Posts about Maryland
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Breakfast links: Over, atop, and across the road
Not what they meant by “on Bladensburg Road”; Planners disagree on bridge; What’s excellent?; Bus-and-ride; Hotel ok, still too tall?; Air rights development to cover 395. Keep reading…
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UMD students push SmarTrip IDs
The University of Maryland may integrate SmarTrip cards into its student IDs. Under the proposed program, instead of printing new student IDs on regular plain ID cards, the University would use blank SmarTrip cards. This would make it much easier for students to ride Metro, removing the necessary step of buying a SmarTrip or dealing with the unreliable paper farecards. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Running away with it
What about those old car dealerships?; Navarro wins; Transit bait-and-switch; MARC gives the wrong information; Gas prices going up; Outdoor classrooms; What a robbery looks like. Keep reading…
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Burtonsville residents protest affordable housing
In eastern Montgomery County, fears of low-income housing have galvanized the community. Pushed by civic activists who were able to rewrite the local Master Plan to favor the development of single-family homes, the Planning Board approved a waiver last Thursday reducing the number of required Moderately Priced Dwelling Units (MPDUs) in a proposed 365-home Burtonsville development… Keep reading…
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On the calendar: Shop, ride, talk, listen
Shop at Whole Foods and support CSG; Ride of Silence; Bloggers, residents talk; Talk back to MoCo; Later on. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The way you get to work
Thousands bike to work; Bike here; Reshaping Portland; Next they’ll give them away for free; Off the MARC; Red Line convert; Leesburg ready for bikes and pedestrians; Debating walkability. Keep reading…
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Leggett: “Isolating revenue” via special districts is bad, unless for parking
Psychological research has shown that people’s brains naturally respond to arguments that support our point of view, but reject almost identical arguments if applied to issues where we disagree. That’s why Democrats think Republicans are hypocrites, and Republicans think the same of Democrats. This also applies to policies about prioritizing walkable versus… Keep reading…
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Anacostia bill passes committee markups
This morning, the two committees responsible for the Anacostia River Cleanup and Protection Act (the “bag bill”) unanimously approved sending the bill to the full Council. Since twelve Councilmembers co-sponsored the bill, it only needs seven votes, and eight voted for it today between the two committees, it’s almost certain likely to pass. The Council’s… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Old news and new news
More bikes on and around trains; Screen not on the Green; Mies box or transit stop?; Few MoCo employees using car-sharing, yet; Press article uses active verb for crash!; Bus stop answers. Keep reading…
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Montgomery needs transportation districts, not parking districts
Last week, the Montgomery County Council held a hearing on the second leg of their two-part strategy to restore Ride-On bus service cuts. The first part was to raise parking fees in the Bethesda parking district, fees which only rose once in the last twenty years and haven’t kept up with inflation or Metro fares. Next, the Council must approve transferring money out of the parking… Keep reading…