Posts tagged Montgomery
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The dilemma for young people in Montgomery County
You’re a Millennial working in Montgomery County. You want to be close to work, but you also want to be close to the action. Can you find both here? Sort of. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Deadly fire in Silver Spring
Silver Spring up in flames; Bike lanes? ANC says no thanks; How to make office parks work; Purple still pushing along; Columbia Heights on crime; Another MetroAccess assault; No PAC bump; Can’t contain shipping container homes; And…. Keep reading…
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This suburban house is big, cheap, and ripe for innovation
Suburban building types like McMansions and strip malls are often derided for being cheap and disposable. But those things also make them great place for innovating in food, music, or even technology. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro’s mediocre maintenance
FTA says Metro not on track; New SafeTrack shutdown; Pedestrian access around Pepco; Evicted for nonpayment, or redevelopment?; Micro-units on a macro-budget; The case for granny flats; Tokyo’s housing solution; Some terrible bus stops; Washington area takes the gold; Transportation takes the gold … in emissions. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Gymnastics, diving, and urban planning?
Planning’s Olympic moment; Not the usual Fairfax news; Orange you going to resign; Blind referee’s Purple call; Streetcar’s expectations exceeded; Nursing home sale fallout; The price of walkability; Art before development; Help for MoCo parents; Pokémon’s location bias; Boon for boomer landlords. Keep reading…
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These detours will help you bike during Montgomery County’s SafeTrack closures
As part of Metro’s sixth SafeTrack surge, trains are single tracking between Silver Spring and Takoma. To help those who use those two stations as well as the ones north of Silver Spring, Montgomery County has laid out a bike route that takes riders to the West Hyattsville Metro station, where trains are operating normally. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The worst bus stop in America?
This bus stop is awful; A new home for Metro?; Now you can connect; Passengers prevail over cargo; Mega-wide Pike; Road revisions; More TOD for Reston; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Step back, doors closing (early)
Goodnight, Metro; More bus bays coming; SafeTrack chief speaks; Sunny days ahead; Slowing traffic slowly; If you build it, will they come?; Children can’t play; Contentious cranium; Term limits?; Brake for Bigfoot. Keep reading…
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You can help shape Silver Spring’s urban future
Silver Spring isn’t a city, but it faces the challenges of one. Its Citizens Advisory Board, which advises the Montgomery County Council, has eight empty seats. If you want to help shape Silver Spring, from how it grows to how people get around, joining the board is the best way. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Yuuuge wall
“Trump’s [Purple] wall”; Make buses great again; SafeTrack’s challenge; When Metro was cool; Bethesdensity; Protesting a bad offer; Solution for vacant office space?; Uneven job growth; And…. Keep reading…