By Emily Hamilton (Correspondent) • December 4, 2020
In October, Fairfax County published its latest progress report on Tysons. Each year the county has published reports on how well development outcomes are meeting the plan’s objectives. The 2020 report provides some important updates on housing construction in Tysons, and it provides an opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of the plan’s income-restricted housing requirements. Here’s what we discovered.
As humans rapidly urbanize, one of the greatest threats to our natural world is not urbanization itself, but urban sprawl. What would it take to bring high-quality, zero-emissions transit to every major city in the US? Department store sales are contracting alongside the shrinking middle class.
By Libby Solomon (Writer and Editor) • December 4, 2020
DC Council’s meeting on Tuesday, December 1 was an important deadline: as the second-to-last session before the end of the year, this was the last chance to get bills an initial vote or have them peter out as the year’s session ends.
A petition to keep Little Falls Parkway in Bethesda closed to motor vehicles has gotten more than 1,000 signatures. The parkway was closed to traffic in April to give pedestrians and cyclists space for recreation during the pandemic. (Rose Horowitch / Bethesda Beat)
A Capital Bikeshare station was recently added to Reagan National Airport, making it the first major airport to have a dock-based bikeshare station. (Elliot Henney / WJLA. Tip: Chester B.)
Two members of the WMATA board criticized the agency’s austere proposed budget for the next fiscal year, saying the agency needs to be more creative as it grapples with the prospect of a $5 million funding gap. One member also criticized the General Manager’s predictions on next year’s ridership as too pessimistic given the pending rollout of a vaccine. (Jordan Pascale / DCist)
A trio of developers are proposing 800 apartment units and 75,000 square feet of commercial or retail space for a site at the intersection of University Boulevard West and Veirs Mill Road in Wheaton. (Nena Perry-Brown / UrbanTurf)
On Saturday, December 5, both the District and Virginia logged their highest number of new COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began in the spring. Maryland hit a record daily high on Friday, the day before. Both jurisdictions also saw a rise in positivity rates and hospitalizations, although the District says its bed capacity remains in the “moderate range.” (Colleen Grablick / DCist)
Construction on high-occupancy toll lanes for I-66 in Virginia has actually kept on schedule thanks to lower traffic volumes associated with the pandemic. The project began in 2017 and is set to conclude in 2022. (Luz Lazo / Post)
