Posts about Maryland
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Montgomery Council agrees on 270 widening, debates BRT versus light rail
At this morning’s session, the Montgomery County Council expressed a consensus for a scaled-back I-270 widening, and debated whether to build bus rapid transit or light rail on the Corridor Cities Transitway. Council President Phil Andrews (Rockville/Gaithersburg) set a tone for the emerging consensus by endorsing a more limited widening on Monday, which Michael… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Eye of the beholder
Murals: Love ‘em or hate ‘em?; “Rethinking” SmarTrip (but not bus stop spacing); Streetcar wires AND trees?; All together now: Highways are really expensive; And gas taxes don’t cover it; Gateway may close Virginia Ave; I just didn’t see the elephant. Keep reading…
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Is a Green Line extension wise?
Commenters raised a variety of objections to the possibility of extending the Green Line to Fort Meade, as Prince George’s County is proposing. Some argued that the corridor was not viable to support Metro, it was already served by the Camden Line of MARC, and that it’s too far away from the city. For full disclosure, I am employed at Fort Meade, and I was stationed there… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What people like
Britons like classical architecture; Voters like transit; Longer corridor, more cities transitway; “Home plate” building illustrated; New UMD housing, parking, biking; Blame the road designer, not the pedestrian; Get that dead body out of my way!. Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Delays due to broken systems
Why no breakfast links today?; Montgomery traffic signals go out; Metro communication systems go out; Pay for park parking if you don’t park in the park; Transit Score; And…; “Roads” now includes transit?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Harebrained approaches to traffic
The right to drive distracted?; Debate tolls thoroughly! Now don’t!; Making transit more accessible; Talk long-term; Jaydriving worse than jaywalking; Buffett Northern Santa Fe; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Good job, reporters and juries
Putting you in danger; Headline a flop, article good; Don’t let the growth policy flop; Deliberately hurt two cyclists, go to jail; Tax shelter hazard rears its head again; Everybody cross now. Keep reading…
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Ride-On now on Google Transit
Montgomery County’s Ride-On bus service has joined Google Transit. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Space to walk and bike
And the winners are…; Get off the (local) road; How to utilize street space for people; Velo vandals; ICC tolls no surprise; Let’s grow the Branch; Parking from SF to Tulsa. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Empty parking, screw peds and bikes
We told you so, New York; College Park-ing still a failure; Mean parking lots; Just coal for pedestrians, bikers; Who needs to maintain bikeways? Not Montgomery; NIMBY, literally; Massive widenings are expensive, even in Tysons; Future Amtrak: Wireless, yummier, and more annoying. Keep reading…