Here's our roundup of this week's must-read posts! Wyatt Gordon explores how Richmond's rapidly growing Southside can grow equitably. Apply for the Montgomery County Planning Board! Bike advocates in DC use data to demonstrate the dire need for safer bike lanes on Q and R Streets NW. WMATA has dreams of increasing ridership. A local family gives us a glimpse into their car-free life.

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Richmond’s long-overlooked Southside is growing rapidly, but can it grow equitably?
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by Wyatt Gordon (Contributor) • January 11, 2023

Richmond is growing rapidly and has more development in progress and planned. Will the city expand equitably?
Sup nerds, you need to apply for planning board
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by Dan Reed (Regional Policy Director) • January 11, 2023

Montgomery County’s entire Planning Board resigned in late 2022, and the Council’s looking for new life. Could that be you? You have till Friday to apply.
Visualize this: A safe bikeway on Q and R Streets
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by Matthew Holden, Richard Stirba • January 9, 2023

Data exposes a hole–and an opportunity–in DDOT's infrastructure plan.
Will better Metro service bring riders back? The agency wants to try it
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by Stephen Repetski (Editorial Board Alum) • January 10, 2023

WMATA proposes service upgrades and fare changes, in an effort to get more people riding trains and buses. Want to know what this means for your trip? Read on.
Transit Diary: Family life by bike with the McEntees
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by Brian McEntee (Contributor), Nicole McEntee • January 12, 2023

In our latest transit diary, a family takes on summer fun activities by bike, bus, and Metro during the summer of 2022.

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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