Posts about Maryland
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Breakfast links: Tough questions
Bikesharing no simple task; How to really answer a gentrification question; Struggling with higher gas prices; Region’s homeless count grows; Restaurants raise bar higher on food trucks; Gray all for TOD; Alexandria shares Mark Center blame; AdMo gets limted-time pop-up shop; And…. Keep reading…
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Prince George’s developers can still pay to play
Two bills that passed the Maryland General Assembly just before its 2011 session ended are nothing more than toothless tigers that will do precious little to change the pay-to-pay culture that lets developers get what they want in Prince George’s County. The Gazette and Post recently reported that Maryland state legislators were working to close a longstanding loophole… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Danger ahead
Fairfax and Loudoun threaten Silver Line; NTSB report questions 1000 series; Gray, Norton mixing messages?; Driver strikes cyclist, gets tickets; Budget includes money for NoVa, MoCo roads; VRE adds seats for rush hour; Online gambling now legal in DC; Chicago Walmart portends problems; And…. Keep reading…
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Silver Spring superblocks should be broken up
Downtown Silver Spring has been championed for its revitalization and become a hub of transportation, commerce, and residential development. With every new building that goes up, the town becomes a little more walkable. Some areas, however, have yet to catch up. The Silver Spring Metro station is adjacent to two superblocks which break up the street grid and urban form. Superblocks… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Puzzling over budgets
Transportation cuts bad, but not so bad; DCPS budget is “inscrutable”; Neighbors want more buildings at AU; Peak of the peak not working; New stations, members come to CaBi; Negligent driving becomes illegal; Gray gets parking debate; Getting the city fleet in order; And…. Keep reading…
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A liquor license reveals challenges with living on the border
Residents who live near DC’s border have Maryland residents as neighbors, but local laws often act as though nothing but desert lies beyond Western, Eastern, and Southern Avenues. In Ward 7’s Deanwood community, residents are protesting a liquor license in their neighborhood, but any decision will ignore a critical element: Capitol Heights, Maryland. Uncle… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Shutdown everything
Park Police won’t do events, MPD will; Public safety partially essential; Services that will continue; Furloughed workers can file unemployment; WMATA clarifies potential cuts; Wheaton Costco debate continues; Black History Museum design revised; And…. Keep reading…
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What’s wrong with these pictures?
Even though most of the cherry blossoms are gone and it’s a weekday, there were lots of people around the Tidal Basin today. But one thing is missing. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What you didn’t expect
Spacey takes CaBi; Gentrification reduces displacement?; Ward 8 isn’t the most jobless; Ervin supports the bag fee; CityCenterNowHappening; We have a lot of bike commuters; A little bit of tolerance; No tolerance for ads; And…. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Good choices
GSA picks retail over barricade; Making the case for trains in Va. Beach; DDOT will be all together in SE; Library renovations through 2017; Maryland will build even more roads to Konterra; Pop-up canal announced; Not a joke: George Will takes train. Keep reading…