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A bad derailment

A 14-car

14 cars of a CSX train derailed in Northeast DC, disrupting some Red Line service and leaking hazardous chemicals.  Although the leak was contained, MARC service on the Brunswick Line remains delayed.  (WTOP)  

The battle over Westbard

The debate over a proposed mixed-use town center at Westbard in Montgomery County has assumed an angrier tone.  The plan calls for over 1,200 new housing units and can better serve the next generation of residents. (Post)  

Transit for Tobytown

Historically African-American Tobytown, MD is poorer than many neighboring communities and lacks bus transit. Montgomery officials want to fix this by starting a shuttle bus service, which is less expensive than a regular bus line. (Post)  

Office oversupply

Developers are looking beyond downtown and into emerging neighborhoods like the Navy Yard to construct new office buildings.  But this has created an oversupply of office space, with older buildings most likely to be vacant. (Post)  

Reconsidering DC’s ‘burbs

Many home buyers in search of a walkable, transit-friendly neighborhood that find themselves priced out of the District are now considering more affordable communities in the inner-suburbs like Mount Rainer and Hyattsville. (Post)  

Keeping the space in AdMo

The developer turning Adams Morgan’s Sun Trust Bank into a mixed-use development defended the plans in a letter, noting that the plaza design changed to leave more space than initially planned. (Borderstan)  

Sidwell friends or enemies?

A tenants’ group protested the Sidwell Friends School which purchased a nursing home to accommodate its lower school. The change would displace over 100 seniors. (Washingtonian)  

Young and ready to build

Bay Area residents in their 20s and 30s are more likely to support measures to increase the housing supply.  That’s probably because they are more likely to struggle with finding affordable housing. (SF Business Times)