Posts tagged Policy
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Muriel Bowser calls for tackling “long-standing inequities” highlighted by COVID-19. How can sustainable transportation contribute?
What role could there be for sustainable transportation modes like transit, biking, and walking in helping reshape a DC with more equitable access to jobs, health, education, and other opportunities? Keep reading…
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We’re joining DC’s Reclaim Rent Control coalition. Here’s why.
DC will soon renew its rent stabilization policy, which limits the amount rent can increase in older apartment buildings of a certain size. Last year, in anticipation of this, a coalition called the Reclaim Rent Control was formed to push for a more expansive policy. Keep reading…
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Freeway widening was a bad idea in 1969, and it’s a bad idea now
The more things change, the more they stay the same. A survey conducted in 1969 shows that the ongoing debate over highway expansion in the DC region today has an uncanny resemblance to the region’s historical debate over building roads or rails. Despite dramatic changes in technology, data, and the demographics of the region, many policymakers have yet to learn that expanding freeways is not the best way to reduce travel times. Keep reading…
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What Montgomery County can learn from DC’s accessory apartment policy
Montgomery County is debating a change to its zoning rules that would make it easier to build accessory apartments, also known as Accessory Dwelling Units or ADUs. What impact would such a change have on the area? Thankfully, we can look at our neighbors in DC for clues, since the city passed a similar rule change in 2016. Keep reading…
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$100k or no way: DC’s Home Purchase Assistance isn’t accessible to those who need it most
DC's Home Purchase Assistance Program seems to handicap those citizens it is intended to serve, preventing low-income and young people from participating in one of the greatest wealth-growth assets: home ownership. Keep reading…
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Why trade play space for parking when both are possible?
Many of DC’s elementary and middle schools have both fewer parking spaces than a work site of their size would often have, and less play space per student than experts recommend. However, there is a mutually beneficial solution. Keep reading…
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Virginia’s I-66 tolls may be useful, but are they equitable?
Tolling congested highways — especially during their most-demanded periods — makes sense, but we cannot lose sight of the very real pain felt by communities facing the costs of the toll, and important equity concerns. Keep reading…
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These nine charts explain wealth inequality in America (and what to do about it)
These charts illustrate that the racial wealth gap is growing and only continues to with age–and there's a lot more we can do to address the problem. Keep reading…
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Watch how the suburbs became white with “Settlers of the Suburbs: redlining edition”
Decades of racist zoning policies continue to perpetrate segregation in neighborhoods and schools and disenfranchise racial minorities to this day–long after redlining policies were officially taken off the books. Keep reading…