King Street, Old Town Alexandria, Virginia by Ken Lund licensed under Creative Commons.

King Street pedestrian zone doubles this weekend

In addition to the 100 block of King Street, the unit block will now also be restricted to cars and include streateries. This pilot program will run from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend.   (Vernon Miles / ALXnow)  

Expect Yellow Line station closures in Virginia this fall

Metro plans to stop all service south of National Airport from Sept. 10 – Oct. 6 to prepare for the forthcoming Potomac Yard station. And to tackle issues on the Yellow Line’s bridge over the Potomac River and tunnel into DC, the agency also plans to shutter service between Pentagon station and L’Enfant Plaza for seven or eight months beginning in September.   (Margaret Barthel / DCist)  

New solar panels coming to Montgomery County

There are currently plans to install solar panels on public school rooftops and at the Oaks Landfill near Gaithersburg, where four megawatts will benefit low- and moderate-income residents, according to Adriana Hochberg, acting director of the county’s Department of Environmental Protection.   (Steve Bohnel / Bethesda Beat)  

Historic bowling alley to become mixed-used development in Brookland

The proposal calls for 321 units surrounding the former bowling alley, a pool and outdoor space on the roof of the historic building, and a retail plaza at the corner of 10th Street NE and Michigan Avenue NE. The duckpin bowling alley operated for nearly a decade until it was damaged by a fire in 1950.  (Urban Turf)  

Renewed concerns about Metrorail drivers fatigue

In light of January incident in which a Metrorail operator overran the platform at Fort Totten and opened the train’s doors on the wrong side, the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission is questioning WMATA’s fatigue management policy, which they pointed out was not being enforced in a 2021 audit.   (Jordan Pascale / DCist)  

Property management company ordered to pay nearly $2 million for deceiving DC tenants

DC Attorney General Karl Racine found that Equity Residential Management purposefully lied to tenants of a rent-controlled apartment building in Van Ness, leaving tenants sometimes forced to pay a nearly thousand-dollar rent increase when renewing their leases.   (Colleen Grablick / DCist)  

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