By Stephen Repetski (Editorial Board Alum) • November 8, 2021
Metro’s first plan needed before being able to return the agency’s 7000-series railcars to service has been submitted to WMATA’s safety oversight board. Meanwhile, more trains come back online.
By George Kevin Jordan (Managing Editor) • November 8, 2021
GW presents a virtual workshop focused on job search strategies for urban planning professionals. Experts unpack racial and income disparities in transportation in Part 2 of GGWash’s “Getting There” webinar series. What’s next for “Dave Thomas Circle,” and more in this week’s urbanist events.
A new grant program is incentivizing restaurants to open locations in wards 7 and 8, where sit-down restaurants and grocery store options are slim. New restaurants opening east of the Anacostia include DCity Smokehouse and HalfSmoke. (Jordan Pascale / DCist)
Officials are pushing for safety changes at the intersection of Georgia and Dexter avenues in Silver Spring, where a 4-year-old girl was killed in a car crash last month. (Dan Schere / Bethesda Beat)
DASH electric buses so far require less maintenance than the Alexandria network’s diesel fleet, but “they don’t love hills and they don’t love highways” and heating them in the winter will be a challenge. (Vernon Miles / ALXnow)
The federal infrastructure bill includes $66 billion that will allow Amtrak to rebuild the aging Northeast Corridor and create new routes. (Luz Lazo / Post)
Howard University students are heading into their fifth week of protesting housing conditions on campus including mold and mice. Now thousands have signed a petition calling on the university to cut ties with the company that manages most housing on campus. (Lauren Lumpkin / Post)
If you’ve been meaning to get outside, this is the week to do it: the leaves have finally taken on their brightest fall colors. (Abby Vervaeke / Washingtonian)
Top image: HalfSmoke's original location at Florida Avenue and 7th Street NW. Image by Ted Eytan licensed under Creative Commons.
