Posts tagged Public Safety
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DC bars are pioneering a program to help prevent harassment
Research shows that alcohol is used as a weapon or an excuse in about 50% of sexual assault cases, putting bar staff in a unique position to help keep people safe. In DC, a number of bars are training staff on how to recognize harassment and how to prevent it from escalating to assault. Keep reading…
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Housing cost burdens, explained
When housing advocates talk about the affordability crisis, they often focus on one important statistic: the share of cost-burdened households in a city. A household is said to be cost-burdened when it pays more than 30 percent of its income toward housing expenses. As a more extreme measure, a household is said to be severely cost-burdened when it pay at least 50 percent of its income toward housing expenses. Keep reading…
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Trump says DC’s murders are way up. That’s false.
According to the Trump White House, murder is up 50% in DC. That was true for 2015, but the District’s murder rate has been more or less flat since 2010, and it’s way down from where it was in the 90s and early 2000s. Keep reading…
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What has inauguration week felt like for you?
Donald J. Trump was sworn in as president of the United States at noon on Friday, and on Saturday, hundreds of thousands are expected to march through DC in support of gender and racial justice. In terms of operations, this inauguration hasn't been much different from any other. But the experience for DC residents has been anything but normal. We asked our contributors what they're seeing and feeling this week. Keep reading…
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After Bill O’Reilly got his DC facts wrong, Muriel Bowser set him straight
DC mayor Muriel Bowser is creating a legal defense fund for immigrants who may be targeted for deportation during the Trump administration. Bill O'Reilly and a guest recently railed against the plan, saying a number of untrue things in the process. Bowser's office put out this video setting the record straight. Keep reading…
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Why it makes sense to turn this empty lot next to Metro into a parking garage for Children’s Hospital
Just north of the Brookland Metro station, a four-story parking garage will go up so that employees and visitors of DC’s children’s hospital can park and take a 1.5-mile shuttle ride to the hospital. That doesn’t sound like a great use of the land at first, but it turns out other possibilities, like housing or office space, aren’t realistic. Keep reading…
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On average, a driver kills a pedestrian in our region once every four days
If an infectious disease killed 814 people in the DC metro area, wouldn’t leaders take action? That’s the number of people on foot that drivers struck and killed in the Washington region between 2005 and 2014. That number makes us the 69th most dangerous place nationally for people walking, according to a new ranking out on Tuesday. Keep reading…
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Bow hunting in a suburban neighborhood: Is it wise? Safe?
When my family moved from Alexandria to West Springfield, we figured our home’s walk score would fall. What I didn’t expect was to stumble upon an official sign with a warning about county-sanctioned bow hunting in the middle of my neighborhood. Keep reading…
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A court just halted DC’s McMillan development
DC’s highest court just blocked development at the McMillan Sand Filtration Site. This is a setback for the city’s effort to turn an empty yet historic field, which previously served to filter drinking water, into a complex of housing, offices, and more active parks. This may not be end of the project, but it’s added some significant new hurdles. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Nothing new in Alexandria
No new single-family detached homes; MoCo needs lots more rentals; Bowser meeting with Trump today; Can you hear me (in Metro) now?; Questionable bike ticketing; Arlington will likely make car2go official; Facebook giveth; Is safe, affordable housing for artists possible?. Keep reading…