Opinion Posts
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Part II: A better plan for joining up the MBT through Takoma and Takoma Park
Routing the MBT differently around the Takoma Metro Station could bring benefits for safety and connectivity. Why isn’t DDOT considering it? Keep reading…
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Make it make sense: Inclusionary Zoning +
IZ+ is one tool the Office of Planning is deploying to extract more income-restricted, affordable units out of new development projects in the District. Keep reading…
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Plan to extend the MBT to Maryland has safety flaws
The Metropolitan Branch Trail is finally being extended to Maryland, but one resident long involved with plans to extend it argues that the current designs should do more to ensure user safety. Keep reading…
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Turnback on the clock: How ending the Yellow Line at Mt. Vernon Square will improve headways
Although many are interpreting the turnback as a service cut, this configuration will provide 6-minute headways and more equitable coverage for Green Line riders. Keep reading…
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Hill Family Biking: New group to organize rides, call for safe streets
A community’s efforts to fill a critical one-block gap in a safe biking network met with limited but intense opposition. Now, a group is forming to encourage families in Capitol Hill to bike together and support safe, inclusive infrastructure. Keep reading…
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Tastee Diner is not Silver Spring’s soul
I wondered why I can’t just give in and enjoy Tastee Diner the same way. One reason is that, for a few reasons, I didn’t go to Tastee Diner much. The other is that to say one diner marks the decline of an entire community is short-sighted. Keep reading…
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Open Rock Creek Park to people. Close it to cars.
The case for closing more of Rock Creek Park to cars. Keep reading…
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Bring back WMATA’s anti-sexual harassment campaigns
WMATA once had a robust anti-sexual harassment campaign in tandem with several community partners. What happened to it and can they bring it back? Keep reading…
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Goojie? Gootie? Google? Googie.
The fight over a 1960s-era dry cleaners in Silver Spring reveals a major problem with how the county handles historic designation, and we may have ended up with the right outcome despite the law. Keep reading…
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Why it’s OK to turn back Metrorail’s Yellow Line
While proposed changes to the Yellow Line feel like a service cut, more Green Line trains will make up the difference. Keep reading…