By Ethan Goffman (Contributor) • November 19, 2021
Though champions at leveling the transportation playing field, bus systems must constantly be evaluated to ensure they are providing the extensive and frequent service that riders need.
The frequent turnover of truck drivers is being overlooked. In the past 30 years, 200,000 people in communities of color were displaced by US highways. Environmentalists experience burnout, too.
Officials in both Loudoun and Montgomery counties both want the stalemate that’s keeping White’s Ferry shuttered to come to an end, but Loudoun officials don’t appear to want to get involved with eminent domain. Both the ferry’s owners and the farm that has the ferry’s landing on its property have been negotiating for months with no signs of progress. (Dan Schere / Bethesda Beat)
Planners in Montgomery County, Maryland say relaxing zoning laws wouldn’t just address soaring housing costs by allowing developers to build more housing - it would promote racial equity by ending de facto segregation. The proposed zoning changes have split residents of a county long known for its progressive values. (Katherine Shaver / Post. Tip: Chester B.)
The amount of people expected to travel over the Thanksgiving holiday is expected to be 13% higher than last year. However, with ridership on bus and rail systems down compared to pre-pandemic levels along with continued public health concerns, experts don’t see as many people traveling this year as they did in 2019. (Katherine Shaver / Post)
A driver struck and killed a 50-year-old pedestrian who was crossing Georgia Avenue in Wheaton early Friday. The woman was in a marked crosswalk when the collision occurred. (Dan Schere / Bethesda Beat. Tip: Chester B.)
This week, Arlington County’s Site Plan Review Committee will review plans to build a 16-story high-rise with 231 apartments and ground-level retail at the location of a Wendy’s restaurant on Clarendon Boulevard. A 12-story office building was previously approved for the site. (Nena Perry-Brown / UrbanTurf)
Several community organizations in Montgomery Country are asking Empower Montgomery to remove their names from ads accusing County Executive Marc Elrich of not supporting free fares on RideOn buses. The organizations say Empower Montgomery used their names without their permission. (Ana Radelat / Bethesda Beat)
