By Keya Chatterjee (Guest Contributor), Robb Dooling (Guest Contributor) • August 12, 2019
DC traffic engineers say that a K Street NE safety project, which eliminates a rush hour driving lane and adds curb extensions and bicycle lanes, will be complete just in time for the start of the school year. Kids, parents, and other neighbors will be able to bike more safely on K Street, breathe cleaner air, and cross the street without fearing for their lives.
By Jane Green (Development Director) • August 12, 2019
Activate your advocacy by attending the American Plannning Association’s (APA) 2019 Policy and Advocacy Conference on September 23–25 in Washington, DC. You’ll come away with knowledge and tools to equip you to influence federal and state planning policy.
By George Kevin Jordan (Editor and Correspondent) • August 12, 2019
The US has roughly 350,000 religious congregations, the Harvard Institute estimates, but in the four-mile area that defines the city of Tysons, there isn’t a single one. Some local faith leaders want to change that.
Across the region, road repairs and improvements are managed by a number of agencies depending on the road, which may include one of two dozen local governments, the Virginia and Maryland departments of transportation, the National Park Service, or even some private developers. The PaveDC map shows what’s coming. (Jordan Pascale / WAMU)
Maryland State Police are looking for a driver who struck and killed a man crossing Maryland Route 5 in Waldorf after 4 am this morning near Post Office Road. (Teddy Gelman / WTOP)
About 30 property managers, private exterminators, and local government employees recently attended the District’s annual two-day rat abatement academy, which follows more than 6,000 rat complaints to its 311 service request number last year. (Fenit Nirappil / Post)
In preparation for the construction of the new 2.5-acre Turner Park in Eckington, DDOT installed a protected bicycle and pedestrian detour for that section of the Metropolitan Branch Trail. (Yasna Khademian / DCist)
Local Northern Virginia Democrats oppose plans to open a holding facility for 440 unaccompanied migrant minors in the region, and say their jurisdictions should be compensated for any potential impact on local schools or hospitals. (Antonio Olivo / Post)
The death of Pierre Fenner on Aug. 5 marks DC’s 100th homicide victim of 2019, a number not reached until the end of August last year and the end of fall in 2017. The longest stretch without a murder in DC this year is nine days. (Peter Hermann / Post)
Of the more than $542 million sent to the state’s education trust fund in the fiscal year 2019, $277 million came from the MGM Grand National Harbor. The money is meant to go toward the educational reform efforts recommended by the Kirwan Commission. (Dominique Maria Bonessi / WAMU)
