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

Gawk at these DALL-E renderings of DC streets freed from cars

Dan Malouff (Editorial Board) • July 29, 2022

Using an AI called DALL-E, artist Zach Katz has worked out a method to turn photos of real-life car-dominated streets into pedestrianized nirvanas, with amazingly cool results. 

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As plans for transit-oriented development unfold around Capitol Heights, Prince George’s looks to keep housing affordable

Ethan Goffman (Guest Contributor) • July 29, 2022

The neighborhood around Capitol Heights Metro has the potential to be a vibrant, thriving mixed-use community, with shops and residences, buzzing with pedestrian, bike, and scooter traffic for all; however, Prince George’s officials also need to adopt policies to keep long-time residents in place.

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So you (might) want to run for ANC? Our training is here to help.

Chelsea Allinger (Executive Director) • July 25, 2022

Understanding what ANCs are, how to run for an Advisory Neighborhood Commission seat, and what the role involves once elected.

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Four challenges impacting the bus operator shortage across the US

Kea Wilson (Streetsblog) • July 27, 2022

Here are four reasons why it’s so hard to hire and keep a bus driver on the payroll these days — and what to do about them.

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A proposed Richmond area “agrihood” pairs affordable housing and urban agriculture

Wyatt Gordon (Contributor) • July 26, 2022

Virginia is one step closer to its first-ever affordable “agrihood”. Happily Natural, Girls for Change, and the Maggie Walker Community Land Trust (MWCLT) have won a US Department of Agriculture planning grant to develop a nine-acre lot in the Chesterfield neighborhood of Bensley, just south of the Richmond city line.

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