Here's our roundup of must-read posts from the week:
Happy Thanksgiving, folks! We hope you're having a safe and healthy long weekend.
If you're riding the Metro anywhere post-Turkey Day, it won't be on a 6000-series train. For the second time in two months, two Red Line railcars came apart, stranding 12 passengers on board. Metro is pulling the series until they know more about what happened.
A lot of people aren't riding Metro at all these days. But experts say transit is actually pretty safe during the pandemic — in some ways, much safer than getting behind the wheel of a car.
DC is trying something new to make roads a little safer. A new pilot project will use data to identify risky drivers, then send texts or letters to warn them about their risk of getting into a crash.
Nothing says long weekend like a good historical deep dive. Learn something new in our article on the origin of the library system in Prince George's County — the first in a five part series.
Lastly, we're on the hunt for a new Executive Director. We hope you'll help us spread the word to anyone you know who might fit the bill. Or maybe that person is you!
By Stephen Repetski (Editorial Board Alum) • November 25, 2020
A Red Line train came apart while leaving the Glenmont station on Tuesday in what Metro called a “train-separation incident,” stranding 12 passengers on board for over an hour and suspending service at the station for over four. The transit agency removed all 184 6000-series railcars from service in response. This is the second separation incident in as many months.
As coronavirus cases surge nationally, many scientific studies are reassuring essential workers that it’s largely safe to take public transportation (if they use basic precautions) — and reminding Washington that it’s past time to give transit agencies the relief they need.
By Libby Solomon (Writer and Editor) • November 25, 2020
If you’re a driver piling up traffic tickets, someresearchersbelievethat you’re at a higher risk of being involved in a serious crash. But if those traffic violations happened in DC, you might get a warning first.
By Adam Weers (Board of Directors, Advocacy Committee) • November 23, 2020
We are looking for a proven nonprofit leader, who loves urbanism and the Washington region, to become the next Executive Director of Greater Greater Washington. Does this sound like you?
