Posts tagged Riverdale Park
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Behold how the Purple Line corridor is changing
When built, the Purple Line could dramatically improve transit commutes in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties. To explore that and other changes the line will bring, researchers created a series of maps including this one of the “commute shed” of each Purple Line station, or how far you can get on transit before and after it’s built. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Objection!
The Green Mile; Access issues; Northern Virginia drives statewide growth; Plan Orange for Walmart site; Local news coverage takes a hit; Get your hands off your money; Death of a mall; Police blame bikes; Can you get to DHS HQ?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Building communities
Neighborhoods reflect disparities; DC’s first mixed-income redevelopment; Placemaking builds community; Trolley Trail connected; Public-private partnerships hit roadblocks; A glow-in-the-dark bike path; Demand, meet supply; And…. Keep reading…
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What about an infill Metro station at the Cafritz property?
Prince George’s County recently approved a new town center in Riverdale Park that will have the county’s first Whole Foods. This might be a good location for a new Metro station as well. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The shutdown continues
DC workers essential; Shutdown costs Metro revenues; Shutdown shutters tourist sites; DC has an app for that; Cafritz project moves forward; NVTA can use taxes; DC passes solar bill; DC hotels check into bikes. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: At least something’s working
More metro escalators are working; Cuccinelli to defend funding source for Silver Line; PG County Whole Foods project still faces challenges; Washington area bike thefts on the rise; Bait Bikes PR stunts?; Challenge to Alexandria’s redevelopment dismissed; Chuck Brown Park needs art; No bike or dock blocked?. Keep reading…
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Purple Line stations will range from simple to iconic
As Maryland moves forward with planning for the Purple Line, station designs are being released. They range from simple sidewalk shelters at the smaller stations to landmark aerial cylinders at Silver Spring and Riverdale Park. Here are 6 renderings, illustrating the range of designs. Keep reading…
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Morning links: Cut off at the tracks
“Vogon” road planning in White Flint; No road to physics; Why NextBus is often wrong; Examiner felt Post too empathetic; Walgreener than ever; How Walgreens could fit in Del Ray; More MoCo plans; Vehicular cyclists fight bike lane. Keep reading…
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Ride the 82 streetcar from 5th & G to Branchville
Thanks to video posted on YouTube, we can take a historic ride on the DC Transit 82 streetcar line from 5th & G (near what is now WMATA headquarters) all the way to the Branchville neighborhood of College Park. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Give permission
New WH CoS not “allowed” to bike?; Legalize cohabitation in VA; VA reps don’t want tolls; Passengers stuck on train; Add a signal at 16th and Colesville; Hannity discovers old overgeneralizations; Chicago will do BRT; And…. Keep reading…