Posts about Maryland
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USGA feels sorry for drivers, not Metro riders
Free shuttle service will be offered from free parking lots in Gaithersburg to the US Open tournament at Bethesda’s Congressional Country Club June 13-19. Yet those choosing to take Metro will be forced to pay $8 per day for shuttle service. The shuttles, requiring reservations, will serve a Red Line station that’s much closer to Congressional than the parking… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Once upon a time
Time means change; The Mount Pleasant riots; Landlords discriminate against poor; The consequences of DUI leniency; MoCo ups traffic safety enforcement; CaBi clips; Charters as the internet of public education; McDonnell renews push for drilling; Governments asking you about engaging you; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Suburban mobility
BRT could work in MoCo; MWAA sticking with underground station; Bridge construction reduces traffic; No gas for water head; Near SE organizing against “annexation”; Myopic little twit magnet; Best enticement to live near work?; Arrests, graphics for DC rights; May the fourth be with DCRA; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: No free lunch
Bag fees, Bethesda to Burtonsville; WMATA employees park free; DDOT rejects Walmart traffic study; Visualize the 4/26 election; Black church turns to solar; Today in buildings; Where are the food deserts?; Using Tysons to better Fairfax; And…. Keep reading…
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US Open pushes driving over Metro
People attending the US Open this June can choose between taking transit or parking at lots 15 miles away. Yet transit riders will have to pay for shuttles from the Metro on top of their fares, while drivers get both free parking and free rides to the Open. The USGA’s premiere event will he held this year at the Congressional Country Club, between Bethesda and Potomac. The private… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Up, up, and away
Gray wants tall buildings EotR; Upping security; What’s affordable?; DC not really worst for business, redux; Bike beats car and bus; The Anacostia is really dirty; Alexandria rejects add-on tax; More on CaBi and bin Laden; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cause to celebrate?
Osama death brings celebration, security; CaBi’s utility creates converts; Responsive Metro pushes bike cage; Chevy Chase a little less anti-Purple Line?; Safety rule strains track inspectors; No agreement on Nats’ Metro bill; MD cities, DC will tackle street runoff; Residents, tourists alarmed by rising tolls. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Orange you glad?
Orange wins; Investigation of Gray admin hits snag; Good signs and bad for MARC; MoCo will fight immigration rules; How is Metro today?; MoCo picks new schools chief; London bikeshare outgrowing itself; AASHTO backpedals on bike-ped objections; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Our elected leaders
Vote now; Biddle fades at the finish; Seegars makes interracial marriage an issue; Coalitions can be contradictory; MD legislature ignored environment; Costco returns would take a decade; Boat club nixed public plaza; St. E’s at risk?; And…. Keep reading…
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“Dernoga money” stymied College Park growth
The Washington Post revealed Thursday that former Prince George’s Councilmember Thomas Dernoga privately solicited contributions totaling about $1 million from developers for charity during his 8 years in office. Such funds, which would normally be part of a formal developer or community benefits agreement, were instead extorted behind the scenes in a highly unethical… Keep reading…