Navy Yard Metro Station by GKJ used with permission.

A variety of topics came up during a congressional hearing on Metro

Nothing was off-topic during this week’s Congressional oversight hearings with Metro officials. Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld and other leaders were asked about everything from the Jack Evans Ethics scandal and investigation, late-night service, and cybersecurity.  (Jordan Pascale / WAMU, Justin George / Post)  

Metrobus drivers in NoVA go on strike

Metrobus workers at the recently privatized Cinder Bed Road garage in Northern Virginia will go on strike Thursday after failed negotiations on a collective bargaining agreement. It is unclear how the strike will impact service, but the garage accounts for 5% of Metrobus service focused in Northern Virginia.  (Max Smith / WTOP)  

How the “New Town” movement inspired the Maryland Renaissance Festival

The Maryland Renaissance Festival is the second-largest of its kind in the United States. Renaissance Fairs came from the same movement that created towns like Columbia, MD, and the dynamic of density and walkability is no accident.  (David Dudley / City Lab)  

This bank wants to prevent displacement along the Purple Line

JPMorgan Chase is helping address gentrification concerns by promising $5 million to help support affordable housing initiatives and small businesses along the Purple Line.  (Robert McCartney / Post)  

A Kushner family-owned property management company being sued

The Attorney General of Maryland is suing a property management company owned by the Kushner family for allegedly housing tenants in substandard living conditions. The properties are in Baltimore City, Baltimore County, and Prince George’s County.  (Rebecca Tan / Post)  

A NoMa development could add more housing

Developers recently applied to the Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA) to permit 40 additional residential units at Storey Park, the planned development at 1005 First Street NE. The number of residential units would increase from the already approved 460 to 500.  (Nena Perry-Brown / UrbanTurf)  

Montgomery officals are still not sold on Hogan’s road widening

Long commutes and congestion in Montgomery County are not in dispute, but Governor Larry Hogan and Transportation Secretary Pete Rahn’s plan to widen the Capital Beltway and I-270 is.  (Bruce DePuyt / Maryland Matters)  

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Latisha Johnson is a transportation planner and graduate student at Morgan State University. Her interest in planning stems from a desire to create an inclusive, sustainable, and just built environment. Latisha is a North Carolina native currently living in Silver Spring.