Recent Posts
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Photo Friday: After the storm
After the storm comes the rainbow (or two!) in this week’s Photo Friday, compiled from images from the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool. Keep reading…
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National links: How ancient cooling designs could help us fight climate change
How ancient passive cooling techniques could help us reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Can Montreal’s newest light rail line serve as a model for the rest of Canada? Dallas will soon have a hike and bike loop. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Please drive less in August, request air quality experts
Air quality experts ask people to drive less the rest of this summer to clean the air. Attendees at Baltimore Red Line public meetings express mix of emotions and vision for line. Bowser administration commissioning study on stadium and arena funding. Keep reading…
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Improvements coming to Maryland and DC multi-use trails
Six local trails for walking and biking across Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties in Maryland and in Washington, DC, will see improvements over the next few years through the rehabilitation of some of the region’s oldest trails and the construction of new trail segments. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Regional power grid improving, but tested by, climate change
Climate change tests Maryland’s power grid resilience. DC to receive $59.4 million in federal clean energy rebates to be distributed to households. NoMa continues to grow, with six major residential projects recently completed or underway. Keep reading…
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I live with PTSD in DC. The city both helped and endangered me.
Housing, good transit, and kind neighbors helped Dave Murphy weather mental health struggles, but the District’s default crisis response actually made matters worse. Keep reading…
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Ride On ranks as a bigger bus agency than any between DC and Atlanta
Quiet, unassuming Ride On’s ridership ranks higher than many big-city peers. Keep reading…
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Breakfast Links: DASH buses break ridership records after going fare-free
Alexandria’s DASH bus breaks ridership records after its fare-free overhaul. Maryland highways have fewer travelers but more fatalities than before the pandemic. Crews continue to remove trees on GW Parkway from weekend storm. Keep reading…
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New crossing gates between DC and Richmond to prevent reckless drivers from entering train tracks
USDOT awarded $3.2M in federal infrastructure funds to Virginia to cover the cost of installing new at-grade crossing gates in four locations between DC and Richmond, designed to stop drivers from trying to enter the tracks ahead of trains. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Pennsylvania Avenue NW could get makeover between White House and Capitol
Local and federal leaders want Pennsylvania Ave NW to be a vital destination. Want to afford a ‘starter home’ in DC? You gotta make over $90,000. Alexandria is working on an updated community vision for one of its few remaining affordable neighborhoods. Keep reading…