By George Kevin Jordan (Managing Editor) • August 9, 2021
Mobility company Lime announced last week it is changing up the kickstand on its latest generation of electric scooters. Will it tip the scale in the number of fallen scooters and blocked streets in DC?
By Jane Lyons (Guest Contributor) • August 9, 2021
In Montgomery County, there’s just not enough housing opportunities or enough diversity in types of housing in the places where people want to live. To combat this, the county could embrace missing middle housing. Here’s a breakdown of what that could look like.
By George Kevin Jordan (Managing Editor) • August 9, 2021
Be a part of the conversation to build a better bike network in DC. Where smart planning and emerging transportation technologies meet. Learn what makes good public policy, and more in this week’s urbanist events.
Some bus stops are moving locations in anticipation of three-month closures of the Rockville and Shady Grove Metro stations, which are set to begin in September. The closures will allow for upgrades to the Rockville station. (Steve Bohnel / Bethesda Beat)
A developer filed plans for a massive mixed-use development in Southeast. The project, formerly known as Columbian Quarter would include 748 housing units, a woonerf, a grocery store, and a temporary Sandlot popup before development starts. (Nena Perry-Brown / UrbanTurf)
The former headquarters of the National Automobile Dealers Association will soon be demolished for an expansion of The Boro, a mixed-use development in Tysons. Plans include retail, public park space, and more than 800 housing units. (David Taube / Tysons Reporter)
Metropolitan Police put three officers on administrative leave and referred the case to the District Attorney after a viral video showed one repeatedly punching a Black man who was being restrained by the other officers in Southeast. (DCist. Tip: Chester B.)
An ANC commissioner says the Safeway store manager at Corcoran and 17th streets NW put out planters after a District encampment engagement, in an effort to keep unhoused people from coming back. Advocates for the encampment residents say the planters amounted to hostile architecture and illegal dumping; they have been removed and removed and then reappeared a few times. (Ambar Castillo / City Paper)
The DC Council’s budget decision last week — to direct some of the funds Mayor Muriel Bowser requested to police, and the rest to alternative services — highlights a growing tension between police reform advocates and those who argue DC needs more policing to counter a rise in shootings. (Post)
Drivers struck and killed pedestrians in two separate incidents in Prince George’s County on Saturday. Diondre James, 44, was killed in Seat Pleasant; Quintin Gaston, 27, died in Fort Washington. (Katie Mettler / Post. Tip: Chester B.)
