Posts about Development
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Frontline examines imperiled watersheds and the Arlington solution
Last night, PBS’s Frontline aired a program about the threatened Chesapeake Bay. “More than three decades after the Clean Water Act, iconic American waterways like the Chesapeake Bay and Puget Sound are in perilous condition and facing new sources of contamination,” they write. Our health and food sources depend on these coastal areas, but new pollutants are… Keep reading…
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Does Fenty believe in the “unitary executive”?
Most Americans were appalled by former President George W. Bush’s disregard for the law. On wiretapping, torture, secrecy and more, his administration asserted that the President was, in essence, above the law. Even many Republicans found his repudiation of the republican form of government abhorrent. Mayor Fenty, however, seems to be pushing a similar “unitary… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Running into walls
Anti-soccer or just generally anti-people?; Carnage in Prince George’s; Groups want smaller, greener White Flint; Potomac Yard Metro Alternative Analysis; Can BRT be great?; That’s not treading lightly; CirculatorTube. Keep reading…
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The Wheaton library should be in downtown Wheaton
The draft for the new Wheaton Sector Plan currently includes provisions to build a new library in downtown Wheaton. The new library would replace the current Wheaton library which, oddly, is not in downtown Wheaton. Rather, it is north of downtown Wheaton, on the corner of Arcola Avenue and Georgia Avenue. Though the current library is a fifteen minute walk… Keep reading…
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Weekend reading: Bikes, trikes and automobiles
Bikes becoming fashionable in NYC; Arlington pushes trikes; Montgomery pushes cars; No eating unless you’re a cop; Lewis calls out the antis; What’s wrong with Franklin Square?; Rail should replace short flights; Short buildings equal job sprawl; Korea has “women-only” parking spaces; Bags for the City. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Don’t be scared
Whoosh; Nothing to fear from overhead wires; Why people like streetcars; Are signboards so bad?; Counties eye ending parking subsidies; GOOD and bad on transit; Dc changes mind on CFSA move, imperils Ward 7 project; Are Virginia counties hoarding education stimulus money?; Still not inclusionary, again. Keep reading…
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TPB creates more extensive yet sprawlier BRT map
Yesterday, we discussed the BRT proposal from the Transportation Planning Board that would apply for a stimulus grant to construct a beginning network of Bus Rapid Transit routes in the region. Dan posted in the comments that the committee had already expanded the map to contain a variety of corridors, which they will then whittle down to an initial network for the stimulus grant application. Here’s… Keep reading…
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ACT produces District 4 scorecard
Voters in Montgomery County’s District 4 will choose Democratic and Republican nominees for County Council on Tuesday. On the Democratic side, Nancy Navarro and Ben Kramer are considered the front-runners, and are also the candidates most in favor of transit and transit-oriented growth in Montgomery County. Navarro pulls slightly ahead of Kramer on our issues. All Republicans… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Art, plants and plans in the city
Art for 18th and Columbia; Street art; Mini robots are art, too; Backyard garden matchmaking; Bike lanes or bike-scooter-PUMA lanes?; Homeless newspapers growing; Free reusable bags already out; Giant subway-sized tunnel in Georgetown, but not for trains; Obama hyping sprawl to cut ribbons; Vehicle ownership down in DC; Walking up more than biking; Time to amend the Comp Plan. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Flexibility and inflexibility in ideas and leaders
Bendy trains?; More loading zones?; One County Executive cuts bicycling; Another beefs up pedestrian safety; Stop the free tickets for elected officials; New nominees for HPRB, Zoning Commission; And lots more news; Riders object to service cuts. Keep reading…