, one building owner put in fake stores
For years, the ground-floor shops at the Guardian Building in downtown Silver Spring have sat empty. To lure new tenants, the building’s owner brought the space to life with fake storefronts. Keep reading…