Recent Posts
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How planning staffers can advocate for best practices
A planner writes about how members of his profession can promote better practices in implementing urban policies. Keep reading…
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GGWash Holiday Gift Guide: Scarves for people who love transportation
Pluck the heart strings of someone who loves dense, walkable, transit oriented urban places this holiday season with GGWash’s gift ideas. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Disruptions plague first day of planned downtown Red Line shutdown
WMATA GM apologizes for bad first day of Red Line shutdown. Barcroft Apartments will have largest number of deeply affordable units in Arlington after redevelopment. WMATA GM floats idea of regional tax for transit. Keep reading…
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Events: Heading into the holidays, GGWash style
Attend a transit holiday party. Learn about Mobility as a Service. Help refurbish donated bicycles. Remove invasive plants in Reservation 630 West. Make plans for a transit-oriented January. Read more in this week’s events post. Keep reading…
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GGWash Holiday Gift Guide: Neighborhood preserves
Pluck the heart strings of someone who love dense, walkable, transit oriented urban places this holiday season with GGWash’s gift ideas. Some of these don’t exist, but maybe they should. Keep reading…
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Vienna drags its feet on housing reform. Isn’t there a responsibility to act?
Enclaves like Vienna have for years opposed serious housing reform, leaving Fairfax County with few options to address its housing shortage. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Downtown Red Line closures begin
For downtown businesses and arts organizations, partial Red Line shutdown feels like a Scrooge move. Traffic, inadequate transit, and uncertain ROI top Alexandrians’ concerns over the stadium deal. Mayor Bowser convenes Capital One Arena task force. Keep reading…
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Photo Friday: Bedazzled for the holidays
Sparkly lights and holiday cheer in this week’s Photo Friday. 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: Colorado governor connects transit vision with housing and climate goals
Colorado’s governor wants to expand transit service across the state. How a new federal program looks to better coordinate transit projects with localities. Bogota, Colombia, faces challenges to its transit paradigm. Keep reading…
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GGWash Holiday Gift Guide: The Mini-Nimbee
Today’s GGWash gift suggestion is a soft, huggable, highly oppositional Mini-Nimbee. Hang it on your tree, but don’t hang your hopes on it changing its Nimbee ways. Keep reading…