Recent Posts
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Events: Join us for an urban planning and food justice meet-up
Join GGWash and DC Greens for our August meet-up. Chat about our local watershed at a happy hour. Attend a public meeting on “safety improvements” to Arlington Boulevard. Celebrate Women’s Equality Day with a community bike ride. Read more in this week’s events post. Keep reading…
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It’s time to “think different” about automated traffic enforcement
Present-day automated traffic enforcement is based on outdated criminological theories, John Leibovitz argues, and it’s time to explore how increased sensor deployment, decreased fines, use of positive incentives, and other changes can make streets safer. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Condos driving increase in District home prices
Condos drive price appreciation in DC real estate market since 2022. Man critically injured after being struck by Red Line train. Flooding becoming more of a threat in majority-Black and Latino neighborhoods in the District. Keep reading…
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Photo Friday: Summer fun
Scenes of summer fun! Compiled from images from the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool. Keep reading…
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National links: Car ads should be more truthful
Should car ads go the way of tobacco ads? Quantifying the cost of highway construction in Atlanta and DC. Researchers at Georgia Tech are taking a new approach to traffic safety. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Dulles Airport to launch largest solar airport project in the US
Dominion Energy and Dulles Airport launch largest US airport solar project. Alexandria leads nation with 435 office-to-residential unit conversions in 2022. DC implements youth curfew in eight neighborhoods. Keep reading…
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Amid conservative backlash, a turn away from bold public housing experiments of the ‘30s
Greenbelt, Maryland, and Langston Terrace, DC, were supposed to be models for other federal housing, but ended up being unique experiments after the federal government shifted away from directly building public housing for all but the very poor Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: WMATA starts engagement process for changes at Brookland Metro station
WMATA opens public comment period for redevelopment of Brookland Metro station. Ten years later, authors investigate Uber’s effect on DC. Amtrak files eminent domain lawsuit for Baltimore tunnel project. Keep reading…
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Transit Diary: A soccer fan gets to the games – and beyond – by transit and bike
Adam DuBard, an avid soccer fan, documents his trips within DC and beyond to pursue his love of the game. Keep reading…
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Meet Sandy Lawrence, GGWash’s newest team member
Sandy Lawrence recently joined GGWash as our Operations and Administration Manager, taking on a key role to help keep GGWash running smoothly. Welcome, Sandy! Keep reading…