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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.
Opinion: The problem at public meetings isn't who shows up, but the roles that the people at public meetings are expected to play
What are planning hearings actually for?
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November 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Opinion: The problem at public meetings isn't who shows up, but the roles that the people at public meetings are expected to play
BREAKFAST LINKS 11/24/25: DC is overpaying developers with ties to Bowser. Homelessness set to surge in Maryland due to Trump cuts. Housing, child care costs can rival each other in region.
Breakfast links: Connected developers profit at expense of DC taxpayers
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November 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
BREAKFAST LINKS 11/24/25: DC is overpaying developers with ties to Bowser. Homelessness set to surge in Maryland due to Trump cuts. Housing, child care costs can rival each other in region.
In this edition of emails to the editor, GGWash readers have thoughts about Takoma Park, Reston, cemeteries, bus shelters, and the Commanders stadium.
Emails to the editor: From Takoma Park to Commanders streetcar
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November 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
In this edition of emails to the editor, GGWash readers have thoughts about Takoma Park, Reston, cemeteries, bus shelters, and the Commanders stadium.
Crossings — over bridges, platforms, and crosswalks — filled the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool this week.
Photo Friday: Go across
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November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Crossings — over bridges, platforms, and crosswalks — filled the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool this week.
NATIONAL LINKS: Teens create affordable housing portal. Brussels shifts policy in car-free zone. Electric vehicle charging program has succeeded, in a way.
National links: Teens decide housing searches should be easier in New York City
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November 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
NATIONAL LINKS: Teens create affordable housing portal. Brussels shifts policy in car-free zone. Electric vehicle charging program has succeeded, in a way.
BREAKFAST LINKS 11/21/25: Judge rules against National Guard in DC. Townhome proposal in Alexandria faces hesitant architecture board. More school buses could be financially feasible in Baltimore.
Breakfast links: National Guard deployment in DC is unlawful, judge says
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November 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
BREAKFAST LINKS 11/21/25: Judge rules against National Guard in DC. Townhome proposal in Alexandria faces hesitant architecture board. More school buses could be financially feasible in Baltimore.
Transport yourself with this week's Junctions word puzzle:
Play GGWash Junctions weekly word puzzle #25
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November 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Transport yourself with this week's Junctions word puzzle:
Three means by which people could share their thoughts about the redevelopment of the Chevy Chase civic core tilted toward pro-housing sentiment.
Most people are fine with building housing in Chevy Chase
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November 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Three means by which people could share their thoughts about the redevelopment of the Chevy Chase civic core tilted toward pro-housing sentiment.