What’s set to open this year in the transportation space? DCist offers a roundup including Metro’s Silver Line Phase II, the Potomac Yard Metro station, a Metropolitan Branch Trail extension to Fort Totten, and the 16th Street bus lanes. (Jordan Pascale / DCist)
Four Democratic candidates for Mongomery County Executive — incumbent Marc Elrich, David Blair, Tom Hucker, and Hans Riemer — debated housing and renter protections in an online forum Wednesday, revealing divides over housing development and rent stabilization. (Steve Bohnel / Bethesda Beat, Rebecca Tan / Post. Tip: Chester B.)
After three years, DC will finally implemenet a law passed in 2018 that requires licenses and sets limits on short-term rentals like AirBnB and Vrbo. (Martin Austermuhle / DCist)
As the omicron variant strains hospital resources, DC is urging people who simply need COVID-19 testing or treatment for mild infections to access those services elsewhere and avoid the emergency room. (Amanda Michelle Gomez / DCist)
DC’s Office of Planning is seeking to upzone the south side of a stretch of Benning Road between 16th Street and Oklahoma Avenue NE. The move would allow more multi-family and mixed-use buildings, and is in line with the Future Land Use Map. (Nena Perry-Brown / UrbanTurf)
The region got more snow overnight into Friday morning, causing schools and the federal government to close. Virginia declared a state of emergency and urged people to stay off the roads to avoid a repeat of the I-95 shutdown in which drivers were stranded earlier this week. (Dana Hedgpeth / Post)
Top image: Potomac Yard Metro under construction in April 2021. Image by BeyondDC licensed under Creative Commons.
