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If you can’t read Greater Greater Washington every day, you’ll still be able to catch all our posts at a glance with Greater Greater Week in Review.

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To move forward, it’s time to move past Fenty vs. Gray: Last year’s mayoral race was a contentious one, and created many bad feelings on both sides. Even now, each time an issue comes up that even tangentially relates to Mayor Gray that’s negative, a cadre of Fenty supporters gleefully post comments basically saying, “told you so.”

Gentrification a matter of economics, not ethnicity: Is gentrification black and white? Or economic? Last week, at a meeting about the often ominous issue of gentrification, a panel of young black professionals rejected the common idea that gentrification means white people moving into black neighborhoods. Instead, they argued, gentrification is about economics and a product of market forces.

What’s the status of our major transit projects?: With yesterday’s news that the Baltimore Red Line is being advanced to Preliminary Engineering, it seems a good time to check up on the various rail and BRT projects in the region and report on their status.

DDOT may cancel L and M Street cycle tracks: First announced more than a year ago, DDOT’s plans for crosstown protected bike lanes on L and M streets NW are now on the brink of being cancelled or postponed indefinitely.

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Ignorant editorial, thoughtful analysis juxtaposed in Post: Let’s say you have some opinions about what Metro should do, but you actually know almost nothing about Metro’s actual policies. You might talk to your friends about it or comment on blogs, but it’s unlikely the Washington Post will put your ideas on its Sunday local opinion page.

Many Tysons developers aren’t learning: Transforming Tysons Corner into a pedestrian-friendly urban environment is one of the region’s most important goals, but some of the latest proposed development projects completely fail in urban design.

I wish this were… an active plaza in Ballston: Could an inviting urban plaza take the place of a fallow plot by the Ballston public garage?

Two stores pursue divergent futures for grocery shopping: Will grocery shopping in the future look the same as it does today? Two stores are pursuing very different visions of changing shopping, from a large multinational helping people buy with smartphones to a small store abolishing wasteful packaging.

DDOT gets closer to an Anacostia streetcar alignment: DDOT has narrowed the 10 options for the Anacostia streetcar to 4 possible alignments, three of which partially run along MLK Avenue, Anacostia’s main street, and connect to the 11th Street bridge. The fourth option involves running the streetcar along the CSX railroad tracks, but negotiations with CSX are not final.

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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.