Posts tagged Smart Growth
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Breakfast links: New laws
DC Council resumes work; How Downtown DC came to be; Let riders’ voices be heard; Customer value should drive Metrorail; Bike lanes don’t hurt retailers; A restart of sprawl?; Trees illegal in Georgia?; And…. Keep reading…
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Events roundup: talking, walking, and bicycling
This week, find out about WMATA’s plans for late-night bus service, DC’s becoming the bicycling capital of the US, improving multiple Metrobus routes, and later, go for a walk around Tysons to learn about the Silver Line’s impact. Could Metrobus run all night?: Tonight, the Action Committee for Transit hosts Jim Hamre, head of bus planning for WMATA, who’ll… Keep reading…
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How can Prince George’s grow in the right places?
At a recent town meeting, Prince George’s County planners asked where the county’s downtowns are. That meeting inspired me to think more broadly about where and how the county as a whole should grow in the coming years, which I look at in a new policy paper. Titled “Plan Prince George’s 2035: Thinking and Growing Smartly Downtown and Beyond,” … Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Sold!
Post gets sold; DCHA looks to redevelop HQ; Purple protests & support; Union an example for United?; Walk safe, pay attention; Next stop: Preservation; Cardboard cop cuts bike thefts 67%; The Vancouver model. Keep reading…
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Will “downtown” plan fix what ails Prince George’s?
Yesterday, I talked about how Prince George’s County planners want to create “downtown” areas around 2 or 3 of the county’s Metro stations. But will the county direct growth to the right places, and will this new policy actually discourage suburban sprawl? At a town hall meeting last Saturday, county planners presented 3 Metro stations, College Park,… Keep reading…
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Where is downtown Prince George’s County?
Prince George’s County has struggled to attract new development, especially around its Metro stations, but it also lacks a defined center. Over 300 residents and constituents gathered for a town hall meeting at the University of Maryland last Saturday to discuss potential locations for the county’s future “downtown.” The forum was the latest in… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Where and how the people go
People up, driving down; Baltimore wants to “poach” residents; Now white and black people lose rights; Bases get smart (growth); Metro intercoms sort-of-broken?; Is it gentrification?; Congress Heights needs food options; Fighting continues at Manassas; And…. Keep reading…
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Walking tour explores Fort Totten’s present and future
Development at Fort Totten has been slow despite access to 3 Metro lines, its close proximity to both downtown DC and Silver Spring, its access to the Metropolitan Branch Trail, its green space and its affordability. But as demand increases for housing in the District, this previously-overlooked neighborhood could become a hot spot. Last Saturday, the Coalition for Smarter… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bike stats and laws
CaBi survey roundup; Play on?; More bike bits; And the budget says…; Arts for business; Dan the man at GSA; Articulated buses hit their limit; See absurd parking; And…. Keep reading…
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PG planners propose bold new smart growth future
Prince George’s County has diverged from its smart growth goals, says the county Planning Board in a searing assessment. The board says residents have a choice: push for more transit-oriented development and walkable communities, or “be resigned to business as usual.” The board released a policy paper called How and Where We Grow as part of an update of the… Keep reading…