Recent Posts
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Breakfast links: Mailing issue could cost Maryland hundreds of millions in lost tax revenue
Failure to mail 107,000 updated property tax assessments may cost Maryland hundreds of millions. Alto suspends DC operations, scraps electric fleet plans. After primary election pilot, Arlington considers ranked-choice voting for November general election. Keep reading…
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Would Baltimore be better off with a regional transit authority?
Despite being Maryland’s largest locally operated transit system, the MTA hasn’t delivered a single new rail project since the 1990s. The system hasn’t expanded using more affordable modes like bus rapid transit, either. A grassroots activist coalition is proposing that a new transit authority could be more responsive to the region’s transit needs. Keep reading…
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Do Something: The week of February 19, 2024
This week, here’s how you can Do Something about DC’s upcoming Comp Plan; Moore Housing and stopping a dumb bill in Maryland; and get accessory apartments over the finish line in Virginia. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Region’s home prices up 40% over last decade
Washington region home prices are up 40% over last decade. 20-story apartment building proposed atop Silver Spring mall. GMU study finds residential development at Potomac Yard could be affordable to people earning 80-90% AMI. Keep reading…
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Could you be one of our next board members?
As we’ve evolved, we’ve realized we’re missing a few key perspectives and skill sets on our board of directors. To that end, we’re hoping to welcome three to five new members. Keep reading…
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Events: Financing bike infrastructure
Learn about financing bike infrastructure. Manifest missing middle in Montgomery County. Attend a webinar on faith-based affordable housing. Support increased financing for bicycle infrastructure. Clean up Capitol Hill by bike. Find out more in this week’s events post. Keep reading…
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Metrorail capital expansion: The transit future we need and deserve
The Washington region needs more–a lot more–Metrorail coverage if we’re going to achieve substantial gains in mode shift to transit. What changes could make the biggest difference? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: WMATA, arena funding both missing from Virginia Senate budget
Potomac Yard stadium and WMATA funding both left out of Virginia Senate spending blueprint. Neighbors organize around proposed rezoning of U Street NW property. Pepco will mail out trees to homes to help cut energy costs. Keep reading…
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Photo Friday: Signs and shapes
Here are our some of our favorite images from around the Washington region this week! Compiled from images from the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool and posts from Instagram tagging @greater_greater_washington. Keep reading…
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National links: The one with AI watching us
An AI pilot in London demonstrates the potential, and risks, associated with its use in transit. Local government experiments with social housing through public developers. An architect applies ecological processes to housing design. Keep reading…