By George Kevin Jordan (Managing Editor) • October 25, 2021
Learn how to ride e-bikes with BikeArlington and Rad Power Bikes. Join GW’s Prof Leah Brooks and GGWash’s Alex Baca this Thursday for the first in our series, “Getting There.” Discover the history of NoVA’s built environment. More in this week’s urbanist events.
Metro is asking the public for input on possible new names for the Largo Town Center Metro station, including “Largo,” “Downtown Largo” or “Downtown PGC.” The area around the station is undergoing redevelopment. (Jordan Pascale / DCist)
Metro is ever so slowly bringing some older trains back into service to address a shortfall after the system was forced to pull its 7000-series trains, 60% of its fleet. The agency is set to submit a plan for testing and returning the 7000-series cars to service. (Jordan Pascale / DCist, Luz Lazo / Post)
Arlington’s extensive public engagement process favors those with the time and resources to participate. A proposed pilot program would attempt to expand the voices represented by compensating people for participating, with gift cards, childcare and meals, or waived transportation costs. (Jo DeVoe / ARLnow)
Three protesters briefly chained themselves to construction equipment on Monday in an effort to stop the demolition of the McMillan sand filtration plant, which began earlier this month after years of legal challenges. (Alex Koma / Business Journal)
The Securities and Exchange Commission is opening up a new office on New York Avenue, bringing 4,500 federal workers to the vicinity of DC’s widely hated intersection, “Dave Thomas Circle.” How will that change the area? (Jon Banister / Bisnow)
In the last two weeks since announcing a traffic safety push, the District Department of Transportation has installed 91 speed humps in more than 30 places, according to an announcement from the mayor’s office. (PoPville)
Top image: The artist formerly known as Largo Town Center. Image by Elvert Barnes licensed under Creative Commons.
