At-Large Councilmember Kwame Brown is joining Mary Cheh (Ward 3) and Yvette Alexander (Ward 7) to oppose spending DC money to rebuild Klingle Road, the high-speed bypass through Rock Creek Park that we’ve done without for 17 years. City Desk calls the issue dead, as Brown, Cheh, and Alexander outnumber pro-highway Councilmembers Graham and Bowser on the relevant committee. Now can we reroute some of that money to make a walking and biking trail in that part of the park?

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David Alpert created Greater Greater Washington in 2008 and was its executive director until 2020. He formerly worked in tech and has lived in the Boston, San Francisco Bay, and New York metro areas in addition to Washington, DC. He lives with his wife and two children in Dupont Circle.