This week in our round-up of must-read posts: Traditional fixes won’t end congestion, but we can mitigate traffic’s effects substantially by allowing a toll to pay for better alternatives; one MoCo Council member is delaying housing reform after proposing part of it 4 years ago; parking required for a new NFL stadium will make it difficult to allow other development at the small RFK site; mapping the most lively places in the region; what the heck is a sneckdown? - it shows where to build better roadway infrastructure; get involved in your DC neighborhood and Do Something for housing in Maryland and Virginia.
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How to end traffic
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by David Edmondson (Contributor) • January 8, 2025
Manhattan just introduced a congestion pricing program, after decades of research, planning, and political scuffling; plus a near-death experience last year. In the third and final post of our series, Why Traffic?, we look at why congestion—or road—pricing policies have been shown to be effective in cities throughout the world at reducing congestion, increasing mode shift, raising revenues, and supporting public health.
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Montgomery County can’t afford a “pause” on housing reform
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by Dan Reed (Regional Policy Director) • January 8, 2025
Four years after kicking off a conversation about single-family zoning reform in Montgomery County, one councilmember just came out against a proposal to do exactly that. What gives? And will the County Council do anything about housing?
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RFK isn’t big enough for a stadium with NFL-sized parking
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by Nick Sementelli (Board of Directors) • January 10, 2025
Mayor Bowser has said RFK is big enough for a stadium and everything else neighbors want. But with only 100 acres of developable land, the District will have to choose between new housing, retail, and community resources or a stadium with NFL-size parking lots.
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Where are the Washington region’s 18-hour neighborhoods?
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by David Schneider • January 6, 2025
More places in the region than every can host 18-hour party—and pharmacy—people.
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Do you celebrate sneckdown season?
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by Caitlin Rogger (Deputy Executive Director) • January 7, 2025
Sneckdowns are the urbanist’s winter delight. Check out these specimens in DC, where the snow shows us all the space we allocate to cars that they don’t even use. One of them is now the site of a CaBi station!
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Do Something: The week of January 6, 2024
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by Dan Reed (Regional Policy Director), Alex Baca (DC Policy Director) • January 9, 2025
This week on Do Something: a local-government scavenger hunt in DC; can’t hardly wait for zoning reform in Montgomery County; two bills we’re supporting in the Maryland General Assembly; and give your two cents on housing in Alexandria.
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