By George Kevin Jordan (Managing Editor) • August 23, 2021
How personal delivery device technology intersects with people and policy. Is your bike ready for the road? There’s still time to purchase your ticket for GGWash’s upcoming fall mixer.
DC added more housing units per square mile in the last decade than any US county outside the New York City metropolitan area. The Washington metro area overall had the fourth highest increase in housing units, but housing hasn’t kept pace with population. (Nena Perry-Brown / UrbanTurf)
Alexandria residents are urging officials to speed up flooding mitigation strategies, but officials say stormwater infrastructure projects face barriers stretching timelines years into the future. (Vernon Miles / ALXnow)
A pedestrian was struck and killed by a driver on University Boulevard at Merrimac Drive in Takoma Park early Monday morning. The driver remained at the scene. The incident is Montgomery County’s fourth fatal pedestrian crash of 2021. (Dan Schere / Bethesda Beat. Tip: Chester B.)
A sinkhole in the Third Street Tunnel caused road closures during rush hour Monday morning. Videos and photos showed a buckling road and water bubbling up from cracks. Some closures remain in effect Tuesday. (Dominique Maria Bonessi / DCist, Dana Hedgpeth / Post)
Officials are sweetening the pot to get people to jump back on greener forms of transportation. From free Capital Bikeshare rides to $2 weekend Metro fares, here are some of the incentives you can take advantage of. (Maya Pottiger / Washingtonian)
The Walking Dead took a trip underground to a post-apocalyptic Metro in the show’s season 11 premiere last night. DCist’s Jordan Pascale does the real hero’s work and maps their journey — well, the parts of it that make sense, anyway (Shady Grove is not on the Yellow Line, folks!). (Jordan Pascale / DCist)
