Posts about Maryland
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Planners are the new public health officials
Research has linked the growing obesity epidemic to inactivity caused by poor land-use and transportation choices. Transportation and planning professionals are now joining the ranks of public health professionals to find solutions. Across the region, local officials are taking this to heart. Obesity is a serious problem in the US. When planners shape… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Big days for bikes
Millions and millions; Two wheel Friday; How we move; Stop ugly houses; FoBo finally done; Height limiting; Why part of 14th isn’t changing; No legal takers for storefront; Bet you can get there; And…. Keep reading…
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“Degree density” maps show region’s east-west divide
What’s the difference between Friendship Heights and Capitol Heights? The number of people with college degrees. Keep reading…
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Would a Silver Spring arts center work?
A group of Silver Spring residents want to turn an old police station into an arts center modeled on the Gateway Arts Center in Prince George’s County. However, building an artist community in Silver Spring will require something that’s hard to find here: housing that artists can afford. The Gateway Arts Center is successful partly because it’s located in… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: A new era in Ward 5
Councilmember McDuffie; Metro opens doors?; Res. 13 starts slowly; Budget harmony; Roads getting safer; Tweaks to Ike Memorial; Speed camera torched; Norton not allowed to represent; New Urbanists are the adults in the room; And…. Keep reading…
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Metro tests secure parking with new “bike and ride”
Metro riders now have the option to use secure bike parking at the College Park station. At a grand opening today, WMATA officials welcomed riders to the new indoor storage facility. The new “bike and ride” facility is located in the bottom level of the parking garage at the College Park station. This area was originally set aside for future retail, and has now been… Keep reading…
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Residents want to make police station into arts center
Next year, the Montgomery County police department’s Third District station will move to a new facility in White Oak, leaving their current building at Sligo Avenue and Grove Street in downtown Silver Spring. While some neighbors worried that the site would be redeveloped as housing, resident Karen Roper saw a chance to bring local artists together. Roper, who lives… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Shape DC’s future
Live in 5? Vote! (McDuffie!); Budget boosts housing, delays NoMa park; Taxis get better; Bike & Ride opens today; What to do with Franklin; Pepco trims trees; Fly to PDX, SJU, AUS, SFO; Nothing new under the sun; Santa Monica fights meter feeding; Los Angeles grows up. Keep reading…
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Morning links: Not going down
Long escalators aren’t worse; Where 5ers stand; Now Capitol Bikeshare, too; Disabled parking abuse rampant; What if… no height limit and crazy architects?; Beauregard a go; More room to eat your jumbo slice; Siding sidelines project; Plan transportation for Fairfax; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Pass on the gas
Wheaton Costco may not get gas; H Street gets gas; Bus grows at rail’s expense; Silver Line not a priority outside NoVa; CaBi is infrastructure; Bad bike citations are common; Community survey cut; And…. Keep reading…