Breakfast links: Silver Line Phase II, 16th Street bus lanes, and other transportation projects scheduled to open in 2022
Potomac Yard Metro under construction in April 2021. Image by BeyondDC licensed under Creative Commons.
The transportation projects opening in 2022
What’s set to open this year in the transportation space? DCist offers a roundup including Metro’s Silver Line Phase II, the Potomac Yard Metro station, a Metropolitan Branch Trail extension to Fort Totten, and the 16th Street bus lanes. (Jordan Pascale / DCist)
Democrats in MoCo Exec race debate housing
Four Democratic candidates for Mongomery County Executive — incumbent Marc Elrich, David Blair, Tom Hucker, and Hans Riemer — debated housing and renter protections in an online forum Wednesday, revealing divides over housing development and rent stabilization. (Steve Bohnel / Bethesda Beat, Rebecca Tan / Post. Tip: Chester B.)
Three-year-old AirBnB regulations to finally be implemented in DC
After three years, DC will finally implemenet a law passed in 2018 that requires licenses and sets limits on short-term rentals like AirBnB and Vrbo. (Martin Austermuhle / DCist)
Don’t visit hospitals for testing or mild COVID-19 cases, DC says
As the omicron variant strains hospital resources, DC is urging people who simply need COVID-19 testing or treatment for mild infections to access those services elsewhere and avoid the emergency room. (Amanda Michelle Gomez / DCist)
Office of Planning applies to upzone part of Benning Road
DC’s Office of Planning is seeking to upzone the south side of a stretch of Benning Road between 16th Street and Oklahoma Avenue NE. The move would allow more multi-family and mixed-use buildings, and is in line with the Future Land Use Map. (Nena Perry-Brown / UrbanTurf)
Let it snow (again)
The region got more snow overnight into Friday morning, causing schools and the federal government to close. Virginia declared a state of emergency and urged people to stay off the roads to avoid a repeat of the I-95 shutdown in which drivers were stranded earlier this week. (Dana Hedgpeth / Post)
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