Posts about Maryland
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Breakfast links: Kicked out
NPS punts soccer team from the Ellipse; Bikes make it across the bridge; Metro morsels; Arlington faces heat for protecting its residents; Black folks can gentrify, too?; Developers sad that sprawl may be harder; Consequences of Congress; Poplar Point won’t get DHS project; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Law and Order
Commuter scofflaws get amnesty; We know so little about crime; Tourmobile contract invalid?; How to legalize urbanism; Bethesda ditches nostalgic buses; No brain drain at DDOT?; Is CaBi becoming a victim of its own success?; Bike lanes on Oregon Ave?; And…. Keep reading…
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Nelson’s judge shows sympathy; Anne Arundel police don’t
Raquel Nelson has finally encountered some compassion in her Georgia jaywalking conviction case, getting a minimal sentence and even a chance at a new trial from the judge. But a comment on another fatality closer to home, in Anne Arundel County, shows that windshield perspective in the justice system goes beyond Cobb County, Georgia. The judge, Katherine Tanksley, gave Nelson… Keep reading…
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More and varied nightlife can make Silver Spring safer
For many communities, the closure of Borders means one fewer place to read books, hear music and drink coffee. For downtown Silver Spring, whose branch anchors the redeveloped area around Ellsworth Drive, Borders was one of the neighborhood’s few nightlife options. That’s especially relevant right now as residents discuss imposing a curfew on Montgomery County… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Time to go
Metro closes @metroopensdoors; Elections chief quits; Wells calls for Thomas to resign; Hope for the Anacostia?; Montgomery approves first charter school; No free parking on commercial street; We don’t spend a lot on gas; A look inside Metro; And…. Keep reading…
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DoD begins encouraging transit for BRAC commuters
The Department of Defense is now promoting alternatives to to the more than 5,800 employees relocating to Fort Meade in August due to the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) changes. The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) headquarters is moving from the Pentagon in Virginia to Fort Meade in Maryland, and represents a substantial number of the relocated jobs. Unlike… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Provocative suggestions
Move the jail to Buzzard Point?; Allow bottled water on Metro?; 2 Councilmembers call for Thomas to resign; Charlottesville getting bad bypass; Driver killed cyclist in hit-and-run; Historic trolley station to be preserved; Explore interactive census data; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Harder to breathe
Nostalgic for Snowmageddon; Cycletracks cut the gender gap; New Metro features coming soon; Is gentrification all about displacement?; Flash mob protests Walmart; DC’s techies selective with neighborhoods; Virginia has a bastion of traditional family; Population mapped to the block; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Tracks in the sky
No streetcar under H Street bridge; Dulles Metro now in the air; Few takers for NIH bike benefit; Boston bikeshare won’t go everywhere; WMATA board turnover not smart; Gray considers plant closure; Transit- and trash-oriented development; Then and now in a single photo; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Changing the landscape
“Shallow” look at gentrification?; Freemasons pushed out, too; Purple Line will reshape communities; Carma-nothing; Be careful, pedestrians AND drivers; Congestion relief for BRAC?; Learn how to deal with a crash; And in PG…; And in DC…. Keep reading…