Mr. Harris, thank you for replying to my post on 4 Bethesda Metro Center. I have a question regarding your response.It is true that the Planning staff saw many virtues…
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Ten years ago, the Planning Board considered whether to raise the county’s Critical Lane Volume (CLV) standards by up to 100 points. This would have allowed developers to escape traffic…
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After last week’s marathon five-part series on traffic measurement, I was prepared to move on to other things. But an anonymous friend of the blog sent me proof that the…
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Is This Smart Growth?
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In April, the Post depicted the battle over a new office tower on the Bethesda Metro station as a struggle between Goliaths: the developer proposing the tower and the surrounding…
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Thoughts on the Vice-Presidency
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By Marc Korman. I try to keep my posts limited to Maryland politics, but the national political climate is too exciting to ignore. If you are a political junkie, and…
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What Might Have Been…
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When Senator Patrick J. Hogan (D-39) of Montgomery County stepped down last year, he changed history. We are only now beginning to realize the magnitude of that decision.Senator Hogan was…
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A Better Way to Measure Traffic, Part Three
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In Part Two, we listed four corridors with high volumes and low speeds. Today, we list four corridors with modest volumes and low speeds. While these corridors perform differently than…
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FBI Raids Home of Senator Ulysses Currie
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The Post has details on the raid here. While we do not yet know the reasons for the raid, or even if Senator Currie is the target of of an…
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A Better Way to Measure Traffic, Part Two
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In Part One, we discussed how GPS-based traffic measurement could work on a county-wide basis. The Planning Department has already done test drives on several corridors, plotting out distances, times…
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On Political Pulse
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Maryland State Delegates Brian Feldman (from District 15, which is the Potomac Gaithersburg area) and Tom Hucker (from District 20, which is the Silver Spring, Takoma Park area) will be…