By Jane Green (Development Director) • September 26, 2019
We launched the GGWash Neighborhood membership program just one year ago with the goal of building sustainable, year-round revenue for the site. Have you joined yet?
By Caitlin Rogger (Policy Manager) • September 26, 2019
DC could limit shared dockless bike and scooter companies to just four, but increase the number of dockless bikes and scooters to 20,000, under a new proposal released for public comment Wednesday. Currently, Bird, Bolt, Lime, Lyft, Razor, Skip, and Spin operate dockless scooters and JUMP operates both scooters and dockless bicycles.
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has requested that Metro return late-night service, from midnight to 3 am on weekends, as soon as possible. Metro has responded, saying that the organization is looking at extending service hours without affecting maintenance. (Post)
The Riders Advisory Council officially opposed fare increases on Metro, telling the board the decision would negatively impact lower ridership and services. (Jordan Pascale / DCist)
As a diverse city, DC’s monuments extend far beyond the city’s federal core. City Paper collects readers’ personal monuments, the spots around the city which imbue it with character and make the city home. (City Paper)
The handmade memorial to honor Jacob Cassell, a 17-year-old Bethesda teen who was killed by a driver while riding his bike on Old Georgetown Road July 31, has gone missing. (Caitlynn Peetz / Bethesda Magazine. Tip: Chester B.)
New census data shows that millennials are increasingly leaving large cities. The cause remains complex and likely varied, but factors such as cost of living and housing availability are helping drive the trend. (Wall Street Journal)
In DC’s under-regulated marijuana market, sellers and buyers alike look for greater oversight to keep all parties safe, as well as prosperous. In related news, the Gentleman Toker, a local cannabis advice site, is shutting down because its founder doesn’t feel good about the industry any longer. (Joshua Kaplan / City Paper, Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian)
As the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities transitions into an independent agency, tensions continue to mount between DC Mayor Muriel Bowser and Council Chairman Phil Mendelson. Mendelson said that the mayor told him she wanted to replace the entire commission board because their job function had changed. (Mikaela Lefrak / DCist)
DC’s 16th St NW has over 50 religious buildings along it. The reason: planning and zoning along what was designed to be a prominent road through the city. (Mikaela Lefrak / WAMU)
