When we talk about increasing access to sustainable transportation, many street safety advocates fail to talk about placing benches with anywhere near the fervor with which we talk laying train track or building bike lanes.
By Wyatt Gordon (Virginia Correspondent) • January 21, 2021
The Pulse bus rapid transit line is the face of modern transit in Richmond. Planners praise it, and riders flock to it. One problem with it, however, is its transit signal prioritization (TSP) system, which some say isn’t delivering on promises to speed buses through red lights.
President Joe Biden has issued an executive order mandating masks in airports and on many planes, trains, and intercity buses. (Michael Laris and William Wan / Post)
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan that the state will pressure school boards to reopen classrooms in March. Local school system officials expressed health and safety concerns about the push, calling it an “arbitrary date.” (Donna St George / Post)
Though in-person theatre performances are paused, Studio Theatre in DC has found a way to share plays with the public. The studio’s actors recorded two plays for the public to listen to for free. (Jason Fraley / WTOP)
The Kojo Nnamdi Show took a look at how the nationwide recession has continued to affect the DC region, where the unemployment rate remains above the national average, while disproportionately affecting women and people of color. (WAMU)
A proposal would expand the Arizona College of Nursing into Virginia by creating classrooms at the intersection of I-495 and Route 50. As part of the proposal, the company is pledging to make space for a pedestrian bridge over I-495. (Angela Woolsey / Tysons Reporter)
