Posts about Maryland
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Weekend links: Densification
Glenmont Sector Plan unveiled; BRAC for the civies; Big Chair relaunches, reopens; An encouraging but timid plan for the Mall; What to call gentrification by non-whites; Fight for your right to cycle; On the polycentric metro region; Towards healthier transportation; And…. Keep reading…
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Do-it-yourself culture makes our community stronger
Great communities come from the shared local culture of its residents. But as the City Paper notes this week in an article on local rock schools, we don’t always make it easy for kids to participate. In the story, a teenage band from Bethesda called The Black Sparks are thwarted in their attempt to organize a concert series in a local community center: Erickson helped… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Timeliness
Silver Line back on schedule; Red Line will be bad for 3 years; Metrobus driver mitigated crash; Revise, resubmit, repeat; Catching school bus violators; Cash cows get a lean diet; Prince George’s considers bag fee; And…. Keep reading…
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O’Malley’s sales tax on gas is the right way to fund transport
In his Wednesday state-of-the-state speech, Governor Martin O’Malley proposed ending the exemption of gasoline from Maryland’s 6% sales tax. This is the best way for the state to get more money for transportation. Ending the sales tax exemption, rather than increasing the gas tax beyond the current 23½¢ per gallon, accomplishes two things. First,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Groundhog Day
6 more weeks of… winter?; House transpo bill to markup; Metro finds more cracks; Not terribly deliberate speed; Main drag a drag; Food deserts not a huge issue?; Public safety and history collide; Preservation group didn’t stall Met Branch; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Who rules transportation?
Meet the new boss; One piece of taxi tech or many?; Senate bill is better; Not much of a bike path; Building not to be; Silver brings in slightly less green; ICC won’t get faster; And…. Keep reading…
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Cafritz project tests Prince George’s commitment to TOD
The owners of the Cafritz property in Riverdale Park want a zoning change to build a major mixed-use development on a wooded, 37-acre single-family-zoned property with, at best, mediocre access to transit. If Prince George’s County is serious about its commitment to smart growth and development around its 15 Metro stations, it will deny the rezoning. In recent years,… Keep reading…
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New building raises Silver Spring’s urban design standard
Former Washington Post architecture critic Benjamin Forgey once said, “there are so many bad buildings in Silver Spring, it’s a hard place to do good.” Yet some architects and developers are trying to do better here. Last month, ground was broken on Eleven55 Ripley, a new residential complex in the Ripley District, located west of Georgia Avenue in downtown… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bring in the dough
Brown puts tax cuts first; A stop sign for a suburban Walmart; PG’s sprawling problem; Will Metro get fixed?; Restoration used to be racist; No need to watch for bikes, peds in Virginia; VA House may cut unions from Silver Line; Transportation bill a speeding SUV; And…. Keep reading…
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Montgomery DOT roadblocks thwart popular BRT plan
A Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) network could bring major transportation improvements to Montgomery County. But instead of pushing to advance the project as soon as possible, county transportation officials have thrown up obstacles and mired the project in unnecessary delays. Montgomery County’s roadways are filled to capacity with single-passenger vehicles. To help… Keep reading…