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ICC buses will go to BWI, Fort Meade

Maryland is buying 18 buses to run along the ICC once the first segment opens. They will travel with limited stops from Gaithersburg to BWI and Fort Meade. (Baltimore Sun)  

Fairfax plans dedicated bus lanes

Fairfax plans a comprehensive system of dedicated bus lanes to move people and circumvent traffic cheaply and (hopefully) effectively. I kept meaning to write in more detail about this but haven’t yet had time. Meanwhile or instead, enjoy Ashley Halsey’s great reporting, which includes the statistic that one mile of a bus lane could carry 4,693 people while one mile of a crowded car lane carries only 264. (Post, Cavan, Michael P)  (Tip: Cavan)  

C is for calming

Capitol Hill’s grid is quiet and pedestrian-friendly, except for the high-speed C Street, NE where cars speed from RFK to the Capitol area. Ken Granata has been fighting for a traffic study to calm and reroute the traffic, and has a blog about it; he recently got DDOT to start the study and a nice writeup in The Hill Is Home.  

Marketing transit

The LA Metro is marketing their system hard, and it seems to be working. Billboards feature slogans like “Let the other superheroes wrestle with traffic” (showing a caped crusader on the train) or “It beats the 101.” (TheCityFix)  (Tip: TheCityFix)  

New York Avenue Costco

DC’s first Costco and second Target may anchor a 42-acre shopping center off New York Avenue near the Maryland line. Now-GGW contributor Jaime Fearer hoped for a less big-box design when the last version of this project collapsed in 2007; will this version be better? But if there are going to be big boxes, this is probably the least walkable and least transit-oriented corner of DC. (WBJ)  (Tip: Scott)  

Cool subway architecture

Designboom shows off some of the most distinctive subway stations from around the world. (JTS)  (Tip: JTS)  

Come transformare una chiesa

An Italian blog published Erik Bootsma’s article, Transforming a suburban church into a neighborhood. Here’s the automated translation so you can read the comments (sort of) if you don’t speak Italian. (Fides et Forma)  

And…

Fairfax is trying to persuade people to telecommute to avoid Tysons construction (Post) … Some Alexandrians don’t want a nice waterfront promenade (Examiner) … Maryland MTA is delaying its smart card system yet again, now to next fall. (WTOP)  (Tip: David C)