Here's our roundup of must-read posts from the week:
ICYMI, we're so excited to welcome our next Executive Director! Chelsea Allinger will start as our new ED in May.
Chelsea's arrival is the next step in a long history for GGWash. So long, in fact, that when DC announced it would be raising parking prices for second and third cars, we realized contributor Topher Mathews had proposed that idea on our website 11 years ago. Better late than never, right?
Also this week, Conor Shaw and Nick Sementelli argue that DC's traffic safety program, Vision Zero, is moving in the wrong direction. Their two-part series outlines what went wrong and how the District could do better.
Like traffic safety, climate change is a problem begging urgent solutions, but Bill Pugh argues the region's transportation planners aren't taking it seriously. As the regional planning process begins accepting public comment, Pugh outlines the ways in which the draft plan fails to meet climate targets.
Finally, another set of planning documents are taking shape in DC, in this case on a granular neighborhood level. Read about the Small Area Plans in Congress Heights, Chevy Chase, and along Pennsylvania Avenue, and the plans' new focus on racial equity.
By Tracy Hadden Loh (Board of Directors) • April 20, 2021
GGWash chose not to endorse Chelsea Allinger when she ran for ANC 1D05 in 2018. We’ve taken a second look, and today we are thrilled to announce that she will become our new executive director.
The Washington Post recently reported that as part of his final effort to close the city’s budget gap, Adrian Fenty is considering doubling the fee for residential parking passes. This is not a bad idea, but a better one would be to raise RPP fees for the 2nd and 3rd car. We charge a laughably small fee for street parking: $15 a year. Only in the world of cars is it considered…
The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) released a draft transportation plan for Greater Washington that sticks with the status quo, putting off needed climate action for future years.
By Libby Solomon (Writer and Editor) • April 23, 2021
DC’s Office of Planning is working on three Small Area Plans — supplements to the Comprehensive Plan that provide more detailed guidelines for development in a given area. The new SAPs in Congress Heights, Chevy Chase, and Pennsylvania Avenue East will focus on community participation and racial and economic equity.
