Posts tagged Takoma Park
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Takoma plan addresses resident objections; is it better?
A plan to build some transit-oriented development at Takoma Metro has been in the works since 2000. After a lull of at least 5 years, it’s back on the front burner. Developer EYA has devised a totally new plan that may address the objections neighbors raised to the previous plan last decade. Keep reading…
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Montgomery announces new bikeshare locations
Late this summer, Capital Bikeshare will expand into Montgomery County with 51 stations and 500 bikes. County officials have released maps of where they hope to put the stations, and they will hold meetings later this month to talk about the new service. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Youth today
Drive less; Tech, don’t drive; The youth vote; Fire on the train; Height limit heats up; Taxis pass those with disabilities; We will bury you!; Phase 2 builder selected; Korean Embassy offers up land; And…. Keep reading…
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Ride shows the need to expand Montgomery’s bike network
Capital Bikeshare could come to Montgomery County this year, along with an influx of new riders. It’s time to look at how to improve the county’s bike network. To do so, a group of 20 bicyclists took to the streets of Silver Spring and Takoma Park last Saturday on a 5-mile ride organized by myself and the Montgomery County Sierra Club. Last summer, I began working with… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Track worked
A good weekend to bike; Saved from the tracks; No one wants the middle seat; Move Constitution Avenue?; The rent really is damn high; DC gov employees will get fatter paychecks; Cuccinelli won’t repeal VA transpo funding; Ride Montgomery for Earth Day; Share with brotherly love. Keep reading…
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Capital Bikeshare needs more bike lanes to work in MoCo
Capital Bikeshare will expand into Montgomery County next year, but bicycling advocates say the infrastructure isn’t ready for it. If the county’s serious about making bikeshare work, they need to make bicycling safe and comfortable as soon as the first bikes are out. This week, the Washington Area Bicyclist Association and MoBike recommended that almost 20… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bound to happen
Where the rubber meets the road; No Alexandria streetcar?; 2 candidates announce; Improve before CaBi; More taxes, please; Passenger could reopen after a ride; Someone’s listening; Toll debt; And…. Keep reading…
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Montgomery’s fake cul-de-sacs don’t solve traffic woes
Concerned about through traffic, many neighborhoods in Montgomery County have closed off their once-connected streets. But the costs of a quiet street might outweigh the benefits. Montgomery County neighborhoods, like many in North America, generally fall into two categories: those with cul-de-sacs, and those without. Before World War II, and for a little while afterwards,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast Links: Tall enough?
House talks height; Food trucks come to Takoma Junction; McMillan plan green enough?; Another development on 14th; Atlanta’s mass transit at risk; Houston goes green; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Taxis and corruption
Council passes taxi bill, spares Uber; Harris pleads guilty; Bring more power lines underground?; Amtrak eyes larger Union Station; Designing smaller apartments; Map DC’s abandoned bicycles; Takoma Park mulls municipal power company; And…. Keep reading…