Posts from February 2018
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Breakfast links: Activating and using DC’s student transit pass is a hassle
Activating DC's student pass can require several trips to a Metro station, and users have to tap twice to board. Autonomous robots could help address local food deserts. Baltimore's subway is shutting down for a month after inspectors found urgent track problems. Keep reading…
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(Take me to) Church in the Flickr pool
Inspired by beautiful snaps from National Cathedral's Seeing Deeper event, here are some of our favorite old and new photos from the archives of the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool, on the theme of churches. Keep reading…
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The first DC Council candidate debate brings affordable housing, and candidates’ experience levels, to the fore
Battle of the newbies, battle of the wonks: the DC Council debate highlighted passionate appeals about housing affordability, homelessness, and similar issues — as well as the candidates' contrasting experience levels. Keep reading…
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Many people use ZIP codes to determine place names. Here’s why that doesn’t work well.
In unincorporated areas, the names the US Postal Service associates with ZIP codes are commonly used to label a place. However, that’s a flawed method — here’s why. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro ridership numbers are going in the wrong direction
Metro ridership is way down — $20 million down. Even though the District okayed marijuana (with a lot of stipulations), the legal murkiness is causing problems — especially for businesses. This is how the Maryland legislature could stymie the I-270 and beltway expansion. Keep reading…
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Almost everyone we know (and many we don’t) is running for office in Montgomery County
In 2016, voters imposed term limits and passed an initiative allowing public financing of local elections. Now many of the county’s elected offices are open seats, including county executive, three of four at-large seats on the county council, and one district seat. Keep reading…
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Trump wants a military parade down Pennsylvania Avenue. Here’s how locals are reacting.
Trump wants a military parade down Pennsylvania Avenue — but the people who live here aren't thrilled with that idea. The mayor's office said, “Just like the wall, he will have to pay for it.” Keep reading…
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Metrorail is no longer the second-busiest rapid transit system in the country
Transit ridership has been falling nationwide, but Washington's metro ridership has fallen significantly even compared to other systems. For a long time, Metrorail had long had the second-highest ridership of any of the country’s 13 heavy rail rapid-transit systems. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Maryland says there’ll be no blank check for Amazon after all
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan says his communications director misspoke about the blank check for transportation improvements to woo Amazon. This tool shows how transit service varies around DC. Dockless bikeshares have boosted the amount of bikes in cities across the US, but are they really revolutionary? Keep reading…
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Meet Odie Donald, DC’s head of employment services. What would you ask him?
Odie Donald II, DC's head of employment services, has agreed to answer questions from our readers. What would you like to know? Keep reading…