Posts tagged Gaithersburg West
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Breakfast links: Trick or treat
Walkable = trick-or-treatable; Start up in Anacostia; Shut the door; Belward cleared for building; Charters lead to integration; Roads get emergency money faster; Not a safe route to school; Metro opens data; how can you use it?; And…. Keep reading…
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Hopkins lobbies for a slower, cheaper transitway
The Corridor Cities Transitway once promised a rapid transit ride north of Shady Grove, but Johns Hopkins University and other Montgomery County developers want to delete the “rapid.” That’s because development in the area is tied to the transitway. The cheaper the transitway can get, the sooner their plans can move forward. Six weeks ago, following… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Going private
CCT may use private funding; Not what Belward owner had in mind; Arlandria project approved; Party with less paperwork; Unbanked on CaBi; Don’t judge SF performance parking yet; Slow is the future; And…. Keep reading…
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Land donors sue JHU to block Science City development
The family that donated land in Montgomery County to the Johns Hopkins University for a research campus is now suing to stop development of part of the sprawling “Science City.” Science City is Montgomery County’s plan for 60,000 jobs in a sprawling suburban development five miles from the Shady Grove Metro stop. It’s far from most of the county’s… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Challenges
MoCo big box bill unconstitutional?; “Science City” really just JHU profit city?; Safeway could block Skyland Walmart; Georgetown ok with Glover Park streetscape; Can RFK parking lots become ball fields?; Preservationists should be “picky”; Congress wants bike-ped shrunk in TIGER. Keep reading…
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Rockville, Gaithersburg races involve transit and growth
Voters in Rockville and Gaithersburg will choose at-large members of their city councils tomorrow. The choices voters make could affect how much these cities encourage and welcome development around transit and transit around existing development. Rockville has several councilmembers, including Mayor Phyllis Marcuccio, who rode into office 2 years ago on a platform partly… Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Rent is too damn high
Simple steps to help affordable housing; Vancouver tackles homelessnes; Too much preservation?; Pharma company moves from sprawl to downtown; DC employees worried about transparency; EPA Smart Growth faces uncertain future; Parking lot to become green space; Grocery stores, “but for whom?”; And…. Keep reading…
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The East County Science Center should be an urban center
For years, local boosters have said that the Food and Drug Administration’s new campus in White Oak would bring jobs and prosperity to East County as companies flocked to work with the government agency. Yet a new report commissioned by the Planning Department suggests that it’ll take a lot more to revitalize the area. Last year, county planners began work on the… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Should I stay or should I go?
Might Sarles stay?; Solar Decathlon off the Mall; Remembering transit’s role in the Civil Rights movement; Belward Farm Science City slowly takes shape; No criminal charges for killing cyclist; Man killed in Farragut North metro; VA transportation funding plan draws criticism; Poor travelers can’t pay for China’s HSR; And…. Keep reading…
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MTA considers a better Corridor Cities Transitway
Three potential alignment changes for the Corridor Cities Transitway, a proposed light rail or BRT line running north from Shady Grove Metro through Gaithersburg, will let the line reach the walkable neighborhoods near its route and substantially increase ridership at relatively little cost. In 2006, planners ignored the many walkable, urban neighborhoods near the route… Keep reading…