The four-year-old plan to add a protected bikeway to Louisiana Avenue is at a standstill while the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) continues to negotiate the street design with Congress. The primary sticking point for the 0.6-mile-long lane? The Senate Sergeant-at-Arms (SAA) doesn’t want to give up 37 parking spaces.
By Mark Rodeffer (Elections Committee), Matthias Paustian (Guest Contributor) • September 5, 2019
The clean energy law going into effect this year in DC requires the District’s electricity mix to be 100% clean by 2032, it sets strong energy efficiency requirements for buildings and calls for DC to transition away from gasoline-fueled transportation. But the law is silent on the source of nearly one-fifth of DC’s greenhouse gas emissions: methane gas.
Opportunity Zone funding is a federal program created to drive economic development in “distressed” areas across the United States, including in DC. The program has been received with both criticism and excitement, but something’s been missing from the conversation: The potential to use this money for clean energy and green infrastructure projects.
Nationwide, winnowing transit options have had a negative impact on 17% of the workforce in metro areas, according to a report by the American Public Transit Association. Those who particularly work between the hours of 4 pm and 6 am have been hit the hardest, including in DC. (Martin Austermuhle / WAMU)
A new report from the Washington Area Bus Transformation Project concludes that the DC region needs more buses and bus lanes to alleviate traffic and provide cheaper transit options for commuters. (Katherine Shaver / Post)
With over 8,000 public housing units spread out across the District, the DC Housing Authority (DCHA) is one of the city’s biggest landlords, and much of its housing needs repairs. The agency has a 20-year plan to repair 2,610 units. (Andrew Giambrone / CurbedDC)
A microtransit program in Minneapolis-St. Paul may provide a model for DC workers who struggle to get to work due to few late night transit options. Workers and their employers pay into a program which picks late night workers up from their homes and delivers them to their jobs. (Keri Murakami / Post)
DC announced Thursday that it will move ahead with demolishing RFK stadium by 2021. Though what will replace the stadium remains uncertain, there are plans for recreational areas, and city officials appear to have ruled out building another stadium for the Washington football team. (Robert McCartney / Post)
Salaries, when adjusted for cost of living and housing costs, are effectively higher in small metro areas than in large cities, a new analysis finds. This holds true across industries, except in tech, where salaries are actually more competitive in large metro areas. DC ranked second-highest in adjusted tech salary. (Richard Florida / City Lab)
The Highline at Union Market has a new tenant: “co-living” company QUARTERS. The company will rent 99 units and convert them into two-, three- and four-bedroom co-living spaces with a total of 239 beds. (Nena Perry-Brown / UrbanTurf)
Anthony Burley from Columbia Heights and George Whitlow, a Petworth resident, have become known around the District for playing jams, one from their house, the other on a bicycle, and spreading the joy of spontaneous music. (Leigh Giangreco / DCist)
