By Mike English (Guest Contributor) • October 26, 2021
Office to residential conversions are sometimes treated as a panacea, and a reason not to try any of the other many tools we need to use to solve our region’s housing shortage.
By John Means (Guest Contributor) • October 26, 2021
Nathan Ballard-Means asks his father almost every day to “promise“ that he won’t get hit by a car again after a driver in an SUV hit the 4-year-old last month. Since that time, his father has tried to better understand how the District can create safer streets across all wards.
In Richmond, you can see how climate change inequity plays out most dramatically in the urban heat island map that was generated with community science observations of air temperature during a heat wave in July 2017.
After the Oct. 17 Blue Line train derailment, Metro inspected railcars and found some with the same wheel defect — but two of those railcars were mistakenly put back into service that Sunday, and only pulled when the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission informed Metro. The commission ordered Metro to pull the full 7000-series fleet that same evening. (Justin George / Post)
Virginia state troopers have been frequently engaging in high speed chases on I-395 but abandoning them once the driver reaches the 14th Street Bridge, due to rules that restrict when police can chase drivers across state lines. The state police chase policy has come under scrutiny this week after two men were killed in a chase on I-95. (Jo DeVoe / ARLnow)
As Hyattsville’s popultion grows, a number of developments are in the works. The city’s population grew by about 4,000 people between 2010 and 2020 according to census data. (Justin Hinton / ABC7)
Residents of Brentwood in DC’s Ward 5 are suing to stop construction of a school bus depot in their neighborhood, saying it’s a matter of environmental justice and will impact air quality in the predominantly Black neighborhood. (Jacob Fenston / DCist)
With COVID-19 transmission back to “moderate” levels, Montgomery County could lift its indoor mask mandate as soon as Thursday morning. (Steve Bohnel / Bethesda Beat)
A developer in Navy Yard is hoping to turn a site at M and 1st Streets SE into a three-building tech hub, and is pitching the site to tech companies. (Cuneyt Dil / Axios)
DC’s inspector general is expanding the scope of an investigation into misconduct at the DC Housing Authority following a request from DC Council. Allegations include staff stealing housing vouchers, a commissioner threatening and harassing staff, and former board chair Neil Albert awarding a contract to a female companion. (Megan Cloherty / WTOP)
