Posts tagged Germantown
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Breakfast links: Montgomery County localities dominate ranking of 10 most diverse cities in US
Gaithersburg, Germantown, Silver Spring, Rockville among 10 most diverse cities in US. Arlington considers agreement to boost solar panel installations after slump. Virginia Senator Lucas kills a second Potomac Yard arena bill. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Amtrak to update Ivy City railyard ahead of new fleet arrivals
Amtrak investing $1 billion in major rail yard upgrades, including $350 million in DC. Some of the DC area’s vacant retail space remains that way on purpose. Arlington still doesn’t have to pay HQ2 incentives. Keep reading…
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Suburban protestors speak out against police brutality
All over the United States, people have taken to the streets to protest police brutality against Black people after George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis last week. Many of these demonstrations have taken place in center cities, including here in downtown DC. Yet suburban communities in Maryland and Virginia have stepped up as well. Keep reading…
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Marc Elrich wants to cut some of Montgomery County’s busiest bus routes
Some of Montgomery County's busiest Ride On bus routes could come less frequently this fall. County Executive Marc Elrich wants to reduce bus service to save money, reflecting a larger push to defund things that benefit the county's urban areas. The County Council will vote on restoring the bus cuts this Thursday. Keep reading…
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Ride On is the biggest bus system in the region after WMATA. Its busiest lines might surprise you.
Montgomery County’s Ride On is the busiest bus system in the Washington region after Metrobus, carrying 75,000 riders each day. Its most popular bus routes, however, might surprise you. Keep reading…
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Montgomery’s traffic tests for new developments encourage sprawl, but that could change soon
Montgomery County is expected to gain 232,000 new residents over the next 30 years. Currently, Montgomery’s traffic tests measures whether development leads to people driving faster rather than whether development leads to more people driving. Reforming this practice could help discourage sprawl. Keep reading…
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The MARC’s Brunswick Line only goes one way in the AM and the other in the PM. It could do both.
Service on the MARC Brunswick Line only runs one way at a time: toward DC in the morning and away from DC in the afternoon and evening, on weekdays only. Some MARC riders think there is a simple way to make service between DC and Brunswick run both ways in the early and mid-afternoon. Keep reading…
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Rural Montgomery residents write their own transportation proposal
Boyds, a rural town in Montgomery County’s Agricultural Reserve with a MARC station, is a commuting destination for the residents of Clarksburg, a rapidly growing town just north. To handle increasing traffic and make transit more accessible, Boyds residents want to move both a central road and the MARC station. Keep reading…
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DC’s daytime population is over a million
According to a US Census report, the District of Columbia’s daytime population, including commuters, swells to over 1,000,000. The difference between DC’s day and night populations is second greatest in the US. The report dates from 2010 so the numbers are surely a bit different today. With DC’s (then) nighttime residential population of 584,400, its… Keep reading…
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Will Montgomery County study a transit alternative to M-83?
M-83, also known as Midcounty Highway Extended, is an environmental calamity that will cost hundreds of millions. Yet Montgomery County continues to pursue its construction. Will county leaders consider a transit alternative to a new highway? When Montgomery County planners put M-83 on the master plan of highways in the early 1960s, the county’s population was 340,000. Keep reading…