Posts about Maryland
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Will 30 seconds kill White Flint?
The bombing of Tokyo by Gen. Jimmy Doolittle’s carrier-launched B-17s (chronicled in the book and movie “Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo”) arguably changed the course of World War Two, even though they did insignificant damage. The same could be true of Friday’s recommendation by Council staff to only implement Phase One of the White Flint Plan. The Planning,… Keep reading…
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Lunch links: Not going to fix itself
The word on Catoe; Promised to fix transportation? Never mind; Red Line disruptions this weekend; Evans driving distracted?; VRE still growing; Go on a diet; Let Bethesda build; Pop that out of here!. Keep reading…
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Ten cents better than deep cuts for Ride On
Thirty-one Ride On bus routes, including thirteen routes serving East County neighborhoods from Takoma Park to Olney, could see reduced service or be eliminated altogether under cuts proposed by Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett. The changes would close the county’s $70 million budget gap by $2 million, but it would also eliminate one million of the 30 million annual… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Transit, Kwame, and Prince George
Government now allowed to consider livability; Softer side of Catoe; Circulator to River East?; Sidewalks still not assured; PG Council displeased with camera reversal; Sun setting on Westphalia?; The High Cost of Free Parking: the movie. Keep reading…
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The only thing we have to fear is fear of traffic
Has a civil engineer ever looked up at the Golden Gate Bridge and thought, “Nah, a suspension bridge could never work?” How many elected officials say, “our city could never be like San Francisco, so let’s not try to bridge our similar strait?” We have plenty of working examples of bridges, and therefore we know we can build more. But when it comes… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Extend the lane
Ward 1 ANC supports bike lane; DumbBike after the snow; Eight feet for Seven Locks; Road rager gets 5; Montgomery’s density debates; Who can give the most?; SAD = Saw Avatar Depression?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Unexpected sight
No pants!; They’ll never know; Open the doors!; Congestion fares; No free bags at Wal-Mart; No new parking, says Baltimore; Make Rockville affordable; Walkability is money. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Buses boo
Was Metro negligent in keeping driver?; Ride On cutting too; Pruning vs. chopping; PG backs down on cameras; Only a month or two?; Yet another art debate; Taxi “anarchy”. Keep reading…
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Two (very different) planned towns in Maryland
Passing through the D.C. metro area after New Year’s, we decided to visit two classic planned communities in the Maryland suburbs: Greenbelt and Kentlands. Both were planned and built from the ground up and both contain around 2,000 households. Otherwise, they could not be more different. One was entirely created by the federal government, the other by private developers. Keep reading…
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Give me a break: Tax incentives should be regional, not local
Yesterday, the DC Council approved a $6 million tax break for CoStar to move from downtown Bethesda to DC. To address criticism from small businesses and nonprofits that moving CoStar wouldn’t actually create new DC jobs since Bethesda is right on the Metro, the Council added several amendments to the deal. They now have to add 100 new jobs for DC residents, hire DC residents… Keep reading…