Posts tagged Sha
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SHA avoids the T word in 270 reply
Back in the summer, after an outcry over the high $4 billion price tag for widening I-270, the Montgomery County Council decided to hold off on any decisions until it could get answers to a few little pesky questions. They asked the Maryland State Highway Administration to respond by early September, but SHA took until the end of last week to respond. Despite the long time frame, their… Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Real or fake?
We didn’t have our minds made up, we swear; Our mind was made up, but now it’s not; PG HHS?; Transit-oriented Wal-Mart?; Don’t be afraid of the Purple Line, UMD; News flash: Not a lot of room to park; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Crack the cycle
Metro mishaps; Researchers work on more accurate predictions; Pro-transit 270 letter making the rounds; Fruit is okay?; Stop the rage; The Franklin not-school; The Senate on infrastructure. Keep reading…
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For buses, faster is cheaper
Operating buses might be expensive because of maintenance, fuel, and labor costs, but there’s another enormous driver of cost: traffic. Our region’s buses spend a lot of time in traffic, burning fuel and paying drivers not to actually go anywhere. This also sets up a vicious cycle. If buses take longer to reach the ends of the lines, then they’re not ready to turn… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Standing alone
And then there was one; They’re called roadside stands for a reason; Go Saqib; Not another passive park?; A safer McLean; States not fixing it first; The condo paradox; Tweet of the day. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links II: Roads, rails and walls
Widening 270 is very bad for Baltimore; Yet another highway?; Game trains you to move cars above all; The people I used to be are ruining my neighborhood!; Riders not happy; Lynx links new riders to transit; And…. Keep reading…
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Montgomery groups attack 270 widening, criticize “false choice”
The Action Committee for Transit, Audubon Naturalist Society, 1000 Friends of Maryland, and the Coalition for Smarter Growth just issued a blistering press release criticizing the Montgomery County Planning Board’s recommendation to spend $4 billion to widen I-270 without even considering reasonable transit alternatives. Keep reading…
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Maryland SHA pushing stupid growth on Connecticut Avenue
As part of their proposals for BRAC-related infrastructure adjustments, the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) proposed adding an extra reversible lane on Connecticut Avenue between the Beltway and Manor lane. No matter the area, the state’s highwaymen continue floating more lanes as the solution to every problem, despite reversible lanes’… Keep reading…
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Floreen, Berliner vote to continue the cycle of sprawl and pollution
Yesterday, the Montgomery County Council’s Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment Committee voted to recommend Alternative 7, which would widen I-270 to 8 regular lanes and two or three reversible HOT lanes. Councilmembers Nancy Floreen (at-large) and Roger Berliner (Bethesda/Chevy Chase) voted for the option, while the third committee member, George… Keep reading…
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On Tuesday, Montgomery Council can avoid “ICC 2.0”
Montgomery County debated the Intercounty Connector for decades. Just as construction began, rising gas prices meant fewer people were driving, the economic crash bankrupted the State of Maryland, protecting our environment became even more urgent, and new research demonstrated the health hazards of freeways, which get worse the larger the road becomes. Today, most… Keep reading…