By Alex Baca (Housing Program Organizer) • August 13, 2020
Having accurate, up-to-date address information for our readers and supporters is important to understanding who’s involved with us, but it’s even more critical to connecting you to what sorts of housing- and transportation-related things are happening in your neighborhood, so that you can support them (or make them better!). Please help us help you know about what’s going on where you live and update your address today!
DC marked a milestone in the construction of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge on Thursday, as construction on the bridge’s arches concluded. The project is slated for completion in 2021 and will replace an existing bridge spanning the Anacosita river. (Luz Lao / Post)
Last night, DC police corralled and arrested demonstrators at 18th and Willard St NW in Adams Morgan. Demonstrators had been marching for roughly two hours. DC police have yet to comment on their actions or detail why they arrested protestors. (Clarence Williams / Post)
A late-stage clinical trial for a potential COVID-19 vaccine is set to begin this week, according to officials at George Washington University. The vaccine was developed by Moderna Inc., a Cambridge, Mass.-based biotech company, and the National Institutes of Health. The university is part of 90 other sites across the country that will test the effectiveness of the vaccine. (Elliot C. Williams / WAMU)
Metro will expand service starting on Sunday, reopening over six stations, reducing wait times for trains and extending service hours to 11 p.m. on rail. Metro will also increase service on 174 bus routes. (Jordan Pascale / WAMU)
DC will end its contract to provide shelter to homeless families with Days Inn on New York Avenue NE. This is the last motel with which the city has a contract, while the city had contracts with several other motels in the area as recently as 2018. (Morgan Baskin / City Paper)
A new report finds that Maryland has some of the worst traffic in the country, ranking it second. The report finds that traffic has increased “ninefold” in the state from 2000 to 2018. (Megan Cloherty / WTOP)
