Posts tagged Sprawl
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National links: More biking in Atlanta
Atlanta’s investing a ton of money in bike infrastructure, the negative effects of racist housing policies haven’t gone anywhere, and sprawl is costing commuters big time. Check out what’s happening around the country in transportation, land use, and other related areas! Bike lanes for Atl: The Atlanta Regional Commission has approved $1 billion dollars… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Safety and SafeTrack alternatives
No stop as yield in DC; A promenade for who?; VRE as a SafeTrack alternative; CaBi key fobs on the spot; One-way Zipcar; Farewell parking, hello mixed-use; No charges in Alexandria crash; The cost of sprawl. Keep reading…
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Montgomery County isn’t really waging war against suburbia
Some Montgomery County residents are accusing county officials of waging a “war against suburbia.” But the county isn’t coming for your single-family house, no matter who tells you otherwise. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro issues old and new
Tragedy averted; Automation issues; WMATARU’s fatal flaw; Make Van Ness great again; Delivery’s race factor; More pavement, more problems; HOV in BRT; Hold up at White Oak; Coming soon in NoMa. Keep reading…
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See how much more land is paved now than in 1984
In 2010, there was much more pavement covering more of the region than 26 years earlier. These images from the University of Maryland, highlighted by NASA’s Earth Observatory blog, show the change. $(window).load(function() { $(’#paving’).beforeAfter({ animateIntro : true, introDelay : 1000, introDuration : 1500, introPosition : .5, showFullLinks… Keep reading…
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Baltimore’s problem is sprawl, not a bad economy
The city of Baltimore has over 20,000 vacant row houses and 300,000 fewer residents than at its peak. Governor Larry Hogan recently announced funding to demolish whole blocks of them. A common narrative outside Baltimore is that the city is in collapse thanks to manufacturing jobs leaving, as in many Rust Belt cities. But that’s not the biggest problem. Suburbanization is. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Leaders speak up
Foxx says no to FRA; How to handle housing; PAC on ANC; Key Bridge rehab; Downtown parking changes; I-66 complaints; Hotel still happening; Street design, from above. Keep reading…
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Prince George’s zombie subdivisions need to die
Prince George’s County has a backlog of suburban-style subdivisions that were approved for construction years ago, but never built. Now, the county faces a choice: Let those projects live on and sap up demand, or cancel them so more urban developments can rise. Ever since 2009, the Prince George’s County Council has continually extended the approval periods for… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Spring forward
The SSTC, finally!; Crime keeps climbing; Stagnating rents; What’s next for White Flint; Cities bring safer cycling; Remembering Marion Barry; Make the peds pay; Houston, we have a solution; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Popping up
Ineffective rules; The rest is history; What access?; Montgomery steps up; Metro cuts will wait; Simple solutions; Remaking suburbs; And…. Keep reading…