Posts about Maryland
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Dinner links: Yer outta there
Graham chief of staff arrested for bribery; Pedestrian-hitting driver fired; Potomac Yard station will be less convenient; No tram; build a real subway; Reuse bags, please; Sidleyless Chevy Chase will wait; Get your act together, Georgia. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Statistics and reversals
Mode shares across the region; NextBus price tag: $15,000; ICC not free, people surprised; Catoe safe amid criticism; No giant bike; Stevens plan not pleasin’; F Street one-way plan on the way out. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Outdoor people and places
Car-Free photos; Anti H Street festival; Better pictures of the huge bike; High taxes for blight but not vacancy; MWAA now a road-widening agency?; A little relief on BRAC; NTSB: Fix the mystery track circuits; Grants grants grants; And…. Keep reading…
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Why Montgomery’s affordable housing “dumping ground” could use even more
Since the 1970s, Montgomery County has required developers to set aside a percentage of new homes for their Moderately Priced Dwelling Unit (MPDU) program. Nevertheless, affluent Bethesda and Potomac have fought MPDUs, resulting in a concentration of subsidized units elsewhere in the County. Today, a quarter of the county’s MPDUs are located in Germantown, while another… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Making tracks and trails
Met Branch asphalt; Streetcar tracks in Anacostia; Are you going car-free?; When will Cato criticize garages?; HOT tempers in Virginia; Ride Metro to the Redskins, no thanks to the FTA; Americans loving cars a little less. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Using asphalt for green activities
Park(ing) on 14th and around the world; Fresh food good, traffic bad; This time around, respect for ghost bikes; Tysons sprawl plan also neglects bikes; Rail in southern Prince George’s?; Living in a theme park; Pushing for openness in NY. Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Chronicles of hypocrisy
Another suicide?; Wah, the monorail wasn’t working; Libertarians against property rights; Hyland v. Keam on transportation; High-speed map of rail; Yet another transportation subsidy: general aviation airports; Keep those bus passengers away from our walkable town. Keep reading…
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Development bans do more “forcing” than Smart Growth
Which of these two zoning policies is most about “forcing” people to do something: Keep reading…
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Ped access at Medical Center now secret “traffic and pedestrian” project
The saga of the Medical Center Metro access project just gets stranger and stranger. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Routes to school and the route for a school
Bright future for Hine; Stifling routes to school?; Buses vs. people; Camper bike; Wisconsin without Circulator?; Not your father’s affordable housing; McCain, Coburn: Everything but highways is “wasteful”. Keep reading…