Posts tagged Montgomery
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A pro-sprawl movement surfaces in Montgomery County
Do urban living arrangements have no place in Montgomery County? Should the county favor automobile travel to the over other forms of transportation? An influential group of local activists say so. At a zoning hearing three years ago, former councilmember Rose Crenca declared, “When did we vote to change SUBURBAN to URBAN? For those who prefer an urban environment,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Gentrification and its discontents
Cui bono; Gentrification is an anomaly; Eminent domain for DC United?; What’s the opposite of a crime wave?; Bike safety stats; The fastest grower is…; McAuliffe likes lanes; Park(ing) shortage; 9/10 of the law; And…. Keep reading…
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Morning bell: Will charters pull more students out of DCPS?
More charter seats: The DC Public Charter School Board approved 3 new charter schools and is considering the expansion of two others, prompting some to ask if the Board should coordinate its planning with DCPS. (Post) Principals consider contract: DCPS has reached a tentative agreement with the union that represents school administrators, and it contains 3% annual raises… Keep reading…
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Events roundup: What do you want to tell the Park Service?
Do you have feedback for the National Park Service? For Arlington about transit or cycletracks? For Alexandria about a street in Del Rey Ray? Weigh in this week, plus a history lesson about the waterfront and walking tours all over the region. Town hall with NPS: Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton is convening a town hall meeting with leaders of the National Park Service in our… Keep reading…
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Morning bell: 60 years after Brown v. Board of Education, taking stock
Where to now for DC?: Although DC’s schools remain largely segregated, Colbert King says DC is right to focus on allocating resources to low-performing schools. But Sam Chaltain urges using school choice as a way to create more diversity. (Post; Of, By, For/Ed Week) Brown’s questionable legacy: De facto racial segregation has increased in schools in the Northeastern… Keep reading…
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Berliner presses for a transit alternative to Montgomery sprawl highway
Montgomery councilmember Roger Berliner (District 1) took an important step toward defeating plans for the costly and damaging Midcounty Highway and replacing it with transit. Berliner, who chairs the council’s Committee on Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and the Environment, sent a letter to County Executive Ike Leggett asking him to direct the Montgomery… Keep reading…
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DC’s daytime population is over a million
According to a US Census report, the District of Columbia’s daytime population, including commuters, swells to over 1,000,000. The difference between DC’s day and night populations is second greatest in the US. The report dates from 2010 so the numbers are surely a bit different today. With DC’s (then) nighttime residential population of 584,400, its… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Le Déluge
Bike To Work In The Rain Day; Did you bike?; How many bike, and who?; How to make a Dutch turn; Narrower is better?; Valet racking; Paint it red; Time for some shut-eye; Trolling for shrimp; Pays to be late; And…. Keep reading…
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A bridge closure suggests how bus lanes could affect traffic
Skeptics of Montgomery County’s proposal to put bus lanes on major roads fear it could make traffic worse. But a road closure on Route 29 to repair recent storm damage might offer a glimpse of our possible future. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Malign neglect
Public housing demolition by neglect; Homeless in DC; Intersection of less-certain doom; The price of control; Sticker shock; Brookland bidding war; Hide your cans; Until it goes “click”; And…. Keep reading…