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Greater Greater Washington
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Greater Greater Washington
@ggwash
The Washington, DC, region is great, and it can be greater. Transportation, housing, land use. Bluesky: @ggwash.bsky.social | Inquiries: [email protected]
- OPINION: DC has a legal maximum of 788 bus shelters -- yes, you read that correctly. How the District's bus shelter contract is failing riders, especially in lower-income majority Black neighborhoods, and what should be done about it. From @Santi4DC:
- Express MARC trains between Baltimore and DC could bring much needed growth back to Maryland’s biggest city and relief to one of the most over-saturated housing markets in the country:
- Join us in welcoming our new regional policy director: Dan Reed! Dan will focus on policies to “make the things” - namely more homes, of all types and price ranges, in places with access to daily needs. We're thrilled to have him (back) on board!:
- Decline to sign: GGWash urges DC voters in Ward 1 and Ward 6 to decline to sign recall petitions for Councilmember Brianne Nadeau and Councilmember Charles Allen:
- OPINION: DC taxpayers are subsidizing 150,000 Residential Parking Permit spaces to the tune of up to $558 per DC resident. Joshua Peacock digs into the high costs of cheap street parking in DC:
- Greater Greater Washington is endorsing Erin Palmer in the Democratic primary for DC Council Chair. Read the full endorsement here:
- Alexandria considers permanently closing part of King Street to cars: ggwash.org/view/82642/bre… alxnow.com/2021/09/28/cit…
- About one person is taking a bike trip in DC for every four people who are taking a Metrorail trip anywhere, and other findings on the District's recent explosion of two-wheeled trips:
- WMATA General Manager Randy Clarke started his job with a simple goal: to ride literally every train. As service has improved, his performance has slipped:
- The real reason cyclists love green-painted bike lanes so much is simple: they send the clearest-possible message that roads are not only for cars:
- Much ado about nothing: Despite complaints, preliminary data from @MDSHA indicates the Old Georgetown Road bike lanes have made the street safer with little to no impact on automobile travel times:
- Bikeshare Beat: Members accounted for 65.5% of all Bikeshare trips in September, underscoring the reality that CaBi is primarily a local utility rather than an amenity for tourists visiting the nation’s capital. (Plus, another ridership record!):
- People ARE coming back to downtown DC...on Capital Bikeshare, which set another ridership record in August for the fourth straight month:
