Posts about Maryland
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Breakfast links: Running to hit
Ehrlich would kill Purple, Red lines; Bam; Damn kids!; Red Line passenger expires; $40 million bus stop?; Francoise car-rier?; Stuff getting built with DC public money. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Assault and speeding
Assault a bicyclist, get caught; More bicycling = less obesity; Parking to parklet; Ambulance calming?; Don’t be insecure: speed!; Robocars use less pavement; PPPs not practically perfect plans. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Trains, cars of the future, roads of the past
High trail, grass tracks; Car of the future even more dangerous to peds, bikes?; AASHTO: More highways, and more, and more; WashTimes vs HOT lanes; Dog poop forensics; Graphic texting ad coming to South Carolina; Bad contractor destroys two houses. Keep reading…
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Montgomery’s zoning issues, part 3: Complexity & confusion
Lately, I’ve been discussing the effort to rewrite Montgomery County’s zoning code. Previous installments have covered zones and uses. Today, I discuss issues that make the current code complex and disorganized. Deficient Definitions Like most legal documents, the Montgomery County Zoning Code includes a definitions section. But like other parts of… Keep reading…
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Proposed Costco gas station is the wrong place, wrong time
Back in January, David argued that Montgomery County could better use the $4 million proposed for subsidizing a Costco at Westfield Wheaton. Costco is still coming to Wheaton. However, the County Executive’s Office is now now proposing circumventing well-established gas station permitting processes through a Zoning Text Amendment. There are many circumstances… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Ways of talking
Teen struck by bullet; Obnoxious GGW commenters make the Post; How to pay for streetcars; Fewer homes on the market: good?; Yglesias on cities; Meters everywhere but no money; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Fighting transit, paying for roads
Streetcars on the TV; thecranks@dcwatch; Barnes Dance barn dance; Community, students won’t stop UMD anti-transit stance; Virginia can’t afford new freeways; Tysons “piecemeal” street grid?; And…. Keep reading…
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‘Metrospeak’ camouflages bus cuts
Because of Metro’s budget shortfall, fares will likely rise, and some service reductions will take place. However, Metro’s terminology misleadingly couches major service reductions as “restructurings.” General Manager Richard Sarles’ budget proposal calls for fewer bus cuts - certainly a fact worth celebrating. But some very major… Keep reading…
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Halethorpe getting a MARC station replacement
Earlier this week, the Maryland Transit Administration announced that construction would soon start on a replacement MARC station on the Penn Line at Halethorpe. The Halethorpe MARC station is located on the busiest of MTA’s 3 commuter rail lines, the Penn Line. It is located near the Baltimore Beltway, two stops south of Baltimore Penn Station, between West Baltimore… Keep reading…
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Montgomery’s zoning issues, part 2: Uses
Montgomery County is working to rewrite its aging and complicated zoning code. In the last installment, I discussed problems with our zones. This post looks at issues facing allowable uses. Zoning codes determine which land uses are or are not allowed to operate in each zone. Montgomery County’s code deals with allowable uses by organizing them into tables or lists. Each… Keep reading…