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 11, 2010
MDOT adds new electronic signs to highways
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.
> Silver Spring Gazette
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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.
> Gaithersburg Gazette
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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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DDOT announce bike infrastructure plan
DDOT will develop new bike lanes in the Downtown and Golden Triangle business districts in order to maintain traffic flow while better protecting bicycle riders. The proposed bike lanes will be placed on the following streets: Pennsylvania Avenue NW; I Street NW; L Street NW; 15th Street NW; 9th Street NW.
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March 9, 2010
Should Clarksburg have a downtown?
Most of the 40-odd buildings in the northern Montgomery County community’s historic downtown lack a public sewer system, something most Washington area residents take for granted. And the chances of getting the pipes installed anytime soon are linked to another problem: stream pollution caused by development in another part of Clarksburg known for construction irregularities.
> Washington Post
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Wetlands complicate planning for Herndon Metro station
A wetlands area near the expected Herndon-Monroe Metro station is complicating plans for an urban, walkable community around the transit center.
> DC Examiner
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