Posts about Maryland
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Company HQ creates engaging urban design in Silver Spring
It’s rare that a company can save lives while revitalizing a neighborhood. But that’s just what United Therapeutics is doing with their boldly designed new headquarters at Spring and Cameron streets in downtown Silver Spring. Not only are they making medicine, but they’re giving the community a place they can be proud of. United Therapeutics licenses,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Transportation is for people
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Breakfast links: Development chugs along
Tysons advances to next stage; Choices for Marine barracks; Narrower storefronts good, “ironic” or “parody”?; Real-time London train locations; MoCo approves trail over opposition; Bike lane blockers of the day; Do millionaires move for taxes?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Better or worse?
Flip it; Is Metro safer?; Tysons blown?; TOD or transit-occupying sprawl?; Rail to Richmond and Norfolk, almost; Crash tax?; We’re not a big city?; Petworth getting a market. Keep reading…
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Brunch links: Separated
More arguments on HOT lanes; Video for Vancouver lanes; Bush daughter’s bikes stolen; Ride the Army train; Remove the FDR? Maybe not so crazy?; And…; Recipe for 14th north of CH? A streetcar?. Keep reading…
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Brunch links: Western wires
Student plans Oakland streetcar; Hybrids or electric trolleybuses?; Boycott driving, drill for subways; Stop “careless driving” in New York; Bus driver hits rider; First class bus to NY; Md. agency moving to Metro station; Somewhat urbanism-related quote of the day. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Following the story
Reaction to McDonnell power grab; Working hard; Ehrlich vs. transit; O’Malley for TOD; Dresser on a bike; Bikes, eh; How it happened. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Slug in the gut for Virginians
WMATA power in play; Slugged; WMATA not protecting women enough?; Dump the pump; Wolf Trap park and ride?; Room on 14th; How public is public space?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Coming soon
DC government’s tech innovation; EFC debate underway; Fares too confusing?; Affordable forever?; One teen vs. the generistocracy; Howard Theater, for real?; Followups; Walking and biking around the nation. Keep reading…
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Can MARC serve Fort Meade?
Fort Meade is a transit black hole with growing traffic and horrible parking. I worked on Fort Meade for the better part of a decade. It made me hate commuting more than any Beltway traffic ever did. It is virtually impossible to get there without a car, and the parking is years of expansion beyond critical mass. The disastrous runoff and increasing traffic are wreaking havoc on the… Keep reading…