Greater Greater Washington
As a Dillon Rule state, Virginia limits local governments to powers explicitly granted by the state, including housing issues. (Scott McCaffrey / ARLNow) Greater Greater Washington builds informed and civically engaged communities who believe in a growing and inclusive Washington region and speak up for livable communities for all.
Decode the interstates: What highway numbers actually mean
Sep 12, 2019 · Major two-digit interstates (the fives and zeros) have unique numbers; there’s only one highway named I-95, only one I-70, etceteras. But the smaller two-digiters can repeat as long as they’re far apart from each other. For example, there are separate I-76s in Pennsylvania and Colorado, and separate I-87s in New York and North Carolina.
Gentrification is beneficial on average, studies say. That doesn’t …
Aug 6, 2019 · Nick Finio is the Associate Director of the National Center for Smart Growth at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he is also a PhD Candidate in Urban and Regional Planning. His dissertation is focused on gentrification in the DC area and elsewhere. At NCSG, he works on a variety of projects, including Purple Line …
The Area Median Income (AMI), explained – Greater Greater …
Sep 1, 2016 · In the Washington region, the AMI is $109,200 for a family of four. Because the metropolitan region includes some of the country’s wealthiest suburbs, this is among the highest AMIs in the country. The table below reports the median income for families of various sizes in our metropolitan region. Because family incomes differ by the number of ...
How school boundaries and feeder patterns shape DC’s housing …
Sep 2, 2022 · McKinley Technology STEM Campus, Washington, DC. Image by Ted Eytan licensed under Creative Commons.. This article is part of a limited series exploring the history, current policies, and intersections between school boundaries and feeder patterns in DC’s public schools and land use, housing, and transportation issues.
Metro’s Yellow Line bridge is closing for seven months. Here’s …
Jul 20, 2022 · A Yellow Line train to Huntington crosses over the Potomac. Image by the author.. Two large projects on Metro are scheduled to disrupt life for many on the Yellow and Blue lines, but the agency hopes its efforts to get the word out and provide alternatives is enough to keep the interruption to a minimum.
Gender-neutral bathrooms benefit a lot of people. Our region …
Feb 6, 2019 · Bathroom access might be the most visible battle right now in the wide-ranging fight for transgender civil rights, but the issue is more complex than many people realize. Gender-neutral bathrooms are the most inclusive option and bring real health benefits to real people, but in most of our region, they aren’t yet required.
Why cities rarely build monorails, explained
May 1, 2018 · 2. Switching monorail tracks is hard. In any large transit system, trains sometimes have to switch tracks. Two lines converge or branch apart, or a train uses a pocket track to turn around, or single-tracking forces trains to switch from side to side. Track crossovers are integral to train operations.
Why pedestrian deaths in the US hit a record high in 2021
Jun 2, 2022 · This article was first published in Streetsblog. Pedestrian death rates climbed to a 40-year high in 2021, but experts say the factors driving the national traffic violence crisis emerged far earlier — and that policymakers urgently need to confront them. A staggering 7,485 pedestrians died on US roads last year according to new estimates ...
This mega-map shows how MARC’s extension to Newark links us …
Jul 5, 2023 · A proposed extension of MARC would connect the DC region with Philadelphia’s SEPTA system, greatly expanding the reach of commuter rail in the Washington region. To celebrate, contributor David Edmondson designed a map showing just how far residents can travel using commuter railways.