Welcome Marc Fisher and Atrios readers! Here are a few of the most popular recent posts on Greater Greater Washington:

Metro Expansion: These maps show ideas for the future of Metro, from what WMATA is proposing for 2030 to commuter and light rail criss-crossing the region. We also need to speed up our buses and our future streetcars.

Neighborhood development: What should we do about 17th Street in Dupont, Hine Junior High in Capitol Hill, Brookland, Takoma Park, 14th and U, roads in Georgetown, or Rockville’s Pike?

Parking: This seemingly-dry topic is the sleeper issue of cities. Parking affects whether our city turns into more traffic and ugly parking lots or a walkable, vibrant set of neighborhoods. Here’s a good summary, and why we should not build so much parking in Bethesda, Rockville, Georgetown, Adams Morgan, and most of all, around the new ballpark.

Nationally: Gas prices aren’t going down despite what some politicians would like. We have to transition away from a cheap-gas world, which means more transit, more walking, more bicycling, and congestion pricing. For that, we need a better formula for federal money, a better Secretary of Transportation and Federal Transit Administration, and a President who gets it.

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David Alpert created Greater Greater Washington in 2008 and was its executive director until 2020. He formerly worked in tech and has lived in the Boston, San Francisco Bay, and New York metro areas in addition to Washington, DC. He lives with his wife and two children in Dupont Circle.