By David Alpert (Executive Director) • November 4, 2019
Monday morning, WMATA posted on its website a first look at the Fiscal Year 2021 budget, which General Manager Paul Wiedefeld will present to the board. It includes some major elements transit and equity advocates had been asking for, and some elements that cause concern.
By George Kevin Jordan (Editor and Correspondent) • November 4, 2019
The National Park Service wants your input on the revitalization plan for the C&O Canal in Georgetown, join us for our GGWash Fall Mixer, discover the history of The Evening Star, and more events this week.
Tuesday is a pivotal election in Virginia, where control of the state Senate and House of Delegates are at stake. Besides the General Assembly, Northern Virginia voters will likely choose the nominated Democrats in local races including Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, Arlington County Board, Commonwealth’s Attorneys, and more.
By Stephen Hudson (Contributor) • November 4, 2019
DC wants to build a protected bikeway along P Street SW to close an important connectivity gap in the Anacostia River Trail network. However, the local Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) unanimously opposes the plan because it would involve removing parking, and says the project poses a threat to affordability in the area.
From 1938 to 1945 there was confusion about whether the new airport, which was built by filling in the Potomac, was part of DC or Virginia. Congress eventually changed the boundary, putting the airport squarely in Virginia. DCist has more fun facts about National Airport. (Morgan Voigt / DCist)
In a narrow vote divided along party lines, the Baltimore County Council approved legislation Monday that prohibits landlords from rejecting renters solely because they use federal housing vouchers, commonly referred to as Section 8 vouchers. (Wilborn P. Nobles III / Baltimore Sun)
Among the issues weighing on some Northern Virginia voters are gun laws, LGBTQ rights, minimum wage, and whether to give Democrats a majority in the state legislature. But there’s also the issue of how to fix persistent stop-and-go traffic affecting daily commuters. (Emily Badger / New York Times)
Once an accident of history, Virginia’s state elections, which don’t coincide with presidential or congressional mid-term elections, routinely show lower voter turnout than during national elections and have a history of benefiting incumbent politicians and political machines. (Martin Austermuhle / WAMU)
At a DC Council hearing on Monday, advocates and critics of the popular e-scooters sounded off as the District Department of Transportation moves to establish new rules for the services next year and seeks to reduce the number of operators while doubling the number of scooters on city streets. (Luz Lazo / Post)
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan expressed no interest in raising taxes to expand transit options across the state and instead is holding out for federal spending, according to the Maryland Secretary of Transportation Pete K. Rahn. (Bruce DePuyt / Maryland Matters)
A report from a law firm hired by the DC Council found that Council Member Jack Evans repeatedly used his office on behalf of his private consulting clients, earned an unreported $400,000 “doing little or no documented work for consulting clients,” and failed to recognize conflicts of interest. (Fenit Nirappil / Post)
The General Services Administration selected a development team to build 4.3 million square foot mixed-use redevelopment, including 2.2. million square feet of housing, on 80 acres of land within the 273-acre Old Soldier’s Home campus northwest of Irving and North Capitol streets. (Nena Perry-Brown / Urban Turf)
DC Twitter lit up over a photo of an anonymous note fixed to a neighbor’s Little Free Library in Mt. Pleasant, which claimed the small, outdoor bookshelves cause “a host of problems” including reducing public library patronage and helping to gentrify neighborhoods. (Natalie Delgadillo / DCist)
