Dear Reader: 

On Thursday, we wrapped up our summer recurring donor drive. We set out in July to welcome 65 new people to the GGWash Neighborhood. Thanks to you, we exceeded our goal! 75 people set up new recurring monthly or annual contributions, adding up to $514 in new monthly revenue for GGWash and a total of $7,875 per year. 

Your contributions are, hands down, what make it possible for us to continue to publish important stories every day on land use, housing, and transportation in the region. We are so grateful. 

This past week, our content was all Metro, all the time. We’re in the middle of a two-week Metro-thon, with deep dives into our region’s transit agency. This week’s stories included a vision for one million Metro trips, the history of its east-west bottleneck issues, concerns about the proposed Blue Line Loop – plus a record-setting Metro speedrun.

Speaking of rail transit, from 5-9 pm on September 27, we’re hosting our third annual Fall Mixer at Metrobar. Tickets start at $30 and proceeds support GGWash. We hope to see you there!

DC’s climate and safety goals will ride or die with Metrorail

Nick Sementelli (Board of Directors) • August 30, 2023

DC set a series of specific emissions and Vision Zero targets, but they’re only reachable if leaders start thinking about daily Metrorail ridership in the seven digits. This is part 7 in a series about how DC can achieve its Vision Zero and climate goals, with parts 7 - 9 highlighting the role of our regional transit rail system, Metrorail, in achieving those goals.

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Wye though? The origin story of Metro’s Blue-Orange-Silver bottleneck

J.M. Christoph (Guest Contributor) • August 31, 2023

J.M. Christoph dives into the more than two decades of history related to Metro’s capacity bottleneck that led us to today’s Blue-Orange-Silver Line expansion alternatives. 

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Is WMATA planning a Bloop-er?

David Edmondson (Contributor) • August 29, 2023

WMATA’s new Metrorail expansion concepts are rooted in a deeply flawed planning process, argues David Edmondson. Here’s how it could be better.  

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We set the record for visiting all 98 Metro stations. Here’s what we learned.

Hugh Barringer (Guest Contributor), Benjamin Kreiswirth (Guest Contributor), Benjamin Jaffer (Guest Contributor) • August 28, 2023

 Three University of Chicago students completed a speed run, visiting all 98 Metrorail stations in just over 8 hours. Here’s how they did it and the lessons they learned. 

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