Posts tagged Carroll County
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Baltimore’s problem is sprawl, not a bad economy
The city of Baltimore has over 20,000 vacant row houses and 300,000 fewer residents than at its peak. Governor Larry Hogan recently announced funding to demolish whole blocks of them. A common narrative outside Baltimore is that the city is in collapse thanks to manufacturing jobs leaving, as in many Rust Belt cities. But that’s not the biggest problem. Suburbanization is. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: It will grow
Columbia Pike will change; What’s up in northern Maryland; Streetcar will move ahead?; Gray for campaign finance reform; Lots waiting for charters; Watch David talk Metro; Will Boxer cave?; Waters rising in Delmarva. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Pointing fingers
Official scapegoats Smart Growth; Leggett reprimands council; Election results still not all in; DNC contradicts DC Democrats; Charters gain increasing share; All options on the table for the FBI’s HQ; Are the police choking or pushing?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Mean streets of Maryland
Cyclist dies at spot slated to become more auto-centric; That’s not all; Behave yourselves!; Watering trees by bike; Amtrak on Google Transit too; Road connectivity dialogue proceeding over DMPED’s objections; Cheh, Graham, Wells safe; Mendelson, Fenty maybe not. Keep reading…