Black Women Bike DC, an organization that encourages bicycling for Black women and girls, recently released a video highlighting what riding a bike in Southern and Central Prince George’s County looks like.
Dozens of cities have tried to incorporate pedestrian zones into their central business district to revitalize downtown areas, but most failed. What makes car-free zones work? We look at some examples of success.
The Metro Safety Commission found communications breakdowns after the derailment on the Red Line on July 7, including radio reports that didn’t identify the emergency, instructions from a controller that didn’t transmit due to equipment failure, and a backup emergency cellphone that was stored in the wrong office. (Ian Duncan / Post)
The governors of seven states, including Maryland and Virginia, formed a purchasing compact to buy half a million rapid response COVID-19 tests each in the hopes of using them to address outbreaks quickly. (Erin Cox / Post)
The tropical storm brought high winds and heavy rain to the region Tuesday morning, with flooding and power outages in its aftermath. Two tornadoes also touched down early on Tuesday morning in Maryland. (Kavitha Cardoza / DCist)
This November voters may be able to choose from two plans to change the makeup of the Montgomery County Council. One plan would increase the council size from its current nine members to eleven, the other would keep the council the same size but convert the four at-large seats into new seats for county districts. (Briana Adhikusuma / Bethesda Beat)
The head of the state board of elections Linda Lamone told Maryland Governor Larry Hogan that absentee ballot applications for all eligible voters will go out beginning August 24 after the governor criticized the delays in mailing them during the June primary elections. (Nick Iannelli / WTOP)
Some members of Congress and their staff don’t always follow DC’s mask mandate, and residents who live and work near Capitol Hill are concerned that a Congressional superspreader event could cause more COVID-19 cases in the community. (Margaret Barthel / DCist)
A study from the Trust for Public Lands of 14,000 American towns found that parks in majority nonwhite neighborhoods are half the size of those in majority white neighborhoods, but five times as crowded. (Nina Lakhani / Guardian)
