Posts about Maryland
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Suggested fixes to Prince George’s snow removal policies
The Prince George’s County Council will soon convene a public meeting with officials from the Department of Public Works & Transportation (DPW&T) to discuss the county’s response to and management of the recent back-to-back snowstorms in February 2010. The goal of this event, according to council chairman Thomas E. Dernoga (D-Dist. 1) and council member… Keep reading…
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Lessons from a South American Bus Rapid Transit system
Curitiba, a city of 1.8 million people, is the capital of the state of Paraná in Brazil. In late December, I visited Curitiba at my own expense and was briefed on its Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, one of the world’s first and most highly-regarded. Because Montgomery County is studying BRT as an option for its residents, I wanted to find out how it is working… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rolling backward
No more rollback; Anti-transit GOP; Not another parking lot; Parking full, no Metro for you; Farmers markets may become accessible to poor; Bixi pix; Leggett again chooses against walkability. Keep reading…
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Morning links: The axe starts to fall
MWAA, the Fairfax disconnector; Transit cuts will mean gridlock every day; Arlingtonians will have to shovel too; Klein not in sync with Rein’s sprawl dreams; OP vs. neighbors, reversed; A bicycle IS a transportation device; In other news. Keep reading…
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Hans Riemer discusses Smart Growth at campaign kickoff
This past Saturday, February 20th, I attended Hans Riemer’s kickoff rally for his campaign for a Montgomery County Council seat at large. In the first paragraph of his kickoff speech, Hans expressed forward-thinking ideas that I’ve rarely heard a Montgomery County elected official utter before: he explicitly linked vibrant, sustainable, human-scale… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Could be more walkable or bikeable
Tysons hit and run; Learning from Walk Scores; Bike infrastructure cut again; King Street’s fences; Transit worth it; Intrigue in PG planning; And…. Keep reading…
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How Silver Spring Park could be a good neighbor
Last night, East Silver Spring landowner Ulysses Glee discussed his plans for a mixed-use complex he’d like to build on the parking lot at Fenton Street and Silver Spring Avenue in East Silver Spring. Eric from Thayer Avenue live-tweeted the proceedings at the East Silver Spring Civic Association’s monthly meeting. Those who don’t live in East Silver Spring… Keep reading…
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Safety is no accident, says Carr
Maryland Delegates Al Carr (D-Kensington) and Bill Bronrott (D-Bethesda) have introduced a bill to replace the word “accident” with “crash” in the state’s laws. The House will hold a hearing on the bill this afternoon. The bill would use the word “crash” instead of “accident” where it occurs in the laws of the State… Keep reading…
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Prince George’s must ensure pedestrian and rider safety
We now know the ultimate price of Prince George’s County’s abysmal failure to clear the County’s pedestrian pathways in a timely manner after the record-setting snowstorms earlier this month: People get killed. On the morning of Thursday, February 18, 2010, 32-year-old Asa Fukuhara, a promising electrical engineer who worked for the U.S. Department… Keep reading…
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Links across the nation (and world): At the extremes
NYC vs. Houston; Houston vs. NYC; 5 cents in Baltimore?; Robot turns snow into bricks; Curbing curb cuts in SF; Mixed-use in Mountain View; Driverless trains?. Keep reading…