By Stephen Repetski (Editorial Board Alum) • September 3, 2020
A Metro employee in the Rail Operations Control Center recently passed away after falling ill with the virus that causes COVID-19. While the agency now reports 308 employees that have had confirmed cases, 270 of whom have recovered and returned to work, this was the agency’s first loss of life.
DC’s bicycle commuter movement was activated 51 years ago
By David Cranor (Contributor) • September 3, 2020
People in Washington, DC have been biking to work, and for work, for more than a century, but the bicycle commuter movement in DC celebrates something of an anniversary this year. It was in 1969 that the District Council held the first hearing on bicycle commuting and the the District subsequently installed the first bicycle route for commuters.
Following a law passed in June that requires the DC Police to release bodycam footage within five days of a fatal shooting, the DC police have released the footage and name of an officer who shot and killed 18-year-old Deon Kay this week. (Elliot C. Williams, Debbie Truong, and Matt Blitz / DCist)
An estimated 1.15 million to 1.64 million people in the region are at risk of losing their homes due to the coronavirus pandemic. While the federal government has frozen evictions, it still falls on states and local governments to figure out support or relief for those unable to pay rent. (Kyle Swenson / Post)
Montgomery County’s first four electric Ride On buses are set to hit the street today (Friday). The Federal Transit Administration provided a $1.75 million grant for the county to purchase the vehicles and charging stations. (Dan Schere / Bethesda Beat. Tip: Chester B.)
A new project looking at gentrification in DC uses visual factors, captured in Google Street View, to assess the signs of how neighborhoods in DC have changed. (Andrew Giambrone / DCist. Tip: Chester B.)
DC has mailed voter registration materials to residents incarcerated for felony sentences across the country, part of an effort to include those currently incarcerated in the city’s electoral processes. (Martin Austermuhle / DCist)
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will donate $32.8 million to the Howard University College of Medicine. The gift is part of a larger, $100 million donation that Bloomberg is making to four, historically black colleges and universities. (Victoria Chamberlin / WAMU)
