Why is sprawl growing globally? More and more cities move toward all-electric. A plan to integrate the Bay Area transit systems, and more in this week’s National links.
By Canaan Merchant (Elections Committee) • February 7, 2020
Normally when bike lane projects get controversial, most of the drama happens before construction, and calms down after. That’s not the case for Alexandria’s Seminary Road.
WMATA inked a deal over the weekend to pave the way for its outgoing headquarters at the Jackson Graham Building in Judiciary Square to become a new commercial space with room for up to 1,500 people that could transform the neighborhood. (Justin George / Post)
On Friday morning, a Metrobus struck and killed a 38-year-old pedestrian in Southwest DC. The crash occurred after a car driver swerved out of the pedestrian’s way and hit the bus, which caused the bus driver to hit the pedestrian. (Sydney Coplin / NBC 4)
A recently-introduced bill in the Maryland House of Delegate would allow census tracts currently zoned for single-family homes to accommodate triplexes if the tract’s household income is particularly high, if there are a high number of jobs in the tract, or if the tract is close to transit. (Nena Perry-Brown / UrbanTurf)
A massive redevelopment of an office building next to the Rosslyn Metro Station will one day become two residential towers with a total of 788 apartments and a bi-level pedestrian plaza. (Nena Perry-Brown / UrbanTurf)
Metro said it is proposed cuts to bus routes and service are due to low ridership, but some riders say the cuts could leave them without any reasonable transit option, especially those with unusual work schedules. (Margaret Barthel / WAMU)
A clause that would have prohibited realtors from marketing a home with its connections to schools has been dropped from a bill in the Maryland House of Delegates. In its place is an amendment that would require contracts to note that school boundaries can change. (Caitlynn Peetz / Bethesda Beat)
The Metro Transit Police are investigating whether an officer used excessive force on a 13-year-old boy. The boy was engaged in “horseplay” or pretend fighting with another classmate, which the officer in initially interpreted as actual fighting. (Michael Laris / Post)
Last week, two community organizations in Crystal City hosted an event for millennial renters to help generate interest in the neighborhood’s future as Amazon’s HQ2 continues to grow, and with it, concerns about the area’s affordability. (Eliza Berkon / WAMU)
