Posts by Barnaby Zall — Guest Contributor
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White Flint rising, finally
One of the most frequent questions in hundreds of residents’ meetings on White Flint over the last four years was “When will we see something built?” In fact, in some of our residential communities with a more mature demographic, the question was “will we live to see it?” We always had to say, “at least a few years.” Well, a few years… Keep reading…
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Montgomery DOT rolls out another cars-first traffic test
Fresh from yesterday’s interesting Montgomery County Council discussion of the failed car speed tests, I received a leaked copy of the Montgomery County Department of Transportation’s proposed replacement. McDOT will announce the new policy this afternoon. The explanatory memo can be found here. The new Transportation Policy Area Review will replace… Keep reading…
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Will 30 seconds kill White Flint?
The bombing of Tokyo by Gen. Jimmy Doolittle’s carrier-launched B-17s (chronicled in the book and movie “Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo”) arguably changed the course of World War Two, even though they did insignificant damage. The same could be true of Friday’s recommendation by Council staff to only implement Phase One of the White Flint Plan. The Planning,… Keep reading…