Posts tagged Tod
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Breakfast links: Veterans
Thank you, veterans; Post not local enough; Fairfax court goes light on speeding, DUI; Efficient transit = expensive housing?; Restonians want less Silver Line TOD; 3 townhouses won’t be parking; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Backtrack
Setback for TOD in New Carollton; Parkmobile sorry for politicizing fee hike; Spend it all; Parking in the wrong places; Bikes should continue to LEED; OP has OPinions; Trolley museum wants you; Free transit hits Europe; Sandy aftermath in NY. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Contested transportation
GMU pushes sprawl some more; ANC agrees to no parking; Arlington candidates cold on streetcar; Graham vs. WMATA ethics; Got 11 cars?; TOD underway, awaits transit; Expanded transfers expands bus service; And…. Keep reading…
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Controversial Prince George’s TOD bill still on fast track
Prince George’s County Councilmember Mel Franklin is still trying to exempt most development projects within a half-mile of transit stations from public meetings and site plan review. Unfortunately, his second hurried attempt at the legislation does not fix the problems which sparked outcry from community and smart growth activists. Franklin is placing his… Keep reading…
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Could less review bring walkable TOD to Prince George’s?
Some Prince George’s County Council members want to make it easier to develop around the county’s transit stations with a pair of bills that would streamline approvals. But communities and smart growth advocates fear the bills would just encourage more of the unwalkable development that has been all too common near the county’s Metro stations in the past. Council… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Atone
The mind is the root of bike hate; Memorial gets too much life; Goodbye, Greyhound terminal; PG wants more TOD; Inaugurate freedom for DC; Trees aren’t whole story; Railgate to the Metrodome; Paris wants genuine residents; And…. Keep reading…
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Prince George’s hospital site starts and stops with Metro
Prince George’s County and Maryland leaders say that bringing jobs to the areas around Metro stations is one of their top priorities. They can follow through on this promise by making sure that the $600 million regional medical center planned for the county lands at a Metro site. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Making plans
A new library; A Ward 7 Walmart; More CaBi for Arlington; WMATA hires in planning and development; Maryland sees crime rate fall; Don’t “like” new Facebook HQ; Dresden rolls out longest bus; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Delayed service
More streetcars, maybe late; Can you hear me now?; Golf course to buildings?; The man who’d fix Southwest; Safer than that; @Bikeshare gets 5 stars; NY (heart) biking; And…. Keep reading…
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“Transit-oriented” development plans are meaningless without transit
In Clarksburg’s Master Plan, the Montgomery County town is a transit-oriented community. But in reality, Clarksburg is a transit-lacking community, because the county government has not supported transit. Construction has begun in Cabin Branch, Clarksburg’s first development west of I-270. Cabin Branch is 535 acres approved for 1,886 houses, 500 senior… Keep reading…