Buffalo, New York ended parking minimums for developers, and we’re starting to see the results. Forget the double-diamond; meet the “peanutabout.” A Seattle plan could keep most cars out of downtown.
DC Councilmember Brooke Pinto is including in her budget request $14 million to move forward on a gondola across the Potomac River connecting Georgetown and Rosslyn. The gondola was first proposed in 2013. (Nena Perry-Brown / UrbanTurf)
The near-implosion of the Purple Line and controversial toll lane proposal has prompted several Maryland state lawmakers to propose requiring more oversight of public-private partnerships, or P3s. (Katherine Shaver / Post)
Fairfax County has settled on a preferred route through Tysons for the Envision Route 7 BRT project between Tysons and Alexandria. The route would end at the Spring Hill Metro station via International Drive and the West Park Transit Center. (Jo DeVoe / Tysons Reporter. Tip: Syed Azan Ali)
School systems across the region are adopting new guidance from the CDC calling for three instead of six feet of physical distancing for masked students, revamping plans for staffing and infection protocols. (Margaret Barthel / DCist)
Mayor Muriel Bowser and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg requesting that funding for Union Station’s redevelopment be included in a $1 trillion infrastructure proposal. (Jordan Pascale / DCist)
Collection of Ride On bus fares in Montgomery County will resume on April 5, and passengers will be able to board through the front door again. The county initially suspended fares last year on March 16 due to the pandemic. (Briana Adhikusuma / Bethesda Beat)
