One person's nostalgic neighborhood pinings is another person's scooter protest in Alexandria. Jack Evans is adding more pages in his ethics violations novella. Baltimore's residents, planners, and legislators are singing "let me upgrade you" to Penn Station. Virginia's "breezy" bus service is blowing up with customers.
By Joanne Tang (Editorial Board, Elections Committee) • August 20, 2019
Hand-wringing over “historic character” is common when people oppose new development, but it happens with transportation changes too. A recent scuffle over dockless e-scooters in Alexandria highlights this phenomenon.
By Alex Holt (Maryland Correspondent) • August 22, 2019
Pennsylvation Station is Baltimore’s main transit hub, which feeds Amtrak, MARC, local light rail, and bus lines into the city and the region. Despite its importance, the station is awkwardly situated and not very well connected with the rest of the city.
Nipsey Hussle’s dream of racial and economic equity for his neighborhood spanned across music and media. Planners in Vancouver are widening sidewalks to accommodate more people in the densifying city. Transgender and nonbinary teens are vulnerable to homelessness.
By Wyatt Gordon (Virginia Correspondent) • August 21, 2019
While most bus systems across America face a lack of investment and ridership figures scraping 30-year lows, the latest addition to Virginia’s transportation ecosystem cannot grow fast enough. The Commonwealth’s Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) debuted the Virginia Breeze in November 2017 through a public-private partnership with Megabus.
