By David Alpert (Executive Director) • January 23, 2020
“DC Streetcar to Georgetown is dead,” read the headline. But the once-proposed DC Streetcar extension, likely in dedicated lanes, from Union Station to Georgetown didn’t just die. It died a long time ago. It’s just that reporters saw the death certificate, and that lent a certain finality to what many suspected and others already knew.
By Canaan Merchant (Elections Committee) • January 22, 2020
Hunter Mill District Supervisor Walter Alcorn recently called for an amendment of the Fairfax County Comprehensive Plan for Reston. The Comp Plan is a sort of master document for the planning, development, and priorities for the census-designated area. The plan hasn’t been amended in five years. So what do these changes mean for the development of Reston?
By Danielle Sweeney (Guest Contributor) • January 22, 2020
Baltimore’s free bus system recently turned 10 years old, but no one in Charm City (the nickname given to the city in the 70s) is exactly celebrating. The four-route bus system, called the Charm City Circulator (CCC), is far less reliable than anything the Maryland Transit Administration has on the road, and has actually lost almost two-thirds of its riders since the system first launched. What went wrong? A lot.
Old Christmas trees have piled up on many DC sidewalks recently as the agency charged with collecting them fell behind schedule. The District Department of Public Works modified its collection process, while also underestimating the demand for pickup. (Jacob Fenston / WAMU)
A community policing bill that would increase the number of police officers at Montgomery County schools, brought community activists out to protest the proposed legislation. (Kate Masters / Bethesda Beat)
Montgomery County Council Member Hans Riemer has introduced a zoning amendment that would permit community solar companies to use agricultural land for fields of solar panels. (Kate Masters / Bethesda Beat)
Construction activity is happening at the Amazon HQ2 site. On Wednesday, a demolition crew began removing the Metropolitan Park warehouse on the site. The HQ2 towers are expected to be built by the end of 2022, and Amazon employees will start their first day in early 2023. (Jonathan Capriel / Washington Business Journal)
The US Department of Transportation proposed a rule that would winnow down the definition of support animal to only dogs that have received training to work with people with disabilities. (Lori Aratani / Post)
Georgetown University graduate students have created a tool that helps the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs better identify and inspect housing that may have housing code violations. (Martin Austermuhle / WAMU)
