In response to a food chain left broken by the coronavirus pandemic, a group of 25 organizations including restaurants, food pantries, and farms are working to keep restaurant workers employed, food pantries stocked, and people fed.
Almost a year and a half ago, Baltimore’s bus network was redesigned to emphasize high-frequency corridors. While it’s unclear whether frequency has actually improved due to problems with buses running far behind schedule, I recently decided to make a map to see how much of Baltimore is served by frequent transit, and how this corresponds to property values.
By Leah Brooks (Guest Contributor), Genevieve Denoeux (Guest Contributor), Jenny Schuetz (Guest Contributor) • June 4, 2020
Over the past 30 years, housing construction in the region has barely kept pace with population and job growth, while housing prices have grown faster than household incomes.
By Evan Williams (Guest Contributor) • June 4, 2020
The county’s current plans to widen the southern end of Route 28 and Fairfax County Parkway may further position it as a suburban locale and perpetuate existing traffic safety and environmental problems.
The DC Council will vote on emergency legislation next week that would ban the use of chokeholds by police and include new requirements on officer-involved shootings. (Martin Austermuhle / WAMU)
Large portions of Maryland, excluding Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties, will reopen more businesses deemed nonessential today. The easing restrictions maintain a ban on indoor dining but allow for religious gathering places to hold services at 50% capacity. (Zeke Hartner / WTOP)
A video of an adult man assaulting three young individuals has gone viral. The video shows two young women putting up flyers about George Floyd on the Capital Crescent Trail when a man stops his bike, forcibly grabs the flyers from a young woman and then rushes the individual filming. Police are looking for the cyclist. (Andrew Schotz / Bethesda MagazIne. Tip: Chester B.)
The Virginia Railway Express will add new signs to encourage social distancing on trains. The system will keep certain seats empty to keep passengers spread out throughout the train cars. (Luz Lazo / Post)
The DC Zoning Commission will hold a virtual public hearing in July on alley units. The commission will look at loosening regulations around how alley units are defined or can operate, possibly opening up more spaces for commerce. (Nena Perry-Brown / Urbanturf)
Georgetown will add space for pedestrians to maintain social distancing. The BID and other partners hope to keep this new space through Phase 4 of DC’s reopening. (Jeff Clabaugh / WTOP)
