By Jonathan Paul Katz (Guest Contributor) • December 19, 2019
DC is inching towards increasing its number of public restrooms with the passage of a 2018 law that would add two new facilities and incentivize business owners to open their bathrooms to the public. However, many public restroom designs aren’t accessible to many of their potential users.
By Matt Johnson (Editorial Board Alum) • December 19, 2019
On Tuesday, we featured the 154th challenge to see how well you know the Metro system. Here are the answers. How’d you do? This week, we got 29 guesses. Seven of you got all five. Great work Kevin M, Alex B, Peter K, Robb, kwasi, ArlFfx, and Isaac Alvarez!
By George Kevin Jordan (Editor and Correspondent) • December 19, 2019
Share Now, the company that was formerly car2go, announced Wednesday that it will be pulling its car-sharing service out of the North American market, effective February 29, 2020. We have been writing about the service since 2011, and many of our readers say it helped them live car-free.
While traffic deaths were down in DC this past year, there’s still plenty to improve upon in road safety and transit. WAMU fields readers’ thoughts on what still needs work and what should be celebrated as 2019 draws to a close. (Jordan Pascale / WAMU)
A new bill in the Virginia General Assembly takes aim at single-family housing, proposing that any new housing lot be allowed to zone for two units. The bill is intended to increase the housing supply across the commonwealth. (Nena Perry-Brown / Urban Turf)
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced that Virginia will build a new bridge between DC and Arlington. The bridge will support Virginia Rail Express commuter trains and Amtrak. (Luz Lazo / Post)
Maryland will not add a protected pedestrian lane to its overhaul of its southernmost Potomac bridge. The decision came down to cost, with project managers deciding the added cost was not justified by the anticipated number of users. (Mike Murillo / WTOP)
Arlington will study how to increase housing via density, looking into what the county terms “the missing middle.” The study will look at housing between apartment-sized and single-family homes. (Ally Schweitzer / WAMU)
CityLab asked readers to share the maps that mean the most to them and to personalize each to highlight their lived experiences. From Annapolis to Indonesia, readers shared how maps shape—but don’t necessarily fully capture—their lived experiences. (CityLab)
Two laws that went into effect in 2019 have made it easier for Maryland’s craft brewers to sell their products more widely and produce more. (Esther Ciammachilli / WAMU)
