Posts about Maryland
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Breakfast links: Today in buildings
If you don’t like your historic building, let it fall down?; You say “of its time,” I say “faux modernism”; Making the FBI building work; Good plan, bad design for Walgreens?; Hotel isn’t more important than everything else; Purple Line beats opponents, highways at TPB; And…. Keep reading…
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Morning links: Back and greater than ever
I’m back; “Overgrown office park” to real city; More sidewalks coming, especially in River East; I-270 corridor residents want transit; Mixed-income areas boost civic participation; Arlington gets greener, transit opponents claim to be; Across the nation; And…. Keep reading…
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Madaleno opposes Jones Bridge BRT in public, supports it in private
Last week, I wrote about how Maryland State Senator Richard Madaleno’s (D-District 18, Montgomery) position against transit funding and in favor of HOT lanes was “ Keep reading…
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When a “ghetto” is not a “ghetto”
The term “ghetto” is often an overused and stereotypical term used to describe urban culture and residential communities. Any avid reader of neighborhood blogs in DC has most likely noticed how commenters over use the term “ghetto” to describe communities they see as poor, crime ridden, undesirable, and Black. A recent post about a new mural in… Keep reading…
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Creating a new Sector Plan involves taking care of the details
Montgomery County planners are continuing with developing a new White Flint Sector Plan. Of course, every good plan requires a strict attention to detail. Recently, the planning board set the height limit to 300 feet in new Sector Plan. While arbitrary, this detail is an important step since such a decision is required by law. Keep reading…
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Tearing down a Baltimore highway provides lessons for DC
Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon set aside money to study tearing down the southern end of the Jones Falls Expressway. She sees tearing down the freeway as offering potential to stimulate development and property values to the east and northeast of downtown Baltimore. Currently, the elevated highway separates downtown from the Johns Hopkins Medical Campus and other… Keep reading…
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Breakfast Links: The cyclists are naked and rolling
Rolling stops in Loudoun: The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office ticketed a number of cyclists last weekend who were participating in a muscular sclerosis charity event. In defending the citations for riders in the event who had slowed to 1 mph at a stop sign, Sheriff Stephen O. Simpson noted that “[t]hey forget the fact that they’re sharing that road with… Keep reading…
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Madaleno’s anti-transit stance penny wise, pound foolish
Maryland State Senator Richard Madaleno (D-District 18, Montgomery) has been opposing new transit projects for fiscal reasons while supporting irresponsible freeway expansions. Madaleno’s stances are counterproductive to planning a sustainable future for Montgomery County, our region, and the State of Maryland, according to the Action Committee for Transit. … Keep reading…
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National Harbor to cyclists, pedestrians: Drop dead
Saturday was the official opening of the Wilson Bridge active transportation crossing. It’s hard to find a better facility in the region. Beginning at the Mount Vernon Trail on South Washington Street in Alexandria, the path is wide and spacious to accommodate all users, the kiosks along the route are informative and the view north is spectacular. On the Maryland side, the bridge… Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Don’t fall into the tunnel
Doors opening: Some Metro rail drivers are still opening the doors of 8-car trains too soon, leaving passengers in the last two cars facing a tunnel wall. “Virtually all improper door incidents occur because operators forget they are in an eight-car train, officials said, and don’t pull the trains all the way to the front of the platform. Instead, they are berthing… Keep reading…