The District is about to fully rewrite its Comprehenisve Plan. Here’s our overview of the current Comp Plan, and some of our predictions for the rewrite, as discussed in our office hours earlier this ...

Dan Malouff is a transportation planner for Arlington and an adjunct professor at George Washington University. He uses this byline for Photo Friday posts, but you can find his other writing under the ...

The Utah state legislature took street planning power from Salt Lake City. Minnesota moves to end commuter rail service for the Twin Cities. How “Adaptation Villages” may make communities more ...

Metrorail ridership boom adds $20 million to WMATA budget forecast. DC announces pilot program offering discounted traffic tickets for low-income drivers. Construction on the Purple Line moves forward ...

Aparna is the former chair of the Metro DC chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, where she still organizes for a DC in which everyone has dignified housing, good jobs, quality education, ...

David is co-chair of the Metro DC Democratic Socialists’ Social Housing working group, a member of the Board of Directors of Empower DC, and a public health professional with a Master’s in Public ...

Our elected and appointed decisionmakers should take up the mantle of regional megaprojects in the public interest once again, and apply the Great Society feeling that the region successfully stirred ...

Nearly 3,000 housing units planned for Buzzard Point. Marylanders support a mix of renewable and traditional energy sources, poll finds. DC targets dangerous corridors in new traffic safety plan.

Maryland voters across the state support investing in walking, bicycling, and transit infrastructure in order to reduce pollution from traffic congestion. That’s the message of a poll the Maryland ...

A new report from ATU Local 689 finds that Metro’s impact on nearby land values is roughly $30 billion. Taxing the region’s land, rather than improvements to it, could sustainably and fairly support ...

Metrorail ridership reaches five-year high, approaches pre-pandemic levels. Alexandria overhauls short-term rental regulations. Virginia traffic camera bill heads to governor’s desk.

Discussions about fare evasion and free fares on public transportation miss one of the most important and justifiable sources of revenue for transit: land value return.