More MOCO Upzoning - Starting in Silver Spring
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Anonymous
Again, it’s all performative and there will be no accountability until 2026, which is very convenient timing for the council. There is no implied or express way provided to say, no, we don’t want this. It’s simply asking people about the window dressing on something that’s been pre-decided. |
Anonymous
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The only way to go about getting it stopped is is via a lawsuit…seems to be working so far in Arlington, though they are doing their best to try to intimidate plaintiffs.
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/virginia/arlington-county-criticized-subpoena-to-seek-information-in-housing-development-lawsuit/65-d78b9bac-79fa-4b8f-8ca2-7c5b0dd4faa8 |
Anonymous
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There was a meeting on the Attainable Housing Strategies Initiative.
https://montgomeryplanningboard.org/agenda-item/may-16-2024/ https://montgomeryplanning.org/planning/housing/attainable-housing-strategies-initiative/ They are steering this toward the Zoning Text Amendment part of the multi-pronged strategy, where no traditional zoning change process would be needed for development of affected properties because the zoning definition, itself, would change in blanket form to allow the increased density development. There's a survey, FWIW. https://www.surveyhero.com/c/MoCoPlanningSITE |
Anonymous
Where is the attainable business strategy or is attaining businesses not important? |
Anonymous
And where is the attainable UMC dream strategy? 
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Anonymous
Clarksburg |
Anonymous
Lots of immigrants along University. I think they are just trying to get through long working hours to survive. They're not going to be calling lawyers about BRT. |
Anonymous
That’s why they’re doing this here first. |
Anonymous
Ding, ding, ding! They'll do this, but when it gets to wealthier areas, they'll stop. They never start there. People are far more tied to their home than to other assets, and not just financially -- social ties can be as or more important. With this relatively limited mobility, those who had put down roots of one kind or another in middle-income areas can be presented with unwanted change in ways that those in high-income areas better can avoid. Society is left with is an ever-increasing gap. |
Anonymous
You mean, because there are a lot of people who use the bus and will benefit from more frequent buses that don't get stuck in car traffic? |
Anonymous
They'll like the bus line. It's the rest of the stuff they won't like. |
Anonymous
You think just because they’re lower middle class immigrants that they cannot afford to buy a car? That’s racist and demonstrates that you have spent very little time around there. Every home has 4 cars parked out front. |
Anonymous
Hello, diverting questioner who casts doubt without providing anything substantive. |
Anonymous
Yes, and? It is also true that a lot of people currently use the buses that run on University Boulevard. It's a high-ridership route. I don't know how it can be racist to state the fact that a lot of people use the C buses and RideOn 8 and 9 - including people who can't afford a car, people who can't drive (kids, many old people, many disabled people), and even people who have a car and can drive but nonetheless find the bus more convenient for a particular trip. It's not like, if your household has a car, you have to use that car every time you go anywhere. |
Anonymous
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A lower percentage of the population currently living on either side of the segment of the route in question are likely to be heavy users of BRT than that of the populations at either end (into Wheaton or Langley Park). With denser development now to be encouraged along the route, though, the mix of residents, and preferences, in those areas is likely to change.
Those current residents who are unlikely to make use of BRT and unlikely to want greater nearby density, compared to the relatively stable existing community development/densities, are out of luck with the proposed changes, however. The area had seen a good amount of gentrification, but I wouldn't be surprised if, with effects of the change, area resedents who might have sought to improve a home more often seek relocation, instead. |