Posts about Maryland
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Breakfast links: Metro security, safety and ingenuity
Bag searches before Board this morning; ATU skeptical about Metro safety progress; Metro “MacGyvers” SmarTrip sensors; Montgomery now majority-minority; VA Senate passes distracted driving bills; Arlington may get hotel tax surcharge after all; White House proposes $53 billion in 6 years for high-speed rail; MD, VA, Feds looking at wind power; And…. Keep reading…
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The Purple and Red Lines will benefit all of Maryland
Maryland state senator E.J. Pipkin of Cecil County is drafting legislation to require counties to pay for constructing mass transit projects by themselves without state help. They would still be required to contribute to the state’s transportation trust fund as they do now. While there is something to be said for paying one’s own way, the legislation being… Keep reading…
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Maryland transportation “lockbox” has a big hole
Maryland is considering raising its gas tax. This long-overdue measure would allow some of the general revenues now subsidizing highways to go to the Purple Line, the Baltimore Red Line, and MARC expansion instead. This need has unfortunately gotten mixed up with a proposal, originating mostly from the highway lobby and its supporters, to put transportation money into a “lockbox.”… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Virginia all-in for roads
VA senate passes McDonnell’s roads plan; Wider roads top priority in new report; More “design by fire truck”; DoD should be chipping in for transportation; Evans unfazed by Snyder lawsuit; Development team selected for New Carrollton; Pepco frustration continues, MoCo eyes other options; More research says cities safer than suburbs for kids; Remembering freedom bus rides; And…. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Fascinating juxtapositions
Diffrent Democrats’ attitudes on bike lanes; Different councils’ reaction to Walmart; Urbanist-economic bloggers discuss tea party article; Refute traffic engineers, get investigated?; Roundabout works, residents admit; New Hampshire could limit student vote; ICC to Georgia opening soon. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Growth in Virginia
Smart Growth a success in NoVa; Virginia growth strengthens urbanized areas; Stafford wants to use UDAs to accommodate growth; DC Council hears about bike and pedestrian safety; MetroAccess customers face fare hike; Eisenhower memorial could have been Education plaza; Snyder mad over parking revenue?; ARRA spending on new roads is “squadered” money; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The cost of roads
Virginia borrow-for-roads bill advances; Maryland may increase tolls; Northern Virginia grows quickly; How did the candidates do?; Adams Morgan streetscape project starts soon; Metro stations, long ago; Convention Center hotel construction closes sidewalk; Social Security chooses suburban location for new center; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Hate the Redskins (even more)
Snyder sues WCP, draws attention to his bad press; Snyder gets view, park loses trees; 395 HOT lanes out; Plazas could fight crime at Truxton Circle; How useful is the Circulator website?; Are you a car-free skeptic?; Streetcars4DC reviews report; And…. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Seen through a lens
New cameras coming; Visting a better transit system; CaBi: Try it, you’ll like it; Loh more open on Purple Line; Can you do better for Ike?; Hine gets smaller, loses Shakespeare and Tiger; Move the region forward through meetings; McCain doesn’t want you to bike to the airport. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Make ‘em pay
Should Montgomery pay for the Purple Line?; Hugo succeeds in hurting his neighbors; Sarles won’t end bag searches; Utility companies under fire; MoCo commission calls for major reforms; Arlington debuts new bike map; DC area sites get preservation grants; Pizza everywhere, almost; And…. Keep reading…