This week in our round-up of must-read posts: our advocacy team’s Maryland General assembly priorities, including addressing single-family zoning on major roads & much more; a teach-in for Transit Equity Day that explains how the Olmstead Plan can help create more accessibility in DC’s transit system; DC’s wetlands provide numerous benefits to the city & should be kept in mind when land is developed near those areas; learn how to testify at a DC oversight hearing; progress on a previous post in GGWash that proposed converting the old W&OD rail line to commuter rail.
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Our 2025 Maryland General Assembly priorities, including a Moore Housing sequel
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by Dan Reed (Regional Policy Director) • February 6, 2025
Since Moore Housing passed last year, there’s been a ton of energy in Maryland around increasing housing production, which of course means it’s time for a sequel. It’s time to get hype for Moore Housing 2: Even Moore Housing, and the other bills that make up Greater Greater Washington’s legislative priorities in this year’s session.
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Montgomery County could open up single-family zoning on major roads
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by Dan Reed (Regional Policy Director) • February 3, 2025
Montgomery County could open up single-family zones to duplexes, townhomes, and apartments, so long as they’re on a major road. Councilmembers say it will provide more homes for a workforce increasingly pushed out by rising prices.
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On Transit Equity Day 2025, the District’s Olmstead Plan provides meaningful guidance
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by Kai Hall (DC Policy Manager) • February 4, 2025
Per the Office of Disability Rights, “Priority bus and public transit lanes allow people with disabilities, who are twice as likely not to own a car in the District as people without disabilities, to benefit equally from the public right-of-way”
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The District’s wetlands are urban oases
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by Tess Danielson • February 5, 2025
Finding the balance between preserving natural areas like wetlands and making way for urban development is a challenge for planners, conservationists, regulators, and residents alike. A District Department of the Environment staffer explains how their agency does the work.
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Do Something: The week of February 4, 2025
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by Dan Reed (Regional Policy Director), Alex Baca (DC Policy Director) • February 6, 2025
This week: Comp Plan office hours; public hearings for more housing in Montgomery County; and one small step towards more commuter trains in Maryland.
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Commuter rail to Loudoun: The next chapter
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by Ryan Jones • February 7, 2025
When Ryan Jones wrote a GGWash post proposing to rebuild the Washington & Old Dominion rail line as rapid commuter rail from Loudoun County to DC, readers reached out to him to express their interest. Now those supporters are trying to make the concept a reality.
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