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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are no plans for bike lanes on Norfolk Avenue. The original plan was for a "shared street", where people walk, bike, and drive slowly on the same street. The question now is whether the Norfolk Avenue streetery should remain as is, or whether people should be allowed to drive on/through the streetery.
https://bethesdamagazine.com/2022/12/12/montgomery-planning-department-reconsiders-norfolk-avenue-shared-street-project/[/quote]
This is false. 
https://www.montgomeryplanning.org/community/plan_areas/bethesda_chevy_chase/master_plans/woodmont_march2006/Woodmont%20Approved%20and%20Adopted%20PDF.pdf[/quote]

That plan is from 2006. It has been superseded by multiple other plans, including the Bethesda downtown plan (2017) and the bicycle master plan (2018).[/quote]
The “bicycle master plan” is not a real planning document. For example, it calls for adding residential density near regional parks. [/quote]

Why is it a bad idea to add residential density near parks?  Seems like a good place to add residences?[/quote]
Take a look at a map of regional parks. It contradicts plannings own “compact growth”.

It was an opportunity for Casey Anderson to allow his WABA friends fake power. [/quote]

You aren't making a lot of sense and don't seem to actually understand planning or smart growth so it is hard to respond to whatever you are referencing - do you have a planning document you can link to that would better explain?

People love parks and being near them is good for the people who live in housing so located.

Which is not to say adding density near every park is a good idea - in many cases it is in fact probably a bad idea if the density isn't paired with transit and retail and existing infra.  But there are certainly locations on Montgomery County where it would make sense.

Some of the most valuable real estate in the world is dense housing paired with a fantastic park and one of the worlds best public transit systems.[/quote]

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