What if drivers had to obey scooter laws?

By Kea Wilson (Streetsblog) • September 7, 2021

It seems like there’s a news story every other day about an exciting new traffic law aimed at curbing the most dangerous behaviors on US roads. The only problem? They’re almost exclusively aimed at the riders of electric push scooters — not automobile drivers, who are actually responsible for virtually all of the national traffic violence death toll.

Events: How to improve transit along Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE

By George Kevin Jordan (Managing Editor) • September 7, 2021

Let’s talk about buses. What exactly is public interest technology, anyway? The District’s annual mural festival is back for its sixth year.

Breakfast links: A Metro line from Georgetown to National Harbor is on the table

By Libby Solomon (Writer and Editor) • September 8, 2021

Georgetown could finally get a Metro station

Metro is considering a Blue Line realignment that would add a Georgetown station, run south through Ward 8, and end at National Harbor. The proposal is just one option Metro is considering to fix the bottleneck in the Rosslyn Tunnel.  (Ally Schweitzer / DCist)

Richmond’s Robert E. Lee statue has been removed

A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee has been removed from Richmond, the former capital of the Confederacy, after a long court case wrapped up with an order allowing it to be taken down.  (AP)

Officials investigate how Rockville apartment flooded

Officals are launching an investigation of the flooding at a Rockville apartment complex that killed one person and displaced more than 100, assessing the culvert and watershed as well as whether the apartment management did enough to prevent flooding.  (Steve Bohnel / Bethesda Beat)

Four stations forward, two stations back

Four Green Line Metro stations have reopened after renovations, but now two Red Line stations are closing for platform improvements. The Rockville and Shady Grove stations will be closed for the next three months.  (Jordan Pascale / DCist)

Multiple crashes involved pedestrians in Alexandria in past month

A pedestrian was critically injured after being hit by a driver in Old Town Alexandria on Tuesday. The incident follows multiple others in the last month, including a man who was struck and killed in the West End last week and a 13-year-old struck by a driver while walking home from school.  (Vernon Miles / ALXnow)

DC didn’t consider Black-owned firms for BLM Plaza contract, business group says

A group of Black entrepreneurs is protesting DC’s contract award for Black Lives Matter Plaza renovations, saying the District didn’t consider Black-owned businesses for the project. DC is currently studying its contracting practices for racial equity.  (James Wright / Washington Informer)

The DC Olympics

Can you outrun the DC Streetcar? Hit all DC’s 26 public libraries on one bike ride? Or make it across a crosswalk at Dave Thomas Circle before the light ends? In the wake of a (definitely fake?) viral video of someone racing a Metro train, DCist compiles some of the Olympic-level challenges DC residents can find in their own backyards.  (DCist)

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