Posts tagged Olney
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Montgomery County is finally talking about its segregated schools. But can we fix them?
Montgomery County’s public schools are growing, and they’re also growing more segregated by race and class, which is hurting student performance across the board. As the county struggles to address both issues, a debate is raging about who belongs in our community, and who gets to benefit from its resources. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Underground preparation
Art underground; Year-late indignation; Arlington Cemetery swamped; Record bike lanes; Andy Harris banned; Get in line; May your nights be merry and bright; And…. Keep reading…
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Maryland SHA needlessly draws community ire with poor Georgia Avenue Bus Rapid Transit options
Last November, Montgomery County passed a master plan envisioning high-quality Bus Rapid Transit on its eight busiest corridors. Unfortunately, Maryland officials are pushing to design BRT in an unreasonable way that would harm the community along the route, and have unnecessarily stirred up opposition to BRT as a result. The Maryland State Highway Administratrion (SHA)… Keep reading…
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This utility line carries more than gas
Utility lines provide us amenities like electricity, water, and gas, but they can also improve the physical connections between communities. A new video shows how one gas line in Montgomery County doubles as a trail and neighborhood gathering space. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Getting around
PARK(ing) Day 2013; Go car-free; Crosswalk conundrum; Travel-time signs change minds?; Bike commuting continues to rise; Metro revises exitfare policies; To rent or to own?; White Oak envisioned as new Silicon Valley; DC unchanged since 2011?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stop and go
Park easier downtown; Review starts on super stop; How to fix Georgetown; Rents not rising; Dupont can be prettier more safely; WMATA was watching; Medical Center access moves forward; More intelligent campus design; Maryland movement; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Chapter Two
The trial is over; …but the scandal wears on; The listless university; Parking may perform; Real-time meter data?; 14th goes grit to glam; CP CaBi in the wrong places?; Dangerous to bike in Olney; And…. Keep reading…