US drivers are buying increasingly huge cars, in part because of all the time they spend stuck inside them at rush hour — but a new study suggests that if drivers had to pay congestion tolls, they’d be significantly more likely to pick smaller vehicles that are less dangerous to vulnerable road users.
By George Kevin Jordan (Managing Editor) • June 7, 2021
Join George Mason University for a conversation about the accessory apartment boom in Los Angeles, and what it means for ADUs at large. What narratives to maps tell us about history? be a part of the conversation about climate action in DC and more in this week’s (virtual) urbanist events.
Metro is finally rolling out an Android version of its virtual SmarTrip fare cards starting Tuesday. The transit system has allowed iPhone users to use their phones to pay virtually since September. (Justin George / Post)
There are so many cicadas they’re showing up on the weather radar. Radar bounces off things in the sky — much as cicadas bounce off your shoulder (or face) — so it makes sense that billions of cicadas bumbling around would mess with the signal. (Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian)
Grassroots groups have been pushing for a deckover to cross North Capitol Street that would link Bloomingdale, Eckington, and Edgewood. Now the mayor’s proposed budget includes $1 million for a feasibility study. (Nena Perry-Brown / UrbanTurf)
Multiple vulnerable road users were killed in Virginia in the past week. 24-year-old Fatima Del Carmen Alvarez Romero was struck by a driver and killed while crossing Telegraph Road on a bicycle in Alexandria on Thursday; and a child was struck by a driver and killed in Fairfax County on Monday. (Dana Hedgpeth / Post, Martin Weil / Post)
A group of renters at an apartment complex in Hyattsville organized a rent strike after months of waiting for rent relief as the end of the national eviction moratorium approaches on June 30. (Kyle Swenson / Post)
Following a report showing people east of I-95 have less economic mobility than those to the west after decades of segregation, Connected DMV is the latest organization to push for strengthening regional cooperation to bridge the gap. (Robert McCartney / Post. Tip: Chester B.)
