Posts about Maryland
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Breakfast links: Fewer taxes, longer names
Union Station tax break back?; More Metro station name creep; Maryland marks lowest turnout ever; Arlington County struggles with parking garage; Debating HOT Lanes; What to do with little parks; Prefab rowhouses don’t cut it; Cracking through pavement. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Skating into the weekend
Cities on the radio; Imagine the Mall; Really, we’re one city; Inside a liquor license protest; SEPTA gives back; SmarTrip changes to be delayed; Protesting homeowners’ association rules; DC tour guide licensing. Keep reading…
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WMATA plans new X9, Virginia and Greenbelt bus changes
This morning, a committee of the WMATA Board approved a set of changes to bus service including a new X9 line in DC, replacing the 16A and 16B 13A and 13B with extended 16F and 7E routes in Arlington and Fairfax, and a restructuring of bus service in Greenbelt. The new X9 line would add limited-stop service on the high ridership H Street and Benning Road line. The express would connect… Keep reading…
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BOEE fail? Really?
Journalists and residents were frustrated at DC’s Board of Elections and Ethics (BOEE) and the Maryland Board of Elections for releasing no counts until several hours after polls closed. We’re accustomed to having results posted on the Web right away and continually updated as precincts come in. However, we shouldn’t be so impatient with BOEE. Their job… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Violence about the roads
Ride the inaugural CaBis; Speed hump leads to murder; 3 pedestrians hit; Adams Morgan victim dies; Estimate your transportation costs; Trans-Hudson tunnel halted; Build your own streetcar; Singing a new Metro song. Keep reading…
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Congratulations Hans, Vince, Phil, Tommy, Mel and others
While the primary defeat of DC’s sitting mayor is the main headline in nearly every news outlet this morning, another significant and very exciting challenger victory is Hans Riemer placing third second in the Montgomery County Council at-large race. The top four vote-getters win the nomination (and, inevitably, the seats themselves in November), meaning Riemer will… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Buses off, buses on
PG bus drivers on strike; Buses back in service; Metro takes bids on U Street; No more “Highway to Nowhere”; New community center in Shaw; Promoting mixed-income TOD; Not so rapid transit. Keep reading…
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Go vote!
Today is Primary Election Day in the District of Columbia and Maryland. In both DC and Maryland, the polls open at 7 am and close at 8 pm, though voters in line by 8 will be allowed to cast their ballot. Keep reading…
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Endorsement quick reference
If you live in DC or Maryland and are eligible to vote in the primary tomorrow, vote! Here are our endorsements. We did not do endorsements in all races or for all seats. Anything not listed has no endorsement. District of Columbia:Council at-large: Phil Mendelson Ward 3: Mary Cheh Ward 5: Kenyan McDuffie Ward 6: Tommy Wells Mayor: Dan and Ken say Adrian Fenty, I say… Keep reading…
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Olson may scuttle new housing in College Park
A private developer plans to build student housing on the site of the Book Exchange, a high-profile site in downtown College Park just across the street from the front entrance to the University of Maryland. But county councilmember Eric Olson, siding with residents opposed to student housing, could thwart the project altogether. According to the College Park Patch, Olson… Keep reading…