By David Andrews (Guest Contributor) • December 10, 2021
“Bloom Dupont” is part of the Art In Transit initiative by WMATA, in collaboration with the Dupont Circle Business Improvement District. The green boards-turned-canvases are part of the ongoing canopy construction project to cover the station’s escalators.
Historians highlight the cultural heritage of Germany’s Christmas markets. The 15-minute grocery craze is hurting urban culture. The Dutch pivot to floating communities.Â
Two children were seperately struck and injured by motorists in DC on Friday. In Southeast, a boy was injured after a motorist struck him outside his school Friday, just two blocks from where two children and their father were struck and injured by a driver on Walk to School Day in October. Another boy was struck and injured by a driver in a hit-and-run while riding his bicycle in Kingman Park.  (Ally Schweitzer / DCist, John Henry / WUSA9)
At a public forum last week on Montgomery County’s transit plan for the I-270 corridor, residents called for more MARC services on the Frederick and Brunswick lines and more transit and road capacity upcounty.  (Steve Bohnel / Bethesda Beat)
Jessica Hart, whose 5-year-old daughter Allison was killed by a driver while riding her bike in September, has become a vocal advocate for traffic safety. This weekend she and other neighbors gathered for a “chalk-in” at the intersection where Allie was struck to advocate for safer streets.  (Paul Schwartzman / Post)
The Gaithersburg City Council is weighing whether to extend rent protections though May 15, including a 1.4% cap on rent increases and the elimination of late fees for tenants. Rent protections currently expire on January 15.  (Dan Schere / Bethesda Beat)
A dispute between the DC Office of the Attorney General and a property management company over repairs is preventing redevelopment of a church-owned affordable apartment complex in Shaw from moving forward.  (Nena Perry-Brown / UrbanTurf)
The leaders of a Senate committee responsible for transit policy have asked Metro to provide a detailed timeline of how it detected faulty axles on its 7000 series railcars by January 7.  (Ian Duncan / Post)
