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GGW discusses: Displacement and NPR in Anacostia: An NPR Morning Edition story yesterday, entitled “DC, long ‘Chocolate City,’ becoming more vanilla,” discussed demographic shifts increasing the proportion of white residents of DC and profiled two people who recently moved out of Historic Anacostia. Read more »

What does Metro’s late night service look like?: Contributors and readers have weighed in on the negative impacts of possible late-night service cuts. Ben Ross described some changing ridership patterns that underscore the vitality of this service now. Read more »

Plan preserves Kensington’s assets while fixing its problems: For the past year, Kensington town councilmember Lydia Sullivan has been making fun of snobby suburbanites with Snoburbia, a T-shirt company and blog. But she’s not laughing at plans to allow redevelopment along a stretch of Connecticut Avenue that’s seen better days. Read more »

HOT lanes and the Arlington lawsuit, part 1: Myth vs. reality: Arlington’s lawsuit over the I-95/395 HOT lane project has drawn a constant drumbeat of scathing editorials from the Washington Post and others, and critical letters from certain politicians and road activists. Read more »

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Metro’s future rides on Saturday night: The builders of our Metro envisaged a railroad that would take commuters from scattered residential neighborhoods to jobs in a small downtown. Read more »

Gray transition report slams DDOT: Vince Gray’s transition has released its subject whitepapers, and the transportation one is extremely hard-hitting. Read more »

Now and not so long ago: Prospect and Wisconsin: Today, the southwest corner of Prospect Street and Wisconsin Avenue houses a Restoration Hardware. In 1993, it was a Roy Rogers. Read more »

Beware engineer-think on late night hours: Just as some traffic engineers can fall into traps like viewing roadways as moving cars rather than moving people, transit engineers can lapse into thinking about their system in terms of how it best serves the trains that roam the tracks than the people who ride those trains. Read more »

GGW discusses: Displacement versus gentrification: Yesterday, Erik Weber, David Garber, and Eric Fidler reacted to the NPR story about two people who chose not to live in Anacostia. Read more »

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Matt Johnson has lived in the Washington area since 2007. He has a Master’s in Planning from the University of Maryland and a BS in Public Policy from Georgia Tech. He lives in Dupont Circle. He’s a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners, and is an employee of the Montgomery County Department of Transportation. His views are his own and do not represent those of his employer.