Posts about Development
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For Old Town infill, more is better
On Tuesday, Fairfax City heard a request by the developer of Ratcliffe Hall to downscale an already approved development near Old Town from 154 to 114 homes. The developer, Jaguar Homes, is also seeking to add 57 surface parking spaces. While the City Council and Planning Commission haven’t formally approved the request, the amendments will likely go through once Jaguar works… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Get transit-oriented
How about some Oriented Development with your Transit?; Maryland agencies to become more transit-oriented; City-dwelling car-loving writers riding transit; Inalienable right to get light poles moved?; School with safer routes; Now there were three against HOT lanes; People not so mad about ICC tolls. Keep reading…
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Imagine the Green Line to Fort Meade
On Monday night, Prince George’s County voted on its transportation master plan update, including a recommendation to extend the Green Line to Fort Meade. The master plan calls for creating, extending, or widening several highways throughout the county, greenfield development outside the Beltway, and some other Cold War-era fixes to Prince George’s transportation… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Anything for security
MARC will sniff your bags; Park Service reluctantly accepts trees in their bollard preserve; More on the Mall; Quick, build strip malls before we decide not to; Resident discounts for ICC tolls?; Boyds for transit; Way ahead of us in Germany. Keep reading…
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Do “we have to do something” about traffic but not transit?
Why do many of our leaders in suburban jurisdictions see new roads as necessary and inevitable, but new transit as difficult and unlikely? I’ve been meeting with elected officials in the region about transportation and development issues. One representative from Montgomery County recently expressed a general sentiment among area leaders that “we have to do… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Speak for transit
Support streetcars tonight; Rail safer than driving, in numbers; More purple and green for PG; Pennsylvania Avenue L’Enfant’s way?; Tysons’ free lunch shuttles; Day off for killing a kid; From Raleigh to Sprawleigh. Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Suburban mentality lives as some suburbs die
War protestors for hard-to-find parking; Is Jack Evans too car-centric?; Washington’s exurbs crumbling; What would make you stay in Detroit?; It could be a lot worse; SmartBenefits will get “bins”; Not the Department of Highways. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Higher prices, better value?
DC’s pricey beer; Could congestion pricing win support?; Andrews says no to Gaithersbungle; Parking on the radio; More bumps for Montgomery; What’s up with streets; NYC ponders off-peak discounts. Keep reading…
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Burtonsville keeps settling for decline
Burtonsville’s been torn over whether or not to allow a controversial self-storage center to open up in its beleaguered village center. It’s a struggle between those who say we could use whatever business we can get, and those who say it’ll be a blight. “Is Burtonsville settling?” asked Eric Luedtke, East Montgomery County Citizens Advisory Board… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cracks in the surface
Adaptive reuse for potholes; Irate riders and serious policy ideas; VRE sets a record; The unappealing plan vs. the impractical one; Neighbors jab at Boxer Girl; Win a Nobel, get free parking (not free transit); “Complying” with the ADA. Keep reading…