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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Great news! Thanks for letting me know.

The University Boulevard Corridor (UBC) Plan will build on previous initiatives, such as the Countywide Transit Corridors Functional Master Plan, Thrive Montgomery 2050, and Vision Zero. The UBC Plan focuses on a three-mile stretch of University Boulevard (MD 193), with the aim to understand community needs in relation to traffic safety, regional connectivity, environmental sustainability, and economic development. The plan explores opportunities for new development, bikeways, and bus rapid transit (BRT), as well as the creation of a complete street with wider sidewalks, comfortable public transportation stops, and safe access. Community involvement is key to the success of the process, and Montgomery Planning is offering virtual and in-person opportunities for feedback. The University Boulevard Corridor Plan is part of a larger vision for compact growth, supported by an excellent transit system and a safe, appealing network for walking, biking, and rolling.[/quote]

This seems like a boondoggle in the making. Why do so many planners insist on making a single road all things to all people? How do you make a 6+ lane through-road a complete street and a vision zero street at the same time? University is a mess currently because its trying to do too much at once.

No one is going to want to walk/bike next to hundreds of cars going 35+.

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They will try to push this through and then do the same on Colesville and 500 feet in there will be duplexes and apartments, and all parking their cars in the street be air of recent MCC legislation.  The schools in the area are crowded enough!

It’s sick.[/quote]

Apartments! On University Boulevard! The horror![/quote]

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