By George Kevin Jordan (Editor-in-Chief) • January 24, 2022
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The Arlington County Board has approved installing speed cameras in school zones and work sites as a way to meet Vision Zero goals and reduce interactions with police. Cameras could be installed this winter or in early 2023. (Jo DeVoe / ARLnow)
DC has completed its overhaul of the 801 East Men’s Shelter, bringing 396 emergency shelter beds (more during hypothermia season) to the St. Elizabeth’s campus. The renovation also includes a daytime service center where people can do laundry, access computers, and connect with services. (Colleen Grablick / DCist)
Three firefighters were killed and a fourth is on life support after a vacant Baltimore rowhome partially collapsed as they were fighting a blaze. The city has roughly 16,000 vacant buildings, which pose hazards to the city’s emergency responders. (Baltimore Sun)
The Northern Virginia Regional Commission is studying the possibility of launching a commuter ferry that would travel from Woodbridge up the Potomac River to DC, possibly stopping at places including National Harbor and Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling. The ferry would offer people who live in places less accessible by rail an alternative to driving. (Jared Foretek / InsideNoVa)
Restaurant workers following DC’s mandate to check vaccine cards faced harassment from protesters in DC for Sunday’s “Defeat the Mandates” anti-vaccine rally. (Anna Spiegel / Washingtonian)
Apartment absorption skyrocketed in the District in 2021, sending the vacancy rate down and rents up, with similar trends in other jurisdictions around the region. Rents in the metropolitan area were up 15% last year. (Nena Perry-Brown / UrbanTurf)
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