Here's our roundup of "must-read" posts from the week:
All around the world this week people remembered the lives lost in 9/11, prayed for those enduring the fires throughout the West Coast, and tried to navigate another day in a global pandemic.
In the region, however, the past several days could also be described as Metro's worst week ever.
For instance, A new audit of the Metrorail Rail Operations Control Center (ROCC) reveals ongoing challenges at the nerve center of Metro’s rail network.
Also this week, without federal assistance, Metro will need to cut hundreds of millions of dollars from this and next years’ budgets.
We took a trip down memory lane, and pondered what it might take for Tysons to become a bona-fide city.
Meanwhile, we wanted to get your opinion about what to ask ANC candidates, ahead of the November elections.
Finally, in order to close our funding gap this year, and continue to provide great coverage of urbanist issues throughout Greater Washington, we need to raise $15,000 from renewing members, and welcome 100 new Neighbors into the Neighborhood. Can we count on you?
By Stephen Repetski (Editorial Board Alum) • September 8, 2020
Harassment, confusion, fatigue, short-staffed, ill-trained. A new audit of the Metrorail Rail Operations Control Center (ROCC) lays bare ongoing issues at the nerve center of Metro’s rail network, and with it, some of what Metro needs to do to begin to fix it. Recent Metro actions have shown “promise,” but what will it take to turn the department around?
By George Kevin Jordan (Managing Editor) • September 8, 2020
What would you do if you were tasked with doubling the number of jobs and raising the number of residents from about 14,000 people to 100,000 in a city? Plus you need to add 113 million square feet of new construction (for reference, Tysons mall is two million square feet). And that city needs to be a bustling urban center at all hours.
By Stephen Repetski (Editorial Board Alum) • September 10, 2020
Metrobus service after midnight might end, 39 routes could be cut, and trains would run less often and for fewer hours if Metro doesn’t receive additional federal funding to fill the budget gap created by COVID-19.
By David Alpert (Executive Director) • September 10, 2020
Besides voting for the office you hear all about in the news this November, DC residents will select hyper-local Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners. There are 299 seats in 40 neighborhood commissions spanning the city, and Greater Greater Washington will soon be asking candidates about their views. What should we ask them?
By Kate Jentoft-Herr (Program and Community Coordinator) • September 9, 2020
In the past year the GGWash publication ran over 1,000 articles covering local urbanist issues that were collectively viewed over 3 million times! In order to close our funding gap this year, we need to raise $15,000 from renewing members, and welcome 100 new Neighbors into the Neighborhood. Can we count on you?
