By David Alpert (Executive Director), Ron Thompson (Transportation Equity Organizer) • January 29, 2020
Soon, WMATA will formally be asking riders and other members of the public to weigh in on its next budget. There’s a lot riders should understand, and weigh in on, in addition to proposed cuts or changes to bus service which have rightly attracted a lot of attention — some of which transit advocates have been requesting for years, and other items which are worrisome.
By Canaan Merchant (Elections Committee) • January 29, 2020
The last new Metro station in Fairfax County before Dulles Airport will be Innovation Center, a somewhat bland name which Metro briefly tried to sell to an unnamed “Fortune 500 Company.” It had to pull back in the face of opposition from Fairfax County officials, but in the meantime, the area is bustling with change. I took a look around.
By Alex Baca (Housing Program Organizer) • January 29, 2020
DC will soon renew its rent stabilization policy, which limits the amount rent can increase in older apartment buildings of a certain size. Last year, in anticipation of this, a coalition called the Reclaim Rent Control was formed to push for a more expansive policy.
After three pedestrian deaths in less than 30 days, the Montgomery County Council questioned transportation officials about the county’s Vision Zero plan during a traffic safety briefing. (Kate Masters / Bethesda Beat. Tip: Chester B.)
Fairfax County police can not stop speeding drivers on Jeff Todd Way between Richmond Highway (US Route 1) and Telegraph Road because the land the road is on land owned by the Pentagon. (Max Smith / WTOP)
Cherlyn Ninette Bell was struck and killed on Suitland Parkway near the Irving Street SE exit ramp on Tuesday night. According to her son, she was hit by two drivers, the first of which left the scene and a second driver that notified police one they’d gotten home. (Elliot C. Williams / DCist. Tip: Chester B.)
Gov. Hogan plans to introduce new legislation that will require Maryland public schools to start after Labor Day. This comes a year after Hogan’s 2016 executive order requiring schools to start after Labor Day was overturned. (Brett Snyder / WTOP)
Advocates in Maryland are fighting against the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services addition of a coed re-entry facility for incarcerated people. Advocates are recommending legislation that would provide incarcerated women with a women’s only pre-release facility. Currently, these types of facilities are coed or just for men. (Dominique Maria Bonessi / WAMU)
Advocates are calling for all Prince George’s County police to use body cameras after an officer shot and killed a handcuffed man on Monday night. (Jenny Gathright / WAMU)
