Posts tagged Brookings
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GGWash Picks of 2023: Premium grocery stores are missing from the region’s high-income Black neighborhoods
In a recent report, Brookings Metro analyzed the locations of premium grocery stores in ten metro areas across the country and found that the absence of high-end grocers from Black-majority neighborhoods is part of a broader trend of divestment. Keep reading…
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Premium grocery stores are missing from the region’s high-income Black neighborhoods
In a recent report, Brookings Metro analyzed the locations of premium grocery stores in ten metro areas across the country and found that the absence of high-end grocers from Black-majority neighborhoods is part of a broader trend of divestment. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Justice for all
Legal fees; Pay for safety; 16th St bus lane; Outsource MetroAccess?; Mix up on WMATA board; A dying art?; Getting ahead, falling behind; Slow riding is good riding?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Let the bikes continue
Army Navy cycle track; Trail trials; Empty warehouse or market?; Police unions differ on cameras; We’re number 4!; The recession halted “job sprawl”; Groceries on the bus?; Don’t panic about Cheh bill; Next stop, extreme wealth. Keep reading…
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Amtrak shouldn’t axe the national network
The Brookings Institution released a report earlier this month on our national passenger rail system, Amtrak. Many news and blog articles about the study took the report to mean that if Amtrak were to get rid of its long-distance trains, the company could provide rail service without taxpayer subsidy. That’s not actually true, nor is Brookings suggesting getting rid… Keep reading…
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Should school choice work like bank choice?
A majority of public school students east of Rock Creek Park now attend charter or magnet schools, a fact that some consider a victory for school choice. If this trend continues, we’ll have a system with no neighborhood schools at all, where everyone chooses a school from a menu, like you choose a bank. Is this an acceptable outcome? The Brookings Institution ranked urban… Keep reading…
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Inadequate transit, sprawl cut off workers from jobs
If there’s a problem connecting workers with workplaces, it stands to reason that there’s a problem connecting workplaces with workers. A new report from the Brookings Institution has teased out the subtleties of this side of the transit/jobs equation. Keep reading…