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It’s not just #bikeDC telling delivery companies to quit blocking bike lanes
As part of DC's recent Vision Zero push, the District Department of Transportation and Department of Public Works acted on frequent complaints from cyclists and sent letters to major delivery companies like FedEx, UPS, and USPS calling on them to stop truck drivers from blocking the city's bike lanes. (Andrew Giambrone / Curbed)
Arlington is ready to double down on scooters
Arlington is looking to expand the number of scooter operators in the county in the next month. Lime and Bird have been running in Arlington since September, but Skip and Lyft scooters could roll out soon, along with Jump e-assist bikes in January. (Alex Koma / ARLnow)
A Maryland man pleads guilty to fatally hitting a cyclist in DC
A Suitland man pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter after hitting and killing Thomas Hollowell while he was bicycling on Constitution Avenue near the Mall in September. (Dana Hedgpeth / Post)
Maryland ran out of ballots at some polling places
In a high-turnout midterm election, some polling locations in Montgomery and Prince George's counties ran out of ballots. Voters at those precicts faced long waits, and news outlets began calling Maryland races while they were still waiting to vote. (Post)
DC’s at-large election were shaped by Initiative 77 turnout
Voters who both supported and opposed DC's now-overturned ballot initative to abolish the tipped minumum wage are more involved in council races this year. They flocked to the at-large election which pitted candidates on both sides of the 77 issue against each other. (Laura Hayes and Mitch Ryals / City Paper)
Voters struggled with long poll lines in Eastern Market
At Eastern Market the DC elections board provided one ballot counting machine for a polling place that covers two precints. Long lines backed up late in the day, and the city added extra machines to ease the crowding. (Natalie Delgadillo / DCist)
Ten Washingtonians are suing for the right to vote
A DC voting advocacy group has filed a lawsuit on behalf of 10 District residents in federal court saying that the city's lack of representation is a violation of their Constitutional rights. Eleanor Holmes Norton and Muriel Bowser have publicly supported the suit. (Natalie Delgadillo / DCist)
Is half of HQ2 a better deal for the local economy that full HQ2?
Some businesspeople in the Washington region are looking on the bright side of the split HQ2 decision. Adding 25,000 new jobs instead of 50,000 would still make a significant impace on the job market in the region without straining the housing market or depleting the area's workforce. (Katie Arcieri and Robert J. Terry / WBJ)
What draws Amazon to Crystal City?
Amazon's rumored Crystal City location would take advantage of two major draws: the improving bus and Metro transportation in Northern Virginia, and a large, highly educated workforce that already works in the neighborhood (Angie Schmitt / Streetsblog)
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