Posts about Maryland
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Breakfast links: Fitting together
Car-free German suburb; Bikes: the new pickups; Suggest DC’s next technological innovation; MTA, Metro fail to create unified SmarTrip; How about driving the speed limit?; Why is it so hard to build a train?; Give Bread To Me; Cul-de-sacs will eat your brains. Keep reading…
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On the calendar: Smart Growth past, present and future
Montgomery is listening; urge them to be smart; Arlington is already pretty smart; BRAC is really not smart at all; Bike to work; Listen to bloggers; Walk around DC. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Carnage and enforcement
Driver acts responsibly after hitting cyclist; Driver faces no consequences for killing cyclist; MPD ticketing rolling stop; PG working on poor safety record; More Metro Kiss & Park; Pick the worst housing project. Keep reading…
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Highway departments set on HOT lanes
VDOT and the Commonwealth Transportation Board have made up their minds to add high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes to I-395. Arlington and Alexandria, through which the lanes will pass, aren’t so sure, and claim VDOT hasn’t provided answers to their questions about the impact or benefits of the lanes. As a result, they are taking formal steps to oppose the plan. Keep reading…
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Dinner links: On track and on the trail
Controversial Vienna Councilmember loses by 2 votes; Single tracking wouldn’t work for the Purple Line; Dulles Rail money on the express track; Lost Washington: The Cabin John Trolley; Matthew Henson Trail about to open; Kiss & Park for Metro employees?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: People creating neat charts and graphs
Baltimore 15-minute map; Why people are driving less; A hopelessly sprawly exurb and a somewhat walkable one; Stop paving over your front yard; Should DC hybrid drivers be able to use VA HOV lanes?; Mixed-use federal buildings?; National Harbor says reroute is for safety; Boxer might sell out good transportation again. Keep reading…
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For Montgomery’s future, look to Arlington
Montgomery County Councilmember Roger Berliner (D-District 1) has proposed adding an additional Metro station near the existing White Flint station. Mr. Berliner proposed the station to enhance the pedestrian-oriented infrastructure for the upcoming suburban-to-urban retrofits in the new White Flint Sector Plan and to address the expected traffic from BRAC. He noted that… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The results are in
Barnes, Burda win in Chevy Chase; And over in Alexandria; Bike paths only good if they block trains?; Two ped triangles in the Triangle; HSR could unify mega-regions; Where’s my $30?; Pay by phone in MoCo?; Angelenos debate Getty parking hike. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Park or don’t drive
Charlottesville considers meters; NCPC unhappy with no new parking at Navy Yard?; Talking parking in Alexandria; Sweeper cam tickets to fund housing; BRAC all fraked; NYC imagines 49,000 shared bicycles; DCCA elects slate, President too close to call. Keep reading…
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ICC opposition put Navarro over the top
Maryland Politics Watch digs into the numbers of Nancy Navarro’s victory over Ben Kramer in the Democratic primary in Montgomery District 4. Navarro outperformed her 2008 performance, when she lost to Don Praisner, in almost all precincts and groups except in the Leisure World senior community. Most notably, she picked up a significant number of votes in the precincts most… Keep reading…