Here's our roundup of "must-read" posts from the week:
Happy Halloween, folks! We're spooked by ghosts and goblins, but here's what's really creepy: car-centric culture. This Halloween, read about a proposal to make Washington the best biking region in the country.
Another way to make our region better: making it work for people with dementia. Read about the ways we can create urban spaces that are inclusive and welcoming.
Making cities work for everyone requires looking at issues like transportation with an equity lens. That's why GGWash partnered with more than a dozen organizations to form the DC Transportation Equity Network, or DC TEN.
Transportation is always changing – right down to the names of Metro stops. WMATA is looking into changing the names of two stations.
And finally, if you're feeling overwhelmed and looking to check out of the news cycle this weekend — even if just for a moment — read about a weird fruit. Really.
By Andrew Grinberg (Guest Contributor), Shayna Goldsmith (Guest Contributor) • October 26, 2020
Six steps could make the Washington region the best in the country for biking, according to a project by Master’s students at Georgetown University’s Urban and Regional Planning program.
By Jonathan Paul Katz (Guest Contributor) • October 27, 2020
How do we make urban spaces more dementia-friendly? Many of the solutions are surprisingly simple: walkable urban design and dementia-friendly design are often one and the same.
By Ron Thompson (Transportation Equity Organizer) • October 26, 2020
DC Transportation Equity Network (DC TEN), a coalition of Greater Greater Washington and more than a dozen DC-based organizations, will advocate for transportation policies that achieve mobility justice.Â
By Tracy Hadden Loh (Board of Directors) • October 28, 2020
I was standing in a parking lot in Montgomery County on Saturday when something big and hard hit the ground near me with a loud cracking sound. What had fallen next to me was a Maclura pomifera, otherwise known as the Osage orange. I picked it up, and so began a lesson in the native fruit trees of North America and the eccentricities of our local ecology.
