Posts about Maryland
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Breakfast links: Inner city blues
East of the river’s self-fulfilling prophecy; Howland can’t use transportation the rest of us do; Right-to-Life Metro; Driver assaults group of cyclists on parkway; Can we get streetscape relief right?; How long is your commute?; MD redistricting advances; Charm City removes bike lane; community asks why?; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Calm traffic to improve your life
Slow down to speed up; Calm circles for Arlington?; Elevator problems plague NYC; Bike the Big Easy; Party… like it’s 1776; MoCo requires a bike sharing station; Reconsider your commute; Gov. Brown makes streets more dangerous; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rail projects move at different speeds
Streetcars fast-tracked for GA Ave; Residents object to rail yard; Metro costs soar; Should Fairfax control its roads?; DC’s Colbert rapport; Alexandria declares parking meter holiday; Keep calm and party on; And…. Keep reading…
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Hyattsville is a prime candidate for Capital Bikeshare
Last week, I argued that that Capital Bikeshare can and should be as integral DC’s suburbs as it has become to the city. One suburb well-suited for such a transformation is the city of Hyattsville. Much of this Prince George’s County city of about 17,500 is highly conducive to biking already. It boasts quiet streets with slow traffic, bike paths and parks, and numerous… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The new big thing
More signs for Chinatown?; DC getting a new tunnel; GM backpedals on anti-cyclist ad; New leader discovers MoCo problems; COG opposes airports takeover; DC eschews Superfund’s toxic stigma; Treehouse of horrors; Historic preservation a “black box”?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Death and near-death
Orange Line train hits man; Residents want action after ped crash; Frank Kameny dies; Commission suggests Md. gas tax hike; Don’t give MWAA to McDonnell too; Bill pushes CBAs for Walmart & others; Is the Artisphere good?; Views of the occupation. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Visible progress
Montgomery zoning rewrite is good; 15th Street cycle track now for cyclists again; See Metro rebuild tracks; What to do with RFK?; Too many hotels?; Metro dealing with full parking lots; 2 bike deaths, 1 set of charges; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Long-term thinking
DC must plant trees and add green roofs; Liberal professor opposes pro-Democrat gerrymandering; Civil rights activists wrote their own restaurant reviews; Free parking drives driving; NY seeks neighborhood approval for bike stations; California parking reduction meets opposition; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Different modes to work catch on
Bike commuters get their own secure parking; Fairfax chooses multi-modal commutes; Fairfax wants Pentagon to provide road upgrades; Howard mostly divested of LeDroit; Renting jumps in local city; Local developer’s sons develop a taste for urban infill; McDonnell gets a representative; Calling all DC transit fans; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Life getting easier for littlest peds
Walk to School [Every]Day; Kids will walk safer in PG; Zipcar parks elsewhere; Leggett hot for sprawl; Geoff catches a bicycle thief; Eastern Market vendors fear rent increases; MoCo politicos resents gerrymandering; Help with the zoning rewrite… for money; And…. Keep reading…