Posts about Maryland
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Gaithersburg police target people in the way of cars
“Gaithersburg police declare pedestrian safety is top issue along 355,” a recent Gazette headline announced. But “Gaithersburg police target people on foot who get in the way of people in cars” would have been more like it. According to the Gazette, Gaithersburg police used a grant from the Maryland State Highway Administration to issue more than… Keep reading…
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White Flint rising, finally
One of the most frequent questions in hundreds of residents’ meetings on White Flint over the last four years was “When will we see something built?” In fact, in some of our residential communities with a more mature demographic, the question was “will we live to see it?” We always had to say, “at least a few years.” Well, a few years… Keep reading…
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O’Malley, Ehrlich differ greatly on transportation
In today’s must-read, Michael Dresser takes a look at how the Maryland gubernatorial candidates differ on transportation issues. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Feds and their water
No old fountains means no new fountains; Feds to pay for their wastewater; Sewage spills into Potomac; Many Metro workers don’t report problems; Fighting over White Flint pay plan; A positive spin on real estate; Capital Bikeshare ridership is in; Cardinal could run daily; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Adding bike laws and infrastructure
New bike laws in Maryland; Georgetown CaBi stations; Floating around; More superhighways; Hard to hail a cab; Getting schooled in Washington; One less Michael Brown. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: DC gets no respect
Chaffetz wants to rule your life; Rosslyn’s tallest building, you mean; A greener, more walkable 14th Street; Bye bye bottles (on campuses); Before there were bike lanes; 1 year and counting on transpo bill; Avoid biased language. Keep reading…
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Morning links: Out of the road
Bus tragedy; Keeping bike racks off Pennsylvania; Opposing comes at a cost; Food trucks roll around for another article; Fishing for tows; Google the Shweeb; And in Oregon…; Cities in focus; Vision on the SW Waterfront. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Get on it, developers!
Have a tip for the links? Submit it here. Keep reading…
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“Pre-development planning” wanted for New Carrollton
WMATA is breaking new ground with its New Carrollton Metro station area development plans by doing its own planning, in concert with MDOT and the developer. If successful, this would become a model for future joint development projects. When WMATA does a joint development project, it’s not as easy as just selling a piece of land for someone to develop. Joint development… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: In camera
Cleared for videotaping police; DC fairly car-lite; Flashy architecture often has problems; Crystal City a go; Cyclists overpay for road space; NYC unveils new intercoms; And…; Shots, crashes. Keep reading…