Posts about Maryland
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Montgomery hopes to add 50 Capital Bikeshare stations
Building on the success of Capital Bikeshare in DC and Arlington County, Montgomery County is preparing to submit a grant application to the Maryland DOT to help fund bike sharing in the lower county region. The plan for 400 bicycles at 50 stations was presented Tuesday night a public meeting at the County Executive offices in Rockville. County planning and transportation… Keep reading…
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Land donors sue JHU to block Science City development
The family that donated land in Montgomery County to the Johns Hopkins University for a research campus is now suing to stop development of part of the sprawling “Science City.” Science City is Montgomery County’s plan for 60,000 jobs in a sprawling suburban development five miles from the Shady Grove Metro stop. It’s far from most of the county’s… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Emergency responses
Major changes for firefighters; Metro braves the snow; Traffic cameras to find terrorists; Is Georgetown really in trouble?; Downtown residents face unique problems; Line forms for apartments; Wells of 2 minds on bundling; Put all the states on your wall; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: That will cost you more
Taxi rate increase uncertain; Is a Metro fare hike on the way?; Child poverty rates climb regionally; WMATA tries to lure federal tenants; Metro suicides failing lately; Thanksgiving enforcement jumps; Montgomery challenges ballot question; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Challenges
MoCo big box bill unconstitutional?; “Science City” really just JHU profit city?; Safeway could block Skyland Walmart; Georgetown ok with Glover Park streetscape; Can RFK parking lots become ball fields?; Preservationists should be “picky”; Congress wants bike-ped shrunk in TIGER. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Half or double?
Transit benefit will shrink by half; DC taxi rate may double; Watergate Safeway, 1966-2011; Mall parking 60% empty; Replace fringe malls with downtown growth; Why’s it hard to shop locally?; Mickey Mouse is out; Slower speeds safer, but practical?; And…. Keep reading…
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The Capital Crescent Trail should stay in its Bethesda tunnel
Last week, Dan Reed argued that an on-street Crescent Trail may be better for cyclists and pedestrians. But not putting the trail in a tunnel represents a huge downgrade of bicycle infrastructure, and the MTA should find a way of fitting the trail in the tunnel with the Purple Line. For a year or so I commuted through that tunnel almost every day and have been an occasional user since… Keep reading…
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Black Friday links: Think of the small businesses
Shop small businesses, avoid dangerous parking lots; How to keep Latino character amid growth?; Few constituents receive money; Walmart CBA: All for show?; Gray talks streetcars, stadiums; Bag taxes may expand in Maryland; Criminal record may join race, sex, religion; Protests run up bills; And…. Keep reading…
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Urbanism is good for everyone, especially kids
We assume that kids belong in the suburbs, where they’ve got yards to play in and great schools to learn in. But good, urban neighborhoods can produce good kids as well. Twenty years ago, sociologist Ray Oldenburg wrote in The Great, Good Place that teenagers are a litmus test for a neighborhood’s “vitality”: The adolescent houseguest, I would… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: CaBi to the Mall and the store
The Mall may get 5 CaBi stations; Walmart may add stations too; But is it enforceable?; Montgomery curfew dead for now; Franklin Shelter? Not so fast; Food stamps up, not down; Arlington eyes office building; Ehrlich blames everyone else; And…. Keep reading…