By Alex Holt (Maryland Correspondent) • May 19, 2020
A new bill passed by the Baltimore’s City Council Monday, and headed to the Mayor’s desk for his signature, could close at least 25 miles of road, spread out across all 14 City Council districts, for exercise.
When housing advocates talk about the affordability crisis, they often focus on one important statistic: the share of cost-burdened households in a city. A household is said to be cost-burdened when it pays more than 30 percent of its income toward housing expenses. As a more extreme measure, a household is said to be severely cost-burdened when it pay at least 50 percent of its income toward housing expenses.
By Stephen Repetski (Editorial Board Alum) • May 19, 2020
In response to major, ongoing issues in Metro’s rail control center, the agency’s oversight committee is requiring solutions to problems that “pose unacceptable risks for Metrorail customers, employees, and contractors” if left unaddressed.
By Canaan Merchant (Elections Committee) • May 19, 2020
Through a project called ReThink9, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and the historic town of Hillsboro are restructuring the Route 9 thoroughfare to make roads safer for pedestrians, ease traffic congestion, and rebuild dilapidated infrastructure in the area.
Two Ward 8 residents are suing the DC Board of Elections to allege that barriers to voting are disproportionately affecting the majority-Black communities in the Ward. Recent mail disruptions mean that many residents have not gotten absentee ballot requests or information about new voting locations. (Natalie Delgadillo / DCist)
Two new and more detailed renderings of potential park space at the notorious intersection of Florida Avenue, New York Avenue, and First Street NE were made public this week by the landscape architects working on the project. (Nena Perry-Brown / Urban Turf)
The county council cut $20 million from capital projects including rural road rehabilitation and roof and HVAC repairs for schools after county staff found a discrepancy in the previously approved budget that underestimated the money the county needed to spend on bonds. (Briana Adhikusuma / Bethesda Beat)
A group of Adams Morgan business and community leaders are calling for more space for bikes and pedestrians, as well as outdoor retail and dining opportunites, on 18th Street. (Anna Spiegel / Washingtonian)
Despite a tweet from the president seemingly saying DC will get $876 million for WMATA funding, the money from the federal CARES act will be split among local jurisdictions from DC, Maryland, and Virginia to cover the subsidies that each locality pays to the regional subway system. (Jonathan Capriel / Business Journal)
New documents found that EPA staff members questioned the wisdom of quickly relaxing federal vehicle emissions standards, noting the climate change and health costs as well as factual errors in the bill text, but political higher ups sped the changes along anyways. Now Congressional Democrats are calling for an investigation. (Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis / Post)
Four Alexandria City Councilmembers are asking the city to review the police department’s teleworking policy and determine whether having one third of patrol officers working from home in April was an effective public safety strategy. (James Cullum / ALX Now)
A survey of Arlington County nonprofits found that at least 3,500 residents were having issues paying their rent during the pandemic, and more were struggling with utility and other bills. The county wants to put $1 million in federal grant funds towards emergency rent assistance. (ARL Now)
The Virginia Department of Education opened an investigation into the county after complaints by parents that students with learning disabilities were being failed by distance learning practices that don’t offer any of the specialized instruction they need. (Hannah Natanson / Post)
Masks are mandatory on Metro and on Maryland public transit like Ride On buses, and Montgomery County has given out 4,000 free masks to riders over the past 3 weeks, but most riders are already wearing their own face covering when they board the bus or train. (Jordan Pascale / WAMU)
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