Posts about Maryland
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No new subsidized parking in Bethesda
The private parking garage at Bethesda’s Air Rights Center costs $6.00 per hour. The public lot across Woodmont Avenue charges only 50 cents per hour. Keep reading…
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Fairfax, PG worst for pedestrian safety
The Coalition for Smarter Growth crunched the numbers on car crashes that hit pedestrians, the percentage of crashes that are fatal to the pedestrian, and the rate compared to the total numbers of pedestrians on the road. Keep reading…
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ICC bike trail bad for the environment, highway ok though
Maryland’s government is confident the Intercounty Connector won’t damage the environment, but when it comes to the bike trail, in order to “avoid constructing paved trails in environmentally sensitive areas” the trail has to take long detours while the highway plows straight through. WashCycle exposes the hypocrisy. Keep reading…
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Get involved this week in PG Co., Arlington, DC
It’s the first week of the month and that means lots and lots of great opportunities to speak up in local government! Keep reading…
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Gaithersburg could get a downtown
BeyondDC reports that the Montgomery County Fairgrounds, “right where downtown Gaithersburg should be, if only it existed,” will move, creating a perfect opportunity for real urbanism in what is now “an incoherent conglomeration of strip malls and fast food shacks.” Keep reading…
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Kojo on density
On today’s Kojo Nnamdi Show on WAMU, Post architecture critic Roger Lewis discusses good and bad design for density, analogies of Washington to Paris, transit-oriented development, Smart Growth controversy in Tenleytown and Annapolis, and the architectural and political sides of density. Keep reading…
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DC & Rockville residents: get involved in local planning!
There are a lot of good meetings happening this week in DC and Rockville around local planning, from encouraging the arts and retail through DC’s zoning to improving Rockville Pike. I highly encourage all of you, readers, to attend these meetings in your city or neighborhood. Many of them, especially the DC Zoning Update and the Pike planning, are significant opportunities… Keep reading…
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NoMA Public Radio, not New Parking-Lot Radio. Nice for Pedestrians Radio?
NPR is moving its headquarters to NoMA, the area north of Union Station that is experiencing major revitalization. I just hope their new building is better than their old one in terms of engaging the streetscape, and that the old one can be turned into something that, unlike many of the newer buildings around Mt. Vernon Square, presents something other than a blank wall to passing pedestrians. Keep reading…
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Rockville Central reports on Pike meeting
It looks like Cindy CG of Rockville Central was at another Parking and Loading table at Wednesday’s Rockville Pike meeting. Keep reading…
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Skybridges don’t make the connection
It sounds simple and appealing. Your city has a major road with a lot of traffic, but city planners and citizens want to make it more pedestrian-friendly, encouraging more walkable stores in place of purely big box strip development. How about pedestrian overpasses? With a walkway, people can cross in complete safety and not interfere with the existing traffic. You can even build… Keep reading…