Posts about Development
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What could fix Mount Pleasant’s commercial street?
The Urban Land Institute’s Washington chapter took a look at Mount Pleasant Street, a neighborhood commercial corridor that’s suffered more than its share of empty storefronts and bad turns of events. ULI recommended better connectivity to Columbia Heights and Adams Morgan, bike lanes, improving Lamont Park, and occasional weekend street closures among other… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Mean streets of Maryland
Cyclist dies at spot slated to become more auto-centric; That’s not all; Behave yourselves!; Watering trees by bike; Amtrak on Google Transit too; Road connectivity dialogue proceeding over DMPED’s objections; Cheh, Graham, Wells safe; Mendelson, Fenty maybe not. Keep reading…
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“No more cars” vs. “not more cars”
Advocates for more walkable, bikeable, and transit-oriented places often face criticism that we “hate cars.” Gary Imhoff assumes that “nothing makes [me] angrier than automobiles.” And on yesterday’s thread about “green” companies giving away gas and parking, Fritz wrote, “The majority of residents of the DC Metro Area… Keep reading…
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Community revitalization must start with persisently poor neighborhoods
The economic and social deterioration of urban neighborhoods over the last several decades has been of particular interest to researchers, politicians, and community activists because of the positive and negative effects of neighborhood conditions on individual outcomes. According to a new study by the Pew Charitable Trusts, the level of poverty in a neighborhood is the strongest… Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Switch
Try solar?; Don’t dump Zipcar yet; We’re impressive; Win free transit!; City of College Parking; Reading about Moses; Smarter rankings; Recession’s effects. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Where the rubber meets the road
Busing around; U-may have choice in car sharing; Hipster obsession, suburban stereotypes block Post from actual trends; On planning in the east; Two bicycle hit-and-runs; No rubber trolley for Herndon; Texting getting peak attention; And…. Keep reading…
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Prince George’s totally missing the (train) boat
One of the diagrams Metro created for the bicycle and pedestrian study shows the anticipated change in residential or employment density from 2005 to 2030 across the system. The most visually evident conclusion: Prince George’s County is completely failing to take advantage of its existing Metro infrastructure. Keep reading…
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Lt. Gov. Brown open to new ideas, needs to hear them
On Thursday, July 23rd, I joined other Montgomery County-based bloggers for a conversation with Maryland Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown. Adam Pagnucco of Maryland Politics Watch organized the forum, and MPW contributor Marc Korman also attended. Many thanks to Adam for inviting me. Overall, I found Mr. Brown to be a competent and capable person. He clearly had a lot of experience… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: My way for the highway
We’d be sad if we hit you, so get out of the road; Think parking debates are rough here?; Foot traffic on Ninth Street, or just under?; A Homerian tragedy; When no free spaces are free; Car clips; Transit tidbits. Keep reading…
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Gaithersbungle, part 7: 30% mode share is totally unrealistic
The Gaithersburg West “Science City” Master Plan hangs its “Smart Growth” claims on the Corridor Cities Transitway, a proposed transit line from Shady Grove northward to Gaithersburg and Germantown. The plan insists that 30% of commuters will ride the line. That’s highly dubious. You can design a circuitous, low-quality transit line and claim… Keep reading…