Greater Greater Washington
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The Washington, DC, region is great, and it can be greater. Transportation, housing, land use. Inquiries: [email protected]
NATIONAL LINKS: Toronto plans for more bike lanes by narrowing car lanes. Boston stacks affordable housing atop libraries. Federal legislation could streamline transit projects.
National links: Toronto finds a way around bike lane restrictions
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December 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
NATIONAL LINKS: Toronto plans for more bike lanes by narrowing car lanes. Boston stacks affordable housing atop libraries. Federal legislation could streamline transit projects.
Enjoy a rainbow on this snowy Photo Friday, thanks to contributors to the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool.
Photo Friday: The full rainbow
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December 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Enjoy a rainbow on this snowy Photo Friday, thanks to contributors to the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool.
BREAKFAST LINKS 12/5/25: Businesses, residents rejoice as Columbia Pike construction winds down. Landlord allegedly charged illegal fee on DC rent-controlled apartments. Maryland loans rail cars to Philadelphia.
Breakfast links: Roadwork wraps up on Arlington's Columbia Pike
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December 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
BREAKFAST LINKS 12/5/25: Businesses, residents rejoice as Columbia Pike construction winds down. Landlord allegedly charged illegal fee on DC rent-controlled apartments. Maryland loans rail cars to Philadelphia.
Visualize 2050, a regional long-range transportation plan, sets the scene for no major changes in travel by personal vehicle vs. transit, walking, and biking, says @betterdcregion.bsky.social.
A regional transportation plan reinforces the status quo. We can do better
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December 4, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Visualize 2050, a regional long-range transportation plan, sets the scene for no major changes in travel by personal vehicle vs. transit, walking, and biking, says @betterdcregion.bsky.social.
Join us and @T4America & @SmartGrowthUSA for TCamp DC on Jan. 10!
This is an opportunity for advocates to pave the way for a better future in transportation.
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This is an opportunity for advocates to pave the way for a better future in transportation.
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TransportationCamp DC
Join us on Saturday, January 10, 2026, at Catholic University's Pryzbyla Center for another year of TransportationCamp DC.
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December 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Join us and @T4America & @SmartGrowthUSA for TCamp DC on Jan. 10!
This is an opportunity for advocates to pave the way for a better future in transportation.
Get your tickets! t4america.org/transportati... [ad]
This is an opportunity for advocates to pave the way for a better future in transportation.
Get your tickets! t4america.org/transportati... [ad]
Don't get FOMO — play this week's Junctions word puzzle:
Play GGWash Junctions weekly word puzzle #26
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December 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Don't get FOMO — play this week's Junctions word puzzle:
Montgomery County officials say they won't build sidewalks near a future Purple Line station in Takoma Park because, among other things, neighbors say they're afraid of "stranger danger."
Montgomery County rejects sidewalks because of "stranger danger"
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December 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Montgomery County officials say they won't build sidewalks near a future Purple Line station in Takoma Park because, among other things, neighbors say they're afraid of "stranger danger."
BREAKFAST LINKS 12/4/25: Traffic worsened in the Washington region this year. Waymo brings self-driving taxis to Baltimore with phased rollout. Protected bicycle infrastructure to come near Innovation Center Metro station.
Breakfast links: Region's drivers sat in more traffic this year
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December 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
BREAKFAST LINKS 12/4/25: Traffic worsened in the Washington region this year. Waymo brings self-driving taxis to Baltimore with phased rollout. Protected bicycle infrastructure to come near Innovation Center Metro station.
Can a game inspire DC residents to advocate for the transit systems they want? Subway Builder could help us find out.
“Subway Builder” turns Metro enthusiasts into transit designers
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December 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Can a game inspire DC residents to advocate for the transit systems they want? Subway Builder could help us find out.
BREAKFAST LINKS 12/3/25: DC Council passes a streatery bill after new DDOT rules take effect, seeking to ease restrictions. Montgomery Council will likely pass University Boulevard plan. White's Ferry: it's (coming) back!
Breakfast links: Streatery bill passes as structures demolished
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December 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
BREAKFAST LINKS 12/3/25: DC Council passes a streatery bill after new DDOT rules take effect, seeking to ease restrictions. Montgomery Council will likely pass University Boulevard plan. White's Ferry: it's (coming) back!
Come to our Readers and Writers Happy Hour for our last hang of the year. Give your input on DDOT's bike & road projects. Attend WABA's first DC Bike Summit. Learn about Purple Line progress and Southern Maryland transit assessments. In community events:
Events: Celebrating our writers this Wednesday
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December 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Come to our Readers and Writers Happy Hour for our last hang of the year. Give your input on DDOT's bike & road projects. Attend WABA's first DC Bike Summit. Learn about Purple Line progress and Southern Maryland transit assessments. In community events:
This week on Do Something: making South Dakota Avenue less terrible; speeding up crosstown buses; new leadership in Montgomery County; and getting biblical about zoning.
