Posts tagged Takoma
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Breakfast links: A scary ride?
Seeing red on the Red Line; How to be a bus rider; Union opts for re-training; Mixed-use outcry madness; MoCo’s land swap; Dog park drama; Gentrification of the sausage. Keep reading…
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A record number of people petitioned for a dog park at the Takoma Rec Center, but it’s still not happening
In December 2015, dog owners across Ward 4 submitted the largest petition ever to build a dog park in DC. But a small group of neighbors put up a big fight, and last week the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) made it official: no dog park. Here’s what happened. Keep reading…
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Whether you’re traveling from Virginia or Maryland, Capital Bikeshare isn’t just for short trips
People often rely on Capital Bikeshare for short, local trips. But not always; lots of times, they use the system to travel a little farther. These graphs show how often people use Capital Bikeshare to go between different groups of stations in the region and where exactly they travel to and from. Keep reading…
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It’s time to build housing at the Takoma Metro station
Metro has been trying for over a decade to spur development around the Takoma station in DC, but in the past, opposing neighbors and their elected officials have created years of delay. The project is ready to move forward again, and hopefully the cycle won’t repeat itself this time. What’s the problem? Since before the turn of the millennium, Metro has planned… Keep reading…
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These detours will help you bike during Montgomery County’s SafeTrack closures
As part of Metro’s sixth SafeTrack surge, trains are single tracking between Silver Spring and Takoma. To help those who use those two stations as well as the ones north of Silver Spring, Montgomery County has laid out a bike route that takes riders to the West Hyattsville Metro station, where trains are operating normally. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro madness
Check us out; Panic! at the Metro; Papal pressure; Walk for a change; The race is on; No crossing borders; Razor sharp; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Fits and starts
Alternative B; At the crossroads; Sick; Staying still; Seeing green; Ride hail; Park district; Don’t rank me; Sled on. Keep reading…
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Otherwise-progressive Maryland elected officials choose exclusion at the Takoma Metro
In our region, in 2014, shouldn’t building housing on top of Metro stations be an uncontroversial idea? To many people and elected officials in Takoma Park, that’s only tolerable as long as you add a very small number of residents and don’t build anything larger than surrounding buildings. This attitude ensures that housing costs stay high and many communities… Keep reading…
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Events roundup: Takoma, Braddock Road, and more
Beat this week’s summer heat by attending one of these (very likely) air conditioned events to stay cool. We have important hearings for mixed-use redevelopment projects at the Takoma and Braddock Road Metro stations, presentations on complete streets and BRT in Montgomery, a book talk, and much more. Public hearings on Metro station redevelopments: WMATA plans to… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Is the bar tender here?
This article was posted as an April Fool’s joke. Termites: the new face of gentrification?: Angry neighbors in Woodley Park argued with zoo keepers at a public meeting last night, saying that the African Termite mound at the zoo’s new insect exhibit is taller than what existing zoning allows. Silver line encounters another setback: Officials have discovered… Keep reading…