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May, 2019 News
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- 5-31-19 Washington Post: Montgomery County rolls out e-scooter program -- The county will allow electric scooters and e-bikes on some county trails
- 5-31-19 Bethesda Magazine: Crowded Schools Put Part of Strathmore Square Project on Hold -- North Bethesda development expected to receive partial approval next week
- 5-31-19 Bethesda Magazine: Quiet Skies Group Leveraging Political Resources to Fight Airport Flight Patterns -- Frosh, Van Hollen say they are alarmed by FAA’s new arrival procedure
- 5-31-19 Bethesda Magazine: Caseload at County’s First Veterans Affairs Clinic Soaring -- Center includes mental health services, nutrition classes
- 5-30-19 Bethesda Magazine: Construction Starts on $350 Million Bethesda Office, Hotel Tower -- Tenants for Avocet building could include insurance, consulting firms
- 5-30-19 Bethesda Magazine: Funding Restored for White Flint Metro Station Improvement Work -- Forest Glen station pedestrian tunnel also gets funds in county budget
- 5-29-19 Bethesda Magazine: Approval Expected for 1,000 Residences in White Flint -- Project includes three mixed-use buildings near Pike & Rose
- 5-29-19 Connecting Vets.com: PHOTOS: Walter Reed conducts mass casualty exercise
- 5-29-19 MCDOT: MD 355 CROSSING PROJECT: PLANNED LANE CLOSURES, MAY 28 thru JUNE 7; CONSTRUCTION WORK CONTINUES INSIDE METRO STATION.
- 5-29-19 MCDOT: MD 355 Open House, June 26 & 27 -- The Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) is studying options for a new BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) service along MD 355 called FLASH. MCDOT invites you to a public Open House to learn more about FLASH on MD 355 and see the results of the extensive evaluation and preliminary engineering of the alternatives, including ridership, benefits, impacts, and estimated costs.
- 5-28-19 WAMU 88.5 FM: Here’s Everything You Need To Know About The Capital Beltway Expansion
- 5-28-19 Bethesda Magazine: Business Notes -- Suburban Hospital in Bethesda earns Magnet designation
- 5-28-19 Washington Post: A Q&A with the new Purple Line CEO -- Peter van der Waart says he wants to clear “roadblocks” from Maryland’s delayed light-rail project and speed approvals needed to get to “full construction"
- 5-27-19 Bethesda Magazine: Figuratively Speaking -- Montgomery County’s Bicycle Master Plan by the numbers
- 5-27-19 CNN: (VIDEO REPORT) Army tweet prompts painful replies from veterans -- A tweet from the US Army asking veterans to share stories of how serving affected them prompted a slew of gut-wrenching replies, including many first-hand accounts of living with post traumatic stress disorder
- 5-24-19 Marriott International Headquarters, Downtown Bethesda: NOTICE OF CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY -- Week of May 27, 2019
- 5-24-19 Bethesda Magazine: FAA Proposes Landing Procedure Change that Could Mean More Jet Noise in Bethesda Area -- County official says agency has “completely sidestepped” local working group
- 5-23-19 U.S. News & World Report: Military Considers Sweeping Changes to Surgical Safety Programs -- The recommendation would create a formal policy that would assure patients are seen at a hospital equipped to handle their care.
- 5-23-19 Bethesda Magazine: Wisconsin Avenue Developers Drop Movie Theater from Project Proposal -- Fewer residences, less retail space included
- 5-21-19 MCDOT: MD 355 CROSSING PROJECT: PLANNED LANE CLOSURES, MAY 28 thru JUNE 2, 2019; CONSTRUCTION WORK CONTINUES INSIDE METRO STATION
- 5-21-19 Bethesda Magazine: Updated Plans Add More Housing to Lutheran Church’s Bethesda Site -- Residential project on Old Georgetown Road could have 310 units
- 5-20-19 WTOP 103.5 FM: Virginia shares new details on Beltway toll lane extension plans
- 5-20-19 Association of Defense Communities: Military Family Child Care Highlighted at Personnel Subcommittee Hearing
- 5-20-19 Washington Business Journal: Downtown Silver Spring set for $10M renovation. And a bowling lounge addition.
- 5-18-19 Washington Post: A Montgomery developer has a plan to ease traffic on I-270: Build a monorail
- 5-17-19 Washington Post: As it pushes toll lane project, Hogan administration courts transit leaders
- 5-17-19 Washington Post: Poll: Washington-area residents widely oppose paying a toll to drive into downtown D.C.
- 5-17-19 WAMU 88.5 FM: Amazon Announces Plans For Arlington HQ2 Campus
- 5-16-19 Baltimore Sun: In scoring transit projects, Hogan administration ranks road-widening plan first, Baltimore Red Line last
- 5-15-19 MCDOT: MD 355 CROSSING PROJECT: PLANNED LANE CLOSURES, MAY 17-23, 2019; CONSTRUCTION WORK CONTINUES INSIDE METRO STATION
- 5-15-19 Maryland Matters blog: Powerful Senator Is Part Cheerleader, Part Skeptic of Hogan Highway Plan
- 5-14-19 Bethesda Magazine: Council Straw Vote Backs $3.25 Per Hour On-Street Bethesda Parking Rate -- Proposal to extend parking enforcement hours in Wheaton rejected
- 5-14-19 WAMU 88.5 FM: Placemaking On The Purple Line: When And Where Will Development Take Off?
