Posts about Maryland
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Breakfast links: Cyclists rock
Cyclists are better shoppers: A German survey found that cyclists buy more from stores than motorists; they buy less each trip, but make more trips, giving stores more opportunities to persuade them to buy extra items. (Twin Cities Streets for People) Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: great streets aren’t overrun with parking
Parking minimums could kill SE project: A proposed building at 801 Virginia Ave will be offices instead of condos; unfortunately, current parking minimums are higher for offices, groundwater makes digging more parking levels too costly, and without a variance, Infosnack points out we’ll just be stuck with an empty lot. DCist agrees with parking reform: Removing parking minimums… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Montgomery County extravaganza
SmartBike in MoCo? Councilmember Valerie Ervin (Silver Spring) is suggesting a SmartBike system for Montgomery County, with stations “in the downtowns of high-density area such as Silver Spring, Takoma Park, Wheaton and Bethesda.” How about making it compatible with DC’s, so someone could one day pick up a bike in Bethesda, ride to Friendship Heights or Tenleytown… Keep reading…
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MoCoCo agrees with Planning Board on Road Code
The Montgomery County Council thinks the Planning Board—and the GGW community—are right about the flaws in the Road Code. Six of them sent a letter to the MoCo DOT concurring with the Planning Board’s objections. From the letter: Keep reading…
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Pedestrians and drivers: Can’t we all just get along?
In the wake of last week’s traffic traffic fatality, columnists and bloggers are calling for peace—and some measure of balance—between drivers and pedestrians. Keep reading…
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Weekend reading: Up and down the Green Line edition
First stop Columbia Heights: Today is Columbia Heights Day, featuring local music, food, family activities, a bike ride and more. Keep reading…
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Stand up for the Purple Line in November
MTA Maryland will be holding four hearings on the Purple Line in November. These are a key way that MTA and Governor O’Malley will hear public support or opposition. Wealthy NIMBYs (literally) in the Columbia Country Club and the Town of Chevy Chase are organizing to get opponents there; MTA and O’Malley need to hear from the many citizens of Montgomery and Prince George’s… Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Three jeers and a cheer edition
Urban planners in blue: Ike Leggett wants to give the police sole decisionmaking power about what pedestrian paths should go around the Fillmore. Meanwhile, planners and elected offiicals will have almost no say. (Just Up the Pike) Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Don’t sweat the small stuff edition
Girard Park plans revealed: New Columbia Heights has drawings of a planned renovation of the park at 14th and Girard. It will have an “inviting” plaza with tables, a fountain, and restrooms by day, and a fence to keep undesirable activity out at night. Keep reading…
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MoCo road code, AAA oppose tree-lined medians
Montgomery County is finalizing a new “road code” to define basic standards for roads of different types across the county. It’s a good idea to update the standards, but in the hands of MoCo’s traffic engineers and some county leaders, it’s become a blindly pro-traffic sledgehammer that will force pedestrian-unfriendly design throughout the… Keep reading…