Posts tagged Tod
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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: Biking for the win
Bike sharing helps close gender gap; Texas cities get it; Metro train kills student; MoCo pedestrian safety; Should DC listen to retailers?; Developer still thinks it’s TOD; HOT lane decision-making; And…. Keep reading…
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Freddie Mac downsizing is an opportunity for Tysons
While much of Tysons Corner is slated to become a new urban center, parts of the area will remain disconnected office parks for the foreseeable future. By planning for future demand and leveraging rising property values, Fairfax County can encourage more investment in the area and provide new public amenities, like improved transit. Last week, President Obama announced that… Keep reading…
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Montgomery nervous about density around Purple Line stops
This week, the Montgomery County Council reduced planned development in Chevy Chase Lake and recommended the same for Long Branch, both home to future Purple Line stations. Residents say new development will lead to traffic and, in Long Branch, gentrification. But making it harder to build around transit may make those issues worse. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: How well does it score?
Rate the TOD; Growth of a deaf-friendly neighborhood; Georgetown students for classical style; It’s style, not size, at McMillan; Development details; “End of Autopia”; Where the groceries are; Parking minimums in NYC; Sprawl and suicide?; And…. Keep reading…
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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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Breakfast links: Crash
Plane crashes; road crashes; Build over I-66?; Virginia fights over transportation; Reasons for congestion drops; Metro pulls up flowers; Some feds to Branch Avenue; Purple Line pieces; Hailo a cab soon; Will rents’ rise slow?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What you think about Metro
Metro gets good marks…; … but not from Hiatt; More Metro morsels; Survey also says; Bike bits; Transit-oriented Wegmans at Tysons?; Howard tax break dead?; Would living wage scare off Walmart?; Borderstan no more; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What Republicans don’t want
Republican for speeding; TIGER endangered; Foxx populi; Vote for the road, or else; Late night track work gets later; DCPS violating Title IX?; Park complex; Less default near public transit; And…. Keep reading…
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In 1854, TOD meant proximity to “omnibus”
Today, DC area real estate revolves around proximity to Metro. But transit-oriented development is nothing new here. 150 years ago, owners of boarding houses used access to the city’s omnibus lines to appeal to antebellum urbanists. This ad appeared in the Daily Evening Star on June 26, 1854. That year, 3 omnibus lines ran throughout Washington, serving the Capitol,… Keep reading…