Here's our roundup of this week's must-read posts!
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Driving is the new smoking: Lessons from America’s public health victory over tobacco
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by Nick Sementelli (Board of Directors) • August 24, 2022
Lessons learned from America's battle with smoking, and what they could mean for reducing the profound public health costs of excessive driving.
6 priorities Baltimore needs to focus on to jumpstart its transit network, according to business leaders
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by Alex Holt (Contributor) • August 25, 2022
Business leaders say these six priorities are key to transforming Baltimore’s transit network.
Accessory apartments could soon become easier to build in DC
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by Cheryl Cort (Contributor) • August 23, 2022
The District government is working to make an accessory apartment (or accessory dwelling unit or ADU) a bit easier to build.
Urban farms aid the environment, local economy, and public health in Prince George’s
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by Ethan Goffman (Contributor) • August 26, 2022
Urban farms have been popping up all over Prince George’s County for the past five years or so. This is the result of deliberate cultivation through county government policies beginning in 2015.
Imagine being able to take a train to Great Falls. That was once reality.
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by Gregg Otten (Contributor) • August 22, 2022
Today, the Washington & Old Dominion (W&OD) is a paved bicycle trail used for fun and for commuting across Northern Virginia. Of course, the Washington & Old Dominion was originally a railroad — one with a long and convoluted history that helped form communities along it including Dunn Loring, Reston, Herndon, Sterling, and Ashburn.
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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