A pilot program that pays people $2 a day to carpool is expanding. “As long as you work in the Washington, D.C. region and you form a new carpool, you would qualify to participate,” says Commuter Connections Director Nicholas Ramfos. Ramfos says you will get paid up to $130 over three months for carpooling.
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March 12, 2010
Pay-to-carpool program will expand
Arundel Mills may be home to MD’s first casino
Arundel Mills emerged unexpectedly as the lead venue for slots in Maryland last year. Developer Cordish says the plan for the shopping mall will enhance the entertainment-oriented experience there by adding a casino with 4,750 slot machines.
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MD bill would create new charge for “negligent homicide by car”
AAA Mid-Atlantic will join other supporters at a noon new conference in Annapolis to rally support for a pending bill that would create a new charge of “negligent homicide by motor vehicle” that could be applied in cases where a personn’s bad driving leads to the death of another. The legislation would fill a gap between the traffic offense of negligent driving and the felony of vehicular manslaughter — a charge that is difficult to prove without evidence of extreme negligence such a drunk driving. The new charge would be a misdemeanor punishable by a three-year prison term and a $5,000 fine.
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March 11, 2010
MDOT adds new electronic signs to highways
As it deploys 23 electronic message signs on major highways in the state, Maryland is attempting to answer a question that’s been around almost as long as the automobile itself: “How much longer before we get there?” The State Highway Administration said this week that it has expanded and made permanent its use of variable message signs to keep motorists informed of how long it will take them to reach important interchanges or landmarks in their travels.
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March 10, 2010
Cycling directions now available in Google Maps
Today we’ve added biking directions and extensive bike trail data to Google Maps for the U.S. To find biking directions, select “Bicycling” from the drop-down menu when you do a directions search in Google Maps.
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New bike shop will open in Takoma Park in April
The Green Commuter bike shop plans to open its doors at 7320 Carroll Ave. — in the heart of the Takoma Junction business district — in April.
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Workers in blasting stage at Silver Spring transit center
It hasn’t been easy finishing Silver Spring’s new Paul S. Sarbanes Transit Center, under construction at Colesville Road and Wayne Avenue. Despite an original opening date of late 2010, the newest opening date for the transit center is June 20, 2011. As always, that date is tentative, Scheuerman said.
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City Place Mall facelift approved
The Montgomery County planning board approved plans for the all-new façade and entrance at Colesville and Fenton Thursday, the final leg of the approval process before City Place can be redeveloped. In six months , the developer said he expects to announce a lease with a major new retailer. Hopefully, the retailer will occupy 100,000 square feet on two floors—similar to Target’s occupancy at Westfield Wheaton—but 50,000 square feet is more likely.
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Last farm in Potomac to be rezoned for development
The Montgomery County Planning Board recommended approving the re-zoning of a 170-acre North Potomac farm Thursday, a first step toward the development of the last operating farm in the Potomac subregion.
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Gaithersburg and Rockville demand changes to Science City
City leaders in Gaithersburg and Rockville are demanding county officials correct “fundamental” failings in the multi-decade vision for building an 800-acre Science City between the cities’ borders. Gaithersburg’s mayor and city council unanimously approved a resolution Monday night saying the County Council must re-examine more than a dozen aspects of the Gaithersburg West master plan, the county’s broad-strokes blueprint for tripling the Shady Grove Life Sciences Center to 20 million square feet of commercial space, roughly 9,000 homes and capacity for more than 40,000 jobs. Rockville expects to finalize its nearly identical resolution Wednesday night.
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