Here's our roundup of must-read posts from the week:
Happy New Year, and good riddance to 2020. We hope you had a safe, restful holiday and are ready to face what the new year might bring. We're ready and eager to move forward, so here's a collection of articles looking to the future.
Here's one thing we could do without: parking lots. In Fairfax County, a proposal is in the works to swap out parking at the county's Government Center for affordable housing units.
Richmond is also looking forward as officials plan its transit future. Can a north-south BRT line carry Richmond forward?
Transit is always in dire straits in Baltimore, and now a new report has a theory as to why: a challenging governance structure at MTA.
When transit does get built, what changes? We take a dive into Census data for Tysons after a decade of change, growth, and increasing transit options.
So, we've reached 2021. What's next, for GGWash and our region? Read an update from our interim director, Caitlin Rogger as we look forward. May this year be better than the last.
By Canaan Merchant (Elections Committee) • December 21, 2020
Fairfax County may be swapping out some of its extra parking space at the Fairfax County Government Center for affordable housing. You’ll soon have a chance to tell the board what you think.
By Wyatt Gordon (Virginia Correspondent) • December 29, 2020
Despite many headwinds, public transportation in Richmond has seldom been so well poised for growth, and bus rapid transit could be a big part of that.
By Alex Holt (Maryland Correspondent) • December 30, 2020
Baltimoreans have long known the way their city’s transit is run is unusual. But it wasn’t until a new report from a Washington, DC-based transportation think tank was released last month that it became clear just howunique Baltimore’s lack of control over its transit system truly is.
By Libby Solomon (Writer and Editor) • December 28, 2020
It hasn’t been as quickly as some had planned, but Tysons has been growing. Here’s what Census data over the last decade tells us about how the makeup of Tysons has changed since its Comprehensive Plan first took off.
By Caitlin Rogger (Interim Executive Director) • December 23, 2020
2020 didn’t go as expected. COVID-19 devastated lives, jobs, educations, businesses, plans, and dreams of every stripe. The failure of national leadership in the US to guide us during this profoundly destabilizing threat, and the societal wounds laid bare by moral demands for racial justice and a historic election year, have strained our capacity as people and organizations to chart our paths. But we adapt, and through this year of uncertainty and suffering, community has been a bright spot for many of us.
