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Photo Friday: Homes for people
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National links: Oakland ramps up universal basic mobility program
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Breakfast links: Microsoft outage impacts area airports, transit systems
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Do Something: The week of July 15, 2024
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Retail
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Where’s the nightlife in Montgomery County?
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Scooters
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Micromobility ridership surges in DC with 3.4 million trips through June
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Bicycling
Analysis
Bikeshare Beat: June ridership breaks all-time record, again
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Housing
Opinion
Montgomery County is figuring out how rent stabilization will actually work
Recent Posts
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Photo Friday: Homes for people
This week in the Flickr pool, contributors were on-topic delivering beautiful photographs of one of GGWash’s top bread-and-butter issues: Housing. Savor these favorites! Keep reading…
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National links: Oakland ramps up universal basic mobility program
Oakland, California, expands its universal basic mobility program. How cities can innovate to keep cool during the summer. Revisiting early light rail successes in the US and Canada Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Microsoft outage impacts area airports, transit systems
Global Microsoft outage impacts Washington region transit, airlines. Residents, officials raise concerns about administration of DC Homeowner Assistance Fund. WMATA is exploring platform screen doors. Keep reading…
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Do Something: The week of July 15, 2024
This week on Do Something: send in your ANC candidate questionnaires; how Montgomery County’s economy relates to the single life; Missing Middle and bathrooms in Arlington. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: DC ranks sixth in US for heat island effect
DC ranks among top US cities for urban heat island effect. Thousands of Maryland residents voice opposition to $424M energy transmission line for data centers. Mayor Bowser declines to sign DC budget over tax and spending concerns. Keep reading…
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Not every map is the same, actually
Inequity is spatial. DC’s geography reflects inequities that have been built into it over the course of generations, but sometimes those patterns defy our expectations. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: MoCo Council passes new tenant fire safety regulations
Montgomery County Council passes new tenant fire safety rules. Fairfax Connector to raise fares on July 29. As DC office property values continue to decline, property tax revenues are set to drop. Keep reading…
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Where’s the nightlife in Montgomery County?
In 2012, Montgomery County formed the Nighttime Economy Task Force to address a demographic crisis: young people were not moving to the county due to its weak nightlife options. And yet, here we are eleven years later, with no dance clubs, few late-night spots, and little evidence to suggest that the perception of the county as a social desert for singles has changed. What happened? Keep reading…
Breakfast links: Microsoft outage impacts area airports, transit systems
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Global Microsoft outage impacts Washington region transit, airlines
An overnight global Microsoft outage is impacting transportation systems in the Washington region. As of Friday morning, the WMATA website and app are down and the Metro Access call center is down, but WMATA reports that buses and trains are running. The Maryland Transit Authority reports that its customer service functions are down, but buses and trains are running. United, American, Delta, and Allegiant airlines are reportedly grounded, and travelers at National Airport note mounting delays. This is an evolving situation. (Matt Pusatory / WUSA9, Emily Venezky / WTOP, WTOP, WUSA9)
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Residents, officials raise concerns about administration of DC Homeowner Assistance Fund
Set up during the pandemic, the DC Homeowner Assistance Fund was intended to help homeowners cover overdue mortgage and utility payments. The DC Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) announced that as of June 30, the program is no longer accepting applications. Meanwhile, residents and officials suggest poor communications, administrative issues, and mismanagement of funds may have led to delayed application processing and waitlisted applications, and at least one individual is requesting an investigation. (Sam P.K. Collins / Informer)
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WMATA is exploring platform screen doors
Metro has issued a call for vendors to design and install platform screen doors at two Red Line Metrorail stations as part of a pilot initiative. Responses are due August 16. (Mass Transit Magazine. Tip: Miles Wilson)
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Transportation
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Land Use
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Public Policy
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District of Columbia
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Maryland
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Greater Washington Essentials
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Affordable “How"sing
- Why affordable housing can’t pay for itself
- Understanding the District’s Housing Production Trust Fund
- How federal stimulus accidentally bottlenecked affordable housing in DC
- DC struggles to build affordable housing in wealthy neighborhoods. Here’s one reason why.
- How the District’s FY25 budget could impact affordable housing
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Image by Chelsea Allinger used with permission.
Gayer Gayer Washington
- Why trans and queer visibility on public transport matters
- Why do so many queer folks love urbanism?
- Check out this map (and history) of DC’s LGBT places and spaces
- Housing and transportation are LGBTQ issues, and politicians need to recognize that
- “Is he into boys who like transit?” A K Street Transitway love story
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Students on school campus. stock photo from sebra/Shutterstock.
How DC’s school boundaries shape housing and travel patterns
- How schools in DC were part of a legacy of segregation
- How school boundaries and feeder patterns shape DC’s housing and education inequalities
- Many DC students face dangerous commutes to school, impacting school choice and education equity
- What experts say needs to be done to disrupt historic patterns of segregation in DC’s schools
- DC’s school boundary review could advance equity, advocates say