By Alex Holt (Maryland Correspondent) • February 17, 2020
The Southern Maryland Rapid Transit Project would connect to WMATA’s Green Line and relieve the congested roads in Charles and Prince George’s counties, advocates say.
By George Kevin Jordan (Editor and Correspondent) • February 17, 2020
NYT reporter Conor Dougherty talks about his new book “Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America,” learn more about DC’s upcoming budget, and discuss how to make Baltimore public transportation better, and more in this week’s urbanist events.
Maryland legislators began consideration of expansive legislation that would increase education spending to expand prekindergarten, enhance standards and higher salaries for teachers, and improve college- and career-prep programs in high schools. (Pamela Wood and Luke Broadwater / Baltimore Sun)
Commissioners of a safety report wants Metro to develop a new train operator scheduling policy after finding that in June a Metro train missed stopping at the Waterfront station when the operator fell asleep. He had been given an erratic work schedule that included both day and night shifts. (Margaret Barthel / WAMU)
This month the DC Council approved a bill erasing from city maps a phantom segment of 39th Street, known as a “paper street,” which ran through the former Fannie Mae campus. Its erasure will allow the City Ridge development on Wisconsin Avenue to proceed. (Martin Austermuhle / WAMU)
Union bus drivers and maintenance workers for the Fairfax Connector may strike again on Thursday following two months of negotiations that have failed to produce a contract with Transdev, the French company that operates and maintains the buses. (Dick Uliano / WTOP)
Among the 307 enslaved people who either built or served at the White House and were identified in an online exhibit by the White House Historical Association is Emeline, an 8-year-old enslaved girl purchased by President Andrew Jackson while in office. (Joe Heim / Post)
As part of its 20-station Platform Improvement Project, Metro will close the Vienna, Dunn Loring, and East Falls Church stations for three months between Memorial Day and Labor Day to repair and reconstruct the platforms. (Natalie Delgadillo / DCist)
In a “terse” interview, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser defended her endorsement of former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, saying in response to questions about his record on stop-and-frisk and his comments about women, that they “don’t directly impact my thoughts that Mike is going to be a good President.” (Isaac Chotiner / The New Yorker)
