By Brian Goggin (Elections Committee, Community Engagement Committee) • August 17, 2020
Arlington County plans to launch a new Missing Middle Housing Study to reexamine its missing middle housing stock. Prior to the official study, which will begin this fall, the county released a Research Compendium, which is chock-full of information about the types of housing currently available, and the racial disparities that may exist because of policy decisions on housing types.
By George Kevin Jordan (Managing Editor) • August 17, 2020
How will Vision Zero legislation shape DC’s future? How are the 1968 uprisings in DC connected to today’s protests against police brutality? How can congestion pricing help make transportation more equitable, and more in this week’s (virtual) urbanist events.
After years of work, the Anacostia River Tunnel is starting to see results. Since the end of construction on the massive tunnel project in March, it has already prevented billions of gallons of sewage from flowing into the Anacostia River.
A new report by DC nonprofit the Environmental Integrity Project said that Maryland and Pennsylvania are adjusting their goals to permit higher levels of nitrogen pollution in the Chesapeake Bay watershed rather than creating plans for reducing levels from urban and suburban stormwater runoff. (Mike Murillo / WTOP)
The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration will hold the first public comment hearing today on the widening of the Capital Beltway and Interstate 270, with additional virtual sessions planned for Aug. 20, Aug. 25, and Sept. 3. (Rick Massimo / WTOP)
Police in Portsmouth, Virginia charged State Sen. L. Louise Lucas, who also serves as Senate Pro Tempore, with being part of a conspiracy to topple the city’s Confederate monument, a charge her defenders call “suspicious” given her vocal support to strengthen independent oversight of police departments. (Laura Vozzella and Gregory S. Schneider / Post)
According to the DC Department of Health director, about 15% of COVID-19 cases since July 31 were from people who had traveled. Among those 102 cases of people who traveled, 71.1% traveled by plane, 33.3% by rideshare, 6.7% by public transportation, 8.9% by shared van or shuttle, and 4.4% by train or commuter rail. (Jane Recker / Washingtonian)
The Baltimore City Council is considering a bill to create an independent agency to administer a housing voucher program to help poor people — especially those who have experienced homelessness — transition to permanent housing. (Talia Richman / Baltimore Sun)
More than 130 former employees of Maryland Legal Aid, which is the state’s largest source of free legal services for low-income residents, want an investigation into the firings of four senior attorneys and raised concerns about the organization’s capacity to fight evictions. (Ally Schweitzer / DCist)
The District Department of Transportation said a previously approved permit for street work resulted in the repaving and removal last week of the “Defund the Police” message that local activists added to the end of the Black Lives Matter street mural on 16th Street. (Matt Blitz / DCist)
