By Libby Solomon (Writer and Editor) • December 2, 2020
On a map, Bethesda and Tysons look like neighbors. On a good day, if you have a car and traffic is light, you can get from one to the other in 20 minutes. But if you can’t, or won’t, drive? Well, good luck… you’ll have to ride Metrorail all the way to DC’s Metro Center, then all the way back out to Tysons. The trip will take you more than an hour.
By Alex Baca (Housing Program Organizer) • December 3, 2020
White and Black Americans are segregated not solely due to choices made by private individuals, but because of policies created and maintained by the government itself. On Monday night, GGWash hosted a discussion of The Color of Law, Richard Rothstein’s book about government-sponsored, or de jure, segregation.
By Wyatt Gordon (Virginia Correspondent) • December 2, 2020
Health outcomes in Virginia’s Gateway Region, the southern half of the Richmond-Petersburg metropolitan area, lag behind those of the rest of the state. One organization hopes to help address this by finally completing a 22-mile multimodal path called the Appomattox River Trail (ART), which will give residents a safe place to walk and bicycle.
Loose bolts are part of why two different Red Line trains uncoupled recently, according to the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission. After the second incident, Metro pulled the 6000-series rail cars from service, and the investigation continues. (Justin George / Post)
A 4.6-acre extension of Potomac Yard Park was approved by Alexandria’s planning commission. The expansion will run south of the planned Potomac Yard Metro station along the watefront and will include public art and a fitness station. (Vernon Miles / ALXNow)
Montgomery County is looking to help businesses stay open during the pandemic by giving outdoor “streeteries” more than $1 million in federal money to help prepare them to operate during the winter. (Briana Adhikusuma / Bethesda Beat)
Local officials blasted Metro’s plan to drastically cut service to address a pandemic budget shortfall, saying the plan will significantly impact people of color and front-line workers. (John Aaron / WTOP)
Maryland’s Board of Public Works approved a natural gas pipeline that will run under wetlands on the Eastern Shore. Opponents, including environmental activists and the NAACP, claim the pipeline will hurt Somerset County’s communities of color. (Dominique Maria Bonessi / DCist)
Amtrak will pay $2.25 million as part of a settlement for claims that it violated the Americans With Disabilities Act by failing to accomodate passengers with disabilities at stations. Amtrak will also fix dozens of stations to ensure they are ADA compliant. (Luz Lazo / Post)
Airlines no longer have to accommodate passengers who want to travel with emotional support animals after a rule change from the US Department of Transportation differentiating between service animals trained for specific tasks and emotional support animals. (Lori Aratani / Post)