- 5-14-19 WTOP 103.5 FM: Where drivers are most likely to get a speed camera ticket in Md. -- Montgomery County, Maryland’s largest county, had the state’s most lucrative speed camera system last year, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic, citing government data — $15,954,868 in speed camera revenue.
- 5-13-19 Bethesda Magazine: Purple Line Blasting Causing Delays at Bethesda Metro Station -- Trains holding after controlled explosions to allow inspections of rails
- 5-13-19 Bethesda Magazine: Bethesda Urban Partnership’s Leader Stepping Down -- Group’s executive director to leave in August after three years on the job
- 5-12-19 WMATA: Medical Center Crossing Project: New Entrance at Medical Center Metrorail Station -- Upcoming construction inside Medical Center Metrorail Station for a new station entrance located on the east side of MD 355/Rockville Pike
- 5-12-19 Washington Post: Poll: 61 percent of D.C.-area residents favor plan to add toll lanes to Beltway, I-270
- 5-10-19 Marriott International Headquarters Development Site, Downtown Bethesda: NOTICE OF CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY -- Week of May 13, 2019
- 5-10-19 Washington Post: Poll: Metro’s reputation is improving, but that doesn’t mean more are riding
- 5-10-19 Bethesda Magazine: County Activates Special Pedestrian Safety Crosswalk Lights -- HAWK signal is the fourth in Montgomery County
- 5-10-19 Bethesda Magazine: Planning Board Urged Not To Give Up Land for Beltway Widening -- County executive warns against taking of ‘fragile’ parkland for toll lane project
- 5-8-19 Washington Post: Bethesda building owner agrees to replace type of glass that fell onto sidewalks
- 5-8-19 MCDOT: MD 355 Crossing Project: PLANNED LANE CLOSURES, MAY 10-17, 2019; WORK INSIDE METRO STATION TO BEGIN MAY 14
- 5-7-19 Bethesda Magazine: Section of Capital Crescent Trail To Be Closed For Two Months in Bethesda -- Detours planned as adjacent car dealership installs public plaza
- 5-7-19 Bethesda Magazine: Manufacturing Defects Probed as Likely Cause for Falling Window Panes -- Protective sidewalk scaffolds set up at Bethesda high-rise
- 5-6-19 WTOP 103.5 FM: Major water supply pipe safe from Purple Line construction
- 5-6-19 Washington Post: Study: It’s past time the D.C. region transform its bus network -- To make buses “the mode of choice on the region’s roads by 2030,″ the region needs to create “a better system that works when, where, and how customers need it.”
- 5-6-19 Washington Business Journal: Montgomery County, College Park lose out on bids for USDA subagencies
- 5-6-19 Bethesda Magazine: Clark Enterprises Questions Legality of Bethesda Metro Development Plan -- Court challenge centers on use of open plaza for 290-foot building
- 5-5-19 Washington Post: Hundreds attend town hall to protest Hogan plan to add toll lanes to Beltway, I-270
- 5-3-19 Marriott International Headquarters, Downtown Bethesda -- NOTICE OF CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY, Week of May 6, 2019
- 5-3-19 Bethesda Magazine: Bethesda Business Group Cautiously Supports Parking Rate Hike -- $1-an-hour increase at street meters under consideration by county
- 5-3-19 Washington Post: Amazon says it will avoid a housing crunch with HQ2 by planning better than it did in Seattle
- 5-2-19 WTOP 103.5 FM: You may soon pay more for parking in Bethesda and Silver Spring
- 5-2-19 WTOP 103.5 FM: Too many cars? DC to consider tolls, congestion pricing
- 5-2-19 MCDOT: MD 355 CROSSING PROJECT: HEADS UP FOR CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY INSIDE THE MEDICAL CENTER METRO STATION, BEGINNING ON OR ABOUT MAY 14, 2019!
- 5-2-19 WTOP 103.5 FM: How ‘reachable’ is downtown DC when it comes to commuting?
- 5-2-19 Bethesda Magazine: MCPS Cries Foul Over Magazine’s Top High School Rankings -- School system contends some data was not factored in the U.S. News findings
- 5-1-19 Washington Post: Hogan pushes for Md. toll lanes vote while state treasurer with ‘serious questions’ is away
- 5-1-19 Bethesda Magazine: Children’s National Health System Signs as First Tenant of Former Discovery Building -- Administrative offices for hospital and clinic system to lease four floors
- 4-30-19 MCDOT: MD 355 CROSSING PROJECT: PLANNED LANE CLOSURES, MAY 6-10, 2019
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