Planning Department Features Bike Expert in Speaker Series

The county planning department's next featured speaker will talk about linking transportation policies with bicycle use. The free public lecture takes place at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 9.

As bicycling becomes a more popular form of transit, planners must look for ways to incorporate safe bicycle routes into existing urban fabric. The Montgomery County Planning Department's next featured speaker, Virginia Tech Professor Ralph Buehler, will address the topic Tuesday. Buehler's talk, "Making Cycling Irresistible: Lessons from Europe and North America," will link transportation and land-use policies with bike use, according to a planning department news release. "Co-editor of the recently published book City Cycling, Buehler will report on cycling trends and policies in North American, European and Australian cities and tie those to how planners and local government officials can promote cycling in their communities," according…

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Green Living in Germantown

Take a Hike in Germantown

These trails and walking paths are located right here in Germantown.

Need to get back to nature but you don’t have the time to go on vacation?  Explore these trails in Germantown: From Middlebrook Road, take Waring Station Road until it turns into Wisteria Dr.  The lake will be on your right; park along the street. The walking path around Gunners Lake is a hard, mostly flat surface good for strollers and bicyclists.  Pets are welcome on a leash.  Wildflowers, trees and grass grow alongside the path.  You might see ducks, geese, turtles and fish in the lake.  There are several piers that allow you to look out over the water.            Take Father Hurley Boulevard to Wynnfield Dr.  Park along Wynnfield when you see water on both sides of the road.  Lake Churchill will be on your right; the larger Little …

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Julie Bloss Kelsey

12:17 pm on Friday, May 20, 2011

Gunners Lake was recently repainted with new mile markers. It's actually 1.16 miles around the lake.   more ›