Posts about Maryland
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Breakfast links: Let’s play politics
GOP would privatize Northeast Corridor; House committee would halt St. E’s; Bill has a few BRAC fixes; Gas tax holiday for holidays?; Bulova wants GMU precinct; Barry, Brown tussle; Carjackings raise questions; CaBi opens eyes; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: DC Council’s endless day
And…; Redistricting map released; Budget passes with bond tax; Many customers not charged for bags; DC passes on real estate taxes; Carjackings occur at WMATA garages; Asian population grows sharply; One juror’s thoughts on the map contest. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Begging for big boxes
Wegmans at Walter Reed?; Outlets a good fit for transit-poor megacomplex?; Mixed-use or move out?; Brown considering tax switcheroo; Metro to investigate excessive force; Metro still running reds; Peds struck in hit-and-run; Maryland may exclude Keolis; Bike bits. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rough on the powerless
Metro Transit Police injure disabled man; Gray for affordable housing but his budget isn’t; Taxi medallions help just a few; American tries to satisfy neighbors; Taking the T out of TOD; Alexandria shrinks Potomac Yard zone; Future BRAC phases loom; Bike bits; It’s not the talk-loudly-for-16-hours car. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Rapturous applause
DC history takes to the stage; Metro repairs next weekend; Bus protects passengers; Montreal rescues Bixi; Ohio debates sprawl; They paved a park and put up a parking lot; Build bike lanes in Queens; And…. Keep reading…
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White Flint’s “Berlin Wall” will hamper White Flint II
Development in the White Flint area is getting underway. After completing a number of other Sector Plans for other areas of Montgomery County, next year the Planning Department will begin studying White Flint II, covering areas north, east, and west of the adopted White Flint Sector Plan. In some cases, the street grid and walkable development can just spread into surrounding… Keep reading…
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BRT proposal could get Montgomery on the bus
Two weeks ago, Montgomery County released a study saying that a proposed Bus Rapid Transit system could drastically improve local commutes. The plan could do even more for commuters by sending lines to current and future activity centers in the county. Councilmember Marc Elrich first proposed creating a countywide Bus Rapid Transit network in 2008. On May 4, planning consultants… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bike to work today
Shift your mode today; Refill SmarTrip online next month; Loudoun might drop the Silver Line; MPD’s demographics shift; Post-9/11 security eases slightly; Rail operators run red signals; Just steps from Walmart!; DC Water at odds with Earthjustice; And…. Keep reading…
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White Flint interchange could have been a great place
Last week, I was invited to Boston by the Federal Highway Administration to talk about livability. Five years ago, would anyone have thought that would be possible? Less than 1% of the $30 billion-plus spent on highway funding is currently spent on pedestrians. It seems like a huge ship we have to turn around. However, federal leadership through the EPA, HUD, DOT, and their… Keep reading…
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Maryland keeps transitway in King Farm
If the Corridor Cities Transitway is built, it will be built along the King Farm Boulevard alignment that has been planned for decades, despite opposition from a few residents and the Rockville City Council. The King Farm neighborhood of Rockville was designed and built in the 1990s, specifically with the intention that a future Corridor Cities Transitway extending west from… Keep reading…