Posts tagged Tod
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Afternoon links: Stand up and…
Be counted; Meet in public; Get off the road, mate; WMATA’s “TOD nerd”; Pie in the Skyland?; Size matters; Federal government to John Cook: You’re wrong. Keep reading…
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Metro beats BART with suburban transit-oriented jobs
Planners from San Francisco’s SPUR recently visited Greater Washington to find out how Metrorail compares to BART. They found that our strong transit-oriented development at suburban stations has led to greater transit use and higher farebox recovery rates. According to their article, the two cities’ systems, while built at similar times with similar technology,… Keep reading…
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Parking garage not the answer for Cleveland Park
Election season must be getting underway. Councilmember Mary Cheh (Ward 3), normally a strong proponent of Smart Growth, has proposed spending public money to build a parking garage in Cleveland Park. Despite having a Metro station in the middle of its commercial corridor, some local merchants and visitors want to see a parking garage built in this walkable section of Connecticut… Keep reading…
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Superblocks near Metro, Part 1: Prince George’s
Sprawl development comes with many impersonal, mobility-limiting, traffic inducing accouterments. Seven lane roads, grass berms, curb cuts, enormous setbacks, corporate drive-thru fast food restaurants, strip malls… the list is long and ugly. But perhaps the most basic symptom of poorly thought-out suburban planning is in the street grid: the superblock. Superblocks… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stalled and crashing, but not burning
Pie in the Skyland; ACT calls out MoCo DOT; More top ten, this time in Maryland; Steps toward TOD; A nickel and two dimes to save commuters time; Crash course. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Neighborhoods speaking up
Libraries + architecture + DC gov = controversy; Scattershot humps no longer; H Street shuttle saved; Metro didn’t “bar” inspectors, but just said yes very slowly?; Transit-oriented concrete plant; Warner suggests BRAC congestion pricing; Cargo without the car. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Sharing is caring
DC close to deal with Bixi?; Rent out your car (in Baltimore); Half of highway costs are subsidized; Taxi discrimination confirmed; The secret, deadly crosswalk; Broke? Add more lanes anyway!; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Parking and/or central Maryland
Check the foundation first please; Champlain Street lane open; Floating houses, underground parking; Don’t take a taxi to work; “Dundalk pays, Potomac plays”; Street-facing, and retail, but not street-facing retail; Dorsey-Oriented Tunnel. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Consequences of distracted driving, biking
Texting not stopping; Cost of phoning while driving: $1.25M; That mean Mall; Philly cracks down on cyclists; FTA recognizes people bike to transit; Good development, too much parking?; The need to cover Tweed; Another Metro suicide. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Transit in your city and on your phone
Streetcars4NoVA; NextBus on your BlackBerry; NTSB wants hearings; Transit? Not for these elected officials; Not just one way for Laurel; MetroWest still on the horizon; The Chevy Chase parking force. Keep reading…