Here's our roundup of this week's must-read posts!

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There’s one top priority with the street design of University Boulevard in Langley Park, and it’s not safety
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by Steve Davis (Contributor) • July 20, 2022

Smart Growth America’s latest edition of Dangerous by Design examines the astonishing 62% increase in the deaths of people struck and killed while walking since 2009. Here is a look at one of the region's particularly deadly corridors.
Comparing DC and San Francisco’s tenant purchase laws
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by Carolyn Gallaher (Contributor) • July 21, 2022

For nearly forty years DC was the only US city to have a tenant-friendly right of first refusal law. That changed in 2019 when San Francisco passed its own right of first refusal act. Despite some similarities, San Francisco's law has a different process for refusing sales and a narrower range of possible outcomes.
Metro’s Yellow Line bridge is closing for seven months. Here’s what you need to know.
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by Stephen Repetski (Editorial Board Alum) • July 20, 2022

As Metro makes plans to complete two large projects, here’s how your travel plans on the Yellow and Blue lines could be impacted.
Branch renovations and a pivot away from books: Prince George’s County libraries since 2000
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by DW Rowlands (Contributor) • July 19, 2022

The story of the Prince George’s County Memorial Library System in the 21st century is a story of renovations and replacements, and a pivot away from printed books and toward more electronic services.
The 1970s tax reform initiative that debilitated Prince George’s County libraries
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by DW Rowlands (Contributor) • July 18, 2022

The 1960s and 1970s saw major growth in the Prince George’s County Memorial Library System (PGCMLS). But at the end of the 1970s, that growth ground to a halt when residents passed a racially-motivated referendum limiting the county’s taxing authority.

JOB POSTING: Freelance with GGWash
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Calling all freelancers! Are you a writer interested in exploring how decisions about land use, transportation, and housing shape the world we live in? GGWash is expanding paid writing opportunities for the GGWash publication. We are looking for pitches for explainers, features, historical pieces, and news articles about transportation, housing, land use, and sustainability in the Washington region.


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