Here's our weekly round up of posts:
This week in our round-up of must-read posts: How to show up for DC's rewrite of its Comp Plan; new poll shows that Marylanders want more housing development; support More Housing N.O.W. and let's legalize more housing types too; the Bike Transit Center at Union Station could be a real multimodal gathering space; discovering crash demographics can help to prevent pedestrian death; news from the Maryland General Assembly and help shape Alexandria’s housing plan.
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Alex Baca (DC Policy Director) • March 4, 2025

Here’s how you can show up for more housing during the Comp Plan rewrite’s first phase.
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Dan Reed (Regional Policy Director) • March 3, 2025

Marylanders say housing costs are a problem, they want the state government to do something about it, and they’re open to Governor Wes Moore’s proposal to boost homebuilding. That’s what we learned in our new statewide poll.
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Arthur Gailes • March 6, 2025

Montgomery County could double the number of homes it’s currently permitting, and create thousands of new homes for middle-class households, if it just allowed duplexes and townhomes throughout the county.
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Bill Gallagher, Don Paine • March 7, 2025

The Bike Transit Center at Union Station has been shuttered for years due to lack of cooperation and a joined-up vision. But it could rise again to serve bike parking, rental, and repair purposes, and be a gathering place too.
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Kea Wilson (Guest Contributor) • March 5, 2025

In a rare analysis of who’s behind the wheel in crashes that hurt walkers, researchers at the University of Wisconsin reviewed 335 crashes to better understand trends in age, sex, race, and other key demographics of everyone involved.
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Dan Reed (Regional Policy Director), Alex Baca (DC Policy Director) • March 7, 2025

This week on Do Something: start showing up for the Comp Plan; some big news from the Maryland General Assembly; and help shape Alexandria’s housing plan.
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