Do Something #101: Faith and sight
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December 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This week on Do Something: making South Dakota Avenue less terrible; speeding up crosstown buses; new leadership in Montgomery County; and getting biblical about zoning.
Stuck ambulances are only the loudest symptoms of the fundamental problems with Columbia Road NW.
Room for emergencies, and everything else
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December 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Stuck ambulances are only the loudest symptoms of the fundamental problems with Columbia Road NW.
BREAKFAST LINKS 12/2/25: Micro-unit development proposed at DC church. University Boulevard straw vote coming today in Montgomery County. Apartment building proposed near King Street Metro.
Breakfast links: Church could house micro-units in downtown DC
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December 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
BREAKFAST LINKS 12/2/25: Micro-unit development proposed at DC church. University Boulevard straw vote coming today in Montgomery County. Apartment building proposed near King Street Metro.
Opinion: Parking minimums are expensive and hamper new housing. A new law in Baltimore City is right to do away with them.
To spur housing construction, Baltimore ends parking minimums
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December 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Opinion: Parking minimums are expensive and hamper new housing. A new law in Baltimore City is right to do away with them.
BREAKFAST LINKS 12/1/25: Empty lot with uncertain future stands in place of Rosslyn hotel. Bowser plans to transition stadium project to next DC mayor. Baltimore County may fall behind on affordable housing obligations.
Breakfast links: Empty lot replaces troubled hotel in Arlington
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December 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
BREAKFAST LINKS 12/1/25: Empty lot with uncertain future stands in place of Rosslyn hotel. Bowser plans to transition stadium project to next DC mayor. Baltimore County may fall behind on affordable housing obligations.
It’s been a big year for GGWash. Chelsea Allinger, our executive director, reflects on what our growth has meant for the org.
Growth and gratitude at GGWash
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November 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
It’s been a big year for GGWash. Chelsea Allinger, our executive director, reflects on what our growth has meant for the org.
CaBi just can’t catch a break. Annual ridership has increased 14.4% in 2025, but rides were down 13.9% in October 2025 compared to October 2024.
Bikeshare Beat: October CaBi trips tumbled amidst shutdown, annual ridership up 14.4% in 2025
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November 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
CaBi just can’t catch a break. Annual ridership has increased 14.4% in 2025, but rides were down 13.9% in October 2025 compared to October 2024.
A child biking in Navy Yard, flanked by soldiers. Commuters at Metro Center, accompanied by a Guard member. A look at life in DC during the National Guard deployment:
In pictures: National Guard's unnerving months in DC
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November 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
A child biking in Navy Yard, flanked by soldiers. Commuters at Metro Center, accompanied by a Guard member. A look at life in DC during the National Guard deployment:
This week on Do Something: celebrating 100 editions of Do Something, and Alex and Dan share our stories of why we started this column in the first place
Do Something #100: Why we first Did Something
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November 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This week on Do Something: celebrating 100 editions of Do Something, and Alex and Dan share our stories of why we started this column in the first place
BREAKFAST LINKS 11/26/25: Purple Line rail cars are all built. Evictions frozen by Alexandria public housing authority. Shuttered car-share company settles with DC attorney general.
Breakfast links: Purple Line hits "major milestone"
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November 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
BREAKFAST LINKS 11/26/25: Purple Line rail cars are all built. Evictions frozen by Alexandria public housing authority. Shuttered car-share company settles with DC attorney general.
The housing stock in Silver Spring is suffering from more than just viral vermin.
A viral vermin video exposes Silver Spring's decaying housing stock
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November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The housing stock in Silver Spring is suffering from more than just viral vermin.
Until the mid-20th century, it was popular to rent small, furnished rooms in cities by the week or month. What's happening now?
There's demand for affordable rooms in DC. Who's supplying them?
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November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Until the mid-20th century, it was popular to rent small, furnished rooms in cities by the week or month. What's happening now?
BREAKFAST LINKS 11/25/25: Where Amtrak passengers go from DC's Union Station. City-owned housing could be consolidated in Falls Church. Demolition may come soon for vacant Gaithersburg mall.
Breakfast links: DC train passengers traverse regional route
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November 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
BREAKFAST LINKS 11/25/25: Where Amtrak passengers go from DC's Union Station. City-owned housing could be consolidated in Falls Church. Demolition may come soon for vacant Gaithersburg mall.
Opinion: Tenleytown/AU Park was farmland. Then, it was segregated. After that, it got rich — and a little too sleepy. Now, the District’s proposal for more mixed-use zones in Ward 3 could make its future, and mine, a little brighter.
I grew up in Ward 3, and I support upzoning it.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Opinion: Tenleytown/AU Park was farmland. Then, it was segregated. After that, it got rich — and a little too sleepy. Now, the District’s proposal for more mixed-use zones in Ward 3 could make its future, and mine, a little brighter.