By Libby Solomon (Writer and Editor) • February 12, 2021
DC residents want more investment in active modes of transportation, rather than prioritizing cars, according to the results of a DC Department of Transportation survey.
If we’re going to talk about a 15 minute city, we should define our terms. Los Angeles developers have found a novel way to get people housed. What’s the point of a city government if the state keeps pre-empting it?
When I first moved to my lovely basement rowhouse apartment on the corner of 15th and Buchanan in the Sixteenth Street Heights in 2012, my then-roommate and I had few criteria on where to live. We were looking for an apartment with high enough ceilings so he could practice the upright bass, and I wanted to be near the S or the 50 bus lines. But when my wife and I decided we wanted to purchase a home, we quickly realized we could not afford to live in the neighborhood we have called home for so many years.
Metro’s Capitol South station was among the five most polluted subway stations researchers found in a study of air pollution in transit systems in the Northeast. The researchers say transit workers with long underground shifts could be especially susceptible to health problems. (Justin George / Post)
Businessman Chuck Kuhn has purchased White’s Ferry after the longstanding institution closed over a property rights dispute. The purchase will restart negotiations with Rockland Farm, where the ferry docks on the Virginia side of the Potomac. (Post)
The Virginia General Assembly is considering a bill that would allow cyclists to yield instead of completely stopping at stop signs. If enacted, Virginia would join Colorado, Delaware, and other states that allow the so-called “Idaho stop.” (Justin George / Post)
The discovery of human remains and tombstones over the years has led many to believe that Q Street NW in Georgetown may have once been home to a burial site for free and enslaved African-Americans. (Elliot C. Williams / WAMU)
A pair of housing bills drew differing opinions from Montgomery County residents in a public hearing Thursday. One bill would allow more multifamily housing near Metro stations; the other would limit transit-related price gouging. (Briana Adhikusuma / Bethesda Beat. Tip: Chester B.)
Internal communications suggest that National Guard troops could be stationed in DC until this fall. According to an official statement, the National Guard is only planning to to stay in the District through March. (Elliot C. Williams / DCist)
