Posts tagged Silver Spring Transit Center
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Breakfast links: Money in Virginia
They literally have a bridge to sell you; Arlington still pays for HOT lanes; TOD or FBI eventually in Greenbelt?; Contractor defends concrete; Church tries to build housing; Win some, lose some; No more garden stores?; Too much stuff in urban parks?. Keep reading…
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Montgomery faces a hard decision with Bethesda tunnel
It’d be very expensive to keep the Capital Crescent Trail and the Purple Line in the same tunnel in Bethesda. The Maryland Transit Administration analyzed some options, but there is no silver bullet. The Montgomery County Council will have to make a tough choice between spending a lot of money or taking the trail out of the tunnel. The Capital Crescent Trail (CCT) runs in… Keep reading…
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New building raises Silver Spring’s urban design standard
Former Washington Post architecture critic Benjamin Forgey once said, “there are so many bad buildings in Silver Spring, it’s a hard place to do good.” Yet some architects and developers are trying to do better here. Last month, ground was broken on Eleven55 Ripley, a new residential complex in the Ripley District, located west of Georgia Avenue in downtown… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Turning the corner
How the Dutch became cyclists again; Exurban sprawl stopped; A tale of two high-speed rails; Metro deaths remain a mystery; Counties should help pay pensions; A Midtown facelift; Comments can be vicious; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: More about the Metro budget
WMATA to hire 1000; Bike lockers get cheaper; Sarles answers only some questions; Transit center delayed; Fairfax wants FBI; Grants push a better H Street; Herndon says no to roundabout; Poor kids miss play. Keep reading…
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Changes mean more Purple Line and trail grade-separation
Maryland’s MTA is removing the only grade-crossing between Silver Spring and Bethesda in its plans for the Purple Line. This will improve the experience of trail users on the adjacent Capital Crescent Trail and could improve reliability of the light rail line. Keep reading…
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Greater Greater Week in Review: May 8-14, 2011
If you can’t read Greater Greater Washington every day, you’ll still be able to catch all our posts at a glance with Greater Greater Week in Review. Featured posts: Architecture should create sense of place, not “flair”: Erik Weber wrote enthusiastically about two designs by the Mexican architecture firm of TEN Arquitectos. Pieces of flair are… Keep reading…
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Get to know the Silver Spring Transit Center
With construction well under way, Silver Spring’s new multimodal transit center is rising quickly from the ground. It seems a good time to share details of this important project. The new center will consolidate just about every mode of transit imaginable into a single station, to be named for former US Senator Paul Sarbanes. It will include: 34 bus bays for use by local, commuter,… Keep reading…
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Silver Spring superblocks should be broken up
Downtown Silver Spring has been championed for its revitalization and become a hub of transportation, commerce, and residential development. With every new building that goes up, the town becomes a little more walkable. Some areas, however, have yet to catch up. The Silver Spring Metro station is adjacent to two superblocks which break up the street grid and urban form. Superblocks… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Good Republican, Bad Democrat
Mara is in the race; Congressman wants to widen BW Parkway; Secure bike cage coming to College Park; 15-year-old pedestrian killed in PG; New Glenmont garage underway; Metro improvements delayed in MoCo; Keeping Columbia Pike affordable; McDonnell proposes teacher performance pay; And…. Keep reading…