Posts about Maryland
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Montgomery zoning solutions, part 1: Restructuring zones
This week, we continue the series looking at Montgomery County’s zoning code rewrite. Montgomery has 120 zones, more than double the number of any other county in the region, and creating an untenable situation. The simplification and modernization of the code has many aspects, one of which is a restructuring of the zones. This restructuring will simplify the code in… Keep reading…
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Urbanism comes in many shapes and colors
Why does a proposal for a sidewalk cafe generally draw widespread praise, but a suggestion to use public space for skateboarding engender scorn? Is there really something better about dining versus skating, or is it simply that younger, poorer, and/or more minority residents skateboard, whereas eating at an outdoor cafe is beloved by wealthier, whiter, and older people? Both… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Hot and bothered
Very bad day for vertical transport; Golfers irate at pro-bicycle management; You can’t air condition the outdoors; It was better before?; Bikes less limited on Capitol Limited; In Arlington, now; Tourist pedestrian child dies; Road projects on hold. Keep reading…
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Silver Spring plaza instantly becomes de facto skatepark
Fresh off its inaugural weekend, the new Veterans Plaza in downtown Silver Spring appears to be a success, mobbed with people despite the ongoing heat wave. But residents who protested a deal giving much of the adjacent Civic Building to Round House Theatre might be equally surprised to find their new town square’s become a de facto skatepark. Designed by Boston-based… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Go for safety
Safety fixes approved; Bus thief made a convincing driver; Hot and on the wrong track; East Falls Church accepted; Riemer only endorsed challenger; Parking czar?; ARTful improvements; Public street, no photography. Keep reading…
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Brunch links: Big new parking
It’s still complex; Manhattan’s own DC USA; Automated garages; Bus “driver” arrested; BRT not so rapid; Which Gov’s better for schools?; Making crossing worse for safety. Keep reading…
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3 questions with Md. delegate candidate Dana Beyer
Dana Beyer is a candidate for the Maryland House of Delegates, District 18, which includes Wheaton, Kensington, Chevy Chase, and Woodside (west Silver Spring). Dana lives in Chevy Chase and has spent much of her career as a medical doctor. She has also long served as a Senior Assistant to Montgomery County Councilmember Duchy Trachtenberg (D-At Large). On her website,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Trees and tickets
Save your trees; Business cuts tree; DC leaders and traffic infractions; Kwame in the hole; Remembering Swanson’s death and inaction; Your house in an 8-bit video game; And…. Keep reading…
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DC rejected for Urban Circulator streetcar grant
The Federal Transit Administration has selected 53 winners for transit grants, including the Urban Circulator which DC was hoping to get to extend the H Street streetcar across the Anacostia to Benning Road. Keep reading…
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“Get people out of the road” not the right response
After more than a half-century of designing public spaces around automobiles, many residents, journalists, and public officials instinctively react to conflicts over space between pedestrians and drivers assuming that the right answer is to get all the people out of the way of the cars. That “windshield perspective” needs to change. Matthias reported from… Keep reading…