Here's our roundup of this week's must-read posts: Our latest Transit Diary features WABA's Outreach Director as she travels around the region (mostly by bike), delivering a lot of food for Food Rescue DC along the way. Advocates in Richmond are trying to stop the construction of a fire department burn site in a majority Black and Hispanic neighborhood that has been deemed an “environmental justice community," but they're running out of options. A new bill in Prince George’s County seeks to reduce traffic fatalities and make the county’s roads safer for people. Fairfax County’s new plan to lower parking minimums could help make Tysons less car-dependent. An imagined "Pink Line" could allow Metrorail to get more capacity out of its suggested Blue Line Loop.

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Transit Diary: A bike advocate commutes – and rescues food – on two wheels
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by Renée Moore (Guest Contributor) • July 26, 2023

In this Transit Diary, Renée Moore, outreach director at WABA, details her travels around the region for a week, mostly by bike and including a lot of food rescue efforts.
Could historic preservation be a tool for environmental justice? Richmond to find out.
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by Wyatt Gordon (Contributor) • July 27, 2023

Historic preservation has often been used to block housing and as an instrument of privilege. Richmond might be flipping the script.
With Prince George’s County leading the region in traffic fatalities, bill seeks to codify safety
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by Ethan Goffman (Guest Contributor) • July 25, 2023

If it passes, the Walkable Urban Streets Act will codify bike and pedestrian safety standards for county-controlled roads in Prince George’s County, Maryland.
With Parking Reimagined, Tysons lurches towards livability
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by Mike Dranove (Guest Contributor) • July 24, 2023

Change has been slower than expected in car-oriented Tysons, Virginia in the past decade, despite Fairfax Country’s multi-modal goals. But new lower parking minimums for developments around transit could help.
The Blue Line Loop is flawed. Here’s how to improve it.
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by Adam Bressler (Guest Contributor) • July 27, 2023

In part III of a series on Metrorail’s expansion options, Adam Bressler considers an option with strong popular support, and suggests how a key change–the Pink Line–could help Metro get more capacity for its buck.




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