Posts about Development
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Montgomery removing one useless underpass while planning another
Montgomery County will likely remove a dangerous, unused pedestrian tunnel in the 1960s planned community of Montgomery Village. Redevelopment along the road will create a more walkable retail center, and planners hope to replace the tunnel with a safe and lively pedestrian crossing. At the same time, county leaders seem to be pushing ahead with a pedestrian underpass at Medical… Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Around and about the Beltway
Wheaton is smart; Hyattsville is getting smarter; East County loses again; Tuss recovers from EDJS, CCT still ailing; Don’t carpool; you might cost Virginia money; The best car; Good ol’ WSJ; What do futures traders know about oil?. Keep reading…
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Gaithersbungle, part 4: Why emulate Tysons’ existing road network?
In the first three parts of this series (1, 2, 3), we discussed the folly of spending $4 billion to widen I-270 instead of focusing development in denser areas and beefing up MARC to better serve the 270 corridor with existing infrastructure. Keep reading…
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“Best Cities” rankings push “picket fence” ideal
Releasing lists of rankings has become a sure-fire way for magazines to drive readership. After all, who can resist seeing how their city, college, company, or favorite celebrity rates? City rankings have particularly proliferated, with many magazines and nonprofits creating rankings purporting to choose the “Best Places to Live” or “Greenest Cities.”… Keep reading…
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Lunch links: Feel the power
It runs on STEEM; House not so into sharing; Loudoun cyclists get lower fines; Virginia’s 15th Beltway, 2135?; Zero texting tolerance; Barclays-Atlantic-Pacific; And…. Keep reading…
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Stormwater management should work with, not against, Smart Growth
Virginia is updating statewide stormwater regulations. A draft is open for public comment until August 21, 2009. Some people are concerned that the stricter caps on nutrient loads, as currently written, will promote low-density development and ultimately hurt the water quality and quantity of runoff in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Public spaces, open spaces
Retail blinders at Eastern Market; Gehry insulted to hear criticism; Save Our Memorial; Fenty signs bag bill; Right not to look at art; Kiss-and-TOD at Herndon; People still want to build houses near Cumberland?. Keep reading…
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Reserve public land for a street connection at Minnesota and Benning
The DC government is getting ready to sell Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Making and fixing mistakes
Safe but illegal routes to school; Highways becoming safer, still dangerous; Single tracking, here we come; Following in our mistakes; We’re like California, but at least we’re not like New England; Only Boston is more Luddite; And…; Bleedin’ billboard. Keep reading…
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Suburban stereotypes pollute Post, WBJ reporting
Journalists writing “news” stories strive to make their articles impartial, but hidden biases about suburbs, cities, traffic and transportation often creep in. The Washington Business Journal, for example, reported on the Eastern Market Metro Plaza proposals, and explained the options in a straightforward manner. Yet the first sentence reads, “In case… Keep reading…