By Alex Holt (Maryland Correspondent) • October 4, 2019
The Maryland Department of Transportation is slashing transit funding over the next six years by $345 million, and the cuts will hit Baltimore particularly hard. The list of new transit projects in the pipeline for the Baltimore area until 2025 consists of a single pedestrian bridge at the Patapsco light rail station south of the Baltimore City-County line.
The electric car movement may not be as clean a transition as we think. A major national transportation organization calls for a new vision for federal spending. Seattle wants to put a lid on one of its freeways.
By Alex Baca (Housing Program Organizer) • October 4, 2019
DC’s Comprehensive Plan sets the course for how the District will grow in the next decade, and the Framework at the beginning sets the tone for the rest of the plan. Right now the District is updating this plan, beginning with the Framework. Housing advocates have been paying close attention to whether the updates will modernize how development works in the District.
By George Kevin Jordan (Editor and Correspondent) • October 4, 2019
Public art not only adds beauty to a place, it can also help people orient themselves and find their way around. Tysons is no exception. As the city works on its 2050 goal to transform from “edge city” to urban center, art is key to building culture there, and to creating an environment that invites people to stay awhile.
Metro will start the week of with delays on the Blue, Orange, and Silver Lines after two railcars collided between the McPherson Square and Farragut West stations at 1 am. There were no passengers on board, and two operators were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries. (Alejandro Alvarez and Reem Nadeem / WTOP, Dana Hedgpeth / Post)
Some Howard university students are seeking refunds on housing costs due to decrepit conditions like rats, leaking pipes, and unsafe water in some of the dorms. The complications stem from construction that the university says don’t be completed until December. (Barbara Sprunt / WAMU)
The City of College Park recently rolled out VeoRide, its new bike and scooter share system. The system covers much of the city and the University of Maryland campus, but limits hours of operation from 5 am to 9 pm. (The Wash Cycle)
A mixed-used development in Tysons that has been in the works for five years is near completion, and the company behind it is hopeful that it will encourage more to develop similar mixed-use, walkable projects in the area. (Ashley Hopko / Tysons Reporter)
As we wrote about in September, newly-proposed rules from the District Department of Transportation would limit the number of dockless scooter companies that can operate in the District to four and double the number of allowable scooters to 10,000. DDOT says limiting the number of companies will make it easier to provide oversight. (Luz Lazo / Post)
A new social club in that’s set to open in Ivy City this winter will strive to be friendly to urban families, with activites for children and spaces for their parents to work and mingle. The club will include staff members specially trained to supervise children. (Anna Spiegel / Washingtonian)
So far in 2019, transit ridership has overall increased in cities across the US. Some say this is the result of investments into mass transit projects in recent years, which has resulted in better services that’s winning back customers. (Justin George / Post)
