Recent Posts
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Breakfast links: Former McPherson Square encampment residents continue in cycle of evictions
Former McPherson Square encampment residents continue to be unhoused and evicted from other sites. WMATA increases service, along with fares, for this upcoming operating year. United Way determines survival budget to be $81,000 for family of four in Maryland. Keep reading…
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America’s auto-centric infrastructure is hurting our health
Is sprawl bad for your well-being? A proposed documentary evaluates how America’s car-first infrastructure impacts our health. @yitgordon gives us the scoop! Keep reading…
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Events: Pride and Rock Creek Park
Tune into a panel on pride and Rock Creek Park. Attend a book talk about building a more sustainable future. Help redesign a local research garden. Keep reading…
…. Read more in this week’s events post. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: DC to pilot warning letters, text messages for dangerous drivers
DC launches pilot program to target dangerous drivers. Maureen Coffey, Susan Cunningham win Democratic primary for Arlington County Board. Maryland Governor confirms that I-270, Beltway expansion will continue despite lawsuit. Keep reading…
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1617 and U: How you can help the District can make the most of land it owns
What’s getting built at 1617 U St? Nobody knows! But upzoning it now means more homes later. Keep reading…
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Photo Friday: Unexpected pink
This week’s Photo Friday is predominantly pink, compiled with images from the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool! Keep reading…
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National links: Homelessness in CA is driven by prices, not mental illness or drugs
A study from UCSF finds that age and income, not drugs and mental illness, are the primary factors driving homelessness in California. How FEMA’s “managed retreat” flood buyout program might be reinforcing segregation. Why Europe and the US diverge on traffic death rates. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: WMATA still may raise fares, but calls for regional funding to combat shortfall
WMATA considers raising fares as it searches for funding. Montgomery County purchases Aspen Hill apartment complex to stave off displacement of its residents. DC elected officials rebuke House Republicans’ proposed fiscal bill. Keep reading…
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Segregation and the rise of the car shaped DC’s “new downtown”
In the mid-century, the District’s downtown began to shift north and west as suburbanization and other post war changes took hold. Keep reading…
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DC’s housing voucher program undermines rent control, but it doesn’t have to
Housing choice vouchers and rent control policies should reinforce each other. When one tool in the housing toolbox is used in such a way that undermines another, @C_OGallachoir writes, tenants lose. Keep reading…