In response to my blog about a town in Germany selling potholes to citizens who pay to have them filled in, a reader has reminded me that this idea is not new — in fact, it was done in Baltimore ...
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Read More »March 15, 2010 Comments Off on Potholes update: Do it now!
In response to my blog about a town in Germany selling potholes to citizens who pay to have them filled in, a reader has reminded me that this idea is not new — in fact, it was done in Baltimore ...
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Read More »March 5, 2010 Comments Off on Own your own pothole?
Now that winter seems to be loosening its icy grip on Baltimore, potholes are blossoming on local streets, and officials are combing through their scarce budgets to find the money to pay to fill them. But one town in Germany ...
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Read More »February 9, 2010 Comments Off on Timing is everything
For a company called ExecuCar, it’s probably safe to say there’s nowhere to go but up. That’s because the company, which bills itself as the “premier luxury sedan service in the U.S.,” offering airport transfers and business travel with professional ...
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Read More »September 28, 2009 Comments Off on MTA guinea pig
As of this morning’s commute I am officially a field tester of the Maryland Transit Administration’s new Charm Card. The Charm Card is a rechargeable plastic fare card, just like the Washington Metro’s SmarTrip card. Instead of buying paper passes ...
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Read More »September 25, 2009 Comments Off on A Smarter Way to Get There?
Today, the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore launched its new site that’s intended to help commuters figure out how they can get to Harbor East without a car, or at least show them alternatives. The site, entitled “A Smarter Way to ...
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Read More »September 4, 2009 Comments Off on A close one: beetle stowaways intercepted en route to Baltimore
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it intercepted a Chinese shipment that contained Asian Longhorned Beetles bound for Baltimore. If you don’t know what these are, pray you don’t find out. These bad boys are seen as a pretty big ...
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