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Early estimates put the cost at $4.6 million

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Wednesday that the reversible lanes on Connecticut Ave. NW will be removed after years of accidents and confusion over the direction of the lanes during morning and evening rush hours.

Concerned that dangerous drivers aren’t being held accountable in the D.C. area, the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) wants nearby jurisdictions to enforce penalties for citations issued by each other’s speed and…

This week the region’s local officials and transportation agencies are facing the stark reality that they must quickly adopt major policy changes in the next several years if Greater Washington is to achieve its climate change target.

Mayor Muriel Bowser advanced plans to build protected bicycle lanes on Connecticut Avenue NW on Wednesday, part of a 2.7-mile remake of the major commuter thoroughfare.

George Washington University and American University in D.C. have announced a booster shot requirement for their communities ahead of the spring semester.

Georgetown University saw its largest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases, with 34 members of the community testing positive, school health officials said Wednesday.

The Anacostia River has a trash problem; in fact it’s one of the few rivers in the U.S. that is officially considered impaired by trash by the Environmental Protection Agency, which implemented a “trash diet” on the river more than a…

Right now, all across the land, there are babies in desperate need of changing. Each one is sitting uncomfortably in a contraption that is a marvel of modern engineering but is, ultimately, no match for a baby’s, um, output.

“The car just came almost drifting around the corner so fast that my mind couldn’t process exactly what was happening.” That was 9-year-old Peter Dziekan, describing being hit by a car while riding his bicycle home from his Northeast D.C.…

There’s a new leader in place for D.C.’s New Communities Initiative, a roughly 20-year-long effort to redevelop four aging public housing complexes, giving yet another official a chance to lead the troubled program as its projects near key…

“If it so happens that we bankrupt them, then that’s a good day when hate is dispatched and eliminated,” Racine said.

By 2026, the D.C. Streetcar could extend out to the Benning Road Metro stop, part of a new construction and rehabilitation project. Once complete, it would add five new Streetcar stops, improve intersections, and upgrade bridges, among a…

The National Museum of Women in the Arts is currently closed for a $66 million renovation with plans to reopen in the fall of 2023. In the meantime, the downtown D.C. museum plans to display public art installations on its façade.

Fannie Mae's old headquarters is getting ready to spring back to life with a new neighborhood rising around it.

The issue at hand is what to rename Woodrow Wilson High School, the comprehensive high school in Northwest Washington that has long carried the name of a two-term president who moved into the White House more than a century ago and was an…

Congress passed a bill on Tuesday that will allow the chief of the U.S. Capitol Police to “unilaterally” request assistance from the D.C. National Guard, after it took hours for officials to deploy troops to the Capitol during the Jan. 6…

Congress on Tuesday passed legislation granting the Capitol Police chief power to “unilaterally” request emergency backup from the National Guard and federal law enforcement agencies, after lawmakers said the lack of authority had caused…

While the road to an extension of the DC streetcar has not been smooth, the project may get back on track next year.

The 25 balconies adorning the historic Kenesaw/Renaissance apartments in Mount Pleasant are certainly elegant. But should residents have to pay $1.5 million to restore them?