Posts tagged Planning
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Breakfast links: American Legion Bridge future uncertain on its 60th anniversary
The American Legion Bridge faces an uncertain future at age 60. “NOAA’s ARC” measures the Washington region’s greenhouse gases and air pollution. Office building near Innovation Center Metro station could become an apartment building. Keep reading…
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Farm fresh: A firsthand account of how Montgomery County’s Agricultural Reserve works
What is the Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve? How does it preserve viable farmland and rural resources and channel dense growth to other areas of the county? Keep reading…
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Best of 2022: Nearly 1,400 multifamily units planned for Friendship Heights, heralding change for a neighborhood struggling with vacant retail
After many troubled years, Friendship Heights is set to rise again, with several new developments in progress.
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Best of 2022: Five crashes, over $100,000 in damages, and no answers
The growing costs of one Richmond property in the line of poorly designed roads and bridges echoes concerns nationwide on vehicle crashes into buildings. Keep reading…
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Best of 2022: Mapping the Washington region’s activity centers
A Brookings Institution senior research assistant explains how they labeled and mapped the Washington region in their recent study of the nation’s activity centers. Keep reading…
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Best of 2022: Here are MDOT’S 7 possible alternatives for the North-South Transit Corridor in Baltimore
The Maryland Transit Administration has released 7 North-South Baltimore transit alternatives for review. Here they are at a glance. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: “Ghost buses” won’t haunt riders anymore
WMATA says “ghost buses” will be a problem of the past. New maps show which MoCo neighborhoods had racial restrictions. Potomac River could one day be designated safe for swimming. Keep reading…
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National links: The case against fare-free transit
What are the costs of free transit and are they worth it? How electric vehicles are not the broad-stroke solution to climate change. How can we better sense our environment? Keep reading…
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A one-building quest to undelete suburban DC history
This Prince George’s County Pizza Hut sparks a quest and conversation about the erasure of suburban places. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro pushes back Potomac Yard station opening to next May
The new Potomac Yard Metro Station is slated to open in May. View your neighborhood’s climate impact with this interactive map. Alexandria bus usage doubled with free bus initiative. Keep reading…