Here's our roundup of this week's must-read posts: The latest on the proposed Prince George’s County townhouse ban, and why it's a bad idea. DC’s earliest planners envisioned downtown extending to the Anacostia River -- instead, it migrated north and west over the next 200 years. Our endorsements are Jimmy Bierman, Andres Jimenez, and Albert Vega in the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Democratic primary. Five ways to promote road user protection better than traffic safety PSAs can. State law in Virginia prohibits discrimination based on veteran or voucher status, but additional federal protection may be needed.
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Here’s where Prince George’s County could ban townhouses
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by Dan Reed (Regional Policy Director) • June 14, 2023
Update: The Prince George's County Council decided at a committee vote on Friday, June 17, 2023, not to bring the proposed townhouse ban to a full Council vote on the original timetable. The bill's sponsors said they plan to revise the bill and bring it back to the Council in the fall.
Prince George’s County could ban new townhouses in most of the county for the next two years. County Executive Angela Alsobrooks described it as “a step backwards on how other jurisdictions across the nation are dealing with the issue of housing.”
DC’s downtown wasn’t supposed to be where it is. Here’s how it migrated
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by DW Rowlands (Contributor) • June 15, 2023
George Washington and Pierre L'Enfant envisioned a very different city when they laid out plans for the Capitol. Part I of a three-part series discusses what changed for the nation’s capital between the 1700s and World War II.
Our endorsements in the Democratic primary for Fairfax County Board of Supervisors
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by Endorsements • June 13, 2023
This month, Fairfax County voters will choose the Democratic nominees for the Board of Supervisors. GGWash endorses Jimmy Bierman in the Dranesville district, Andres Jimenez in the Mason district, and Albert Vega in the Springfield district.
Traffic safety PSAs aren’t always effective. Here are five better ways to promote safety
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by Kea Wilson (Streetsblog) • June 14, 2023
Traffic safety advocates, including our own contributing editor Kristen Jeffers, share how traffic safety awareness can go beyond the PSA.
Virginia push for fair housing law extensions could go nationwide
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by Wyatt Gordon (Contributor) • June 12, 2023
Taking a good idea to the next level: Senator Tim Kaine and supportive members of Congress have put forward a bill that would echo anti-housing discrimination provisions in Virginia and other states at the federal level. Supporters say that such “overlapping” protections can be especially important for marginalized groups.
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