Washington Post: 24/7 Uber and Lyft pickup zones coming to D.C.
The city plans to launch five pickup and drop-off zones in a strategy to keep the ride-hailing vehicles out of bike lanes and crosswalks and from blocking traffic.
WTOP: Metro OKs sales of food, drink (and more) at stops, but it will take time
WASHINGTON — Metro just made it easier to sell food and drinks at stations and to place vending machines or shops on station platforms, but actually making that happen could still be a lengthy process. The Metro Board voted Thursday to…
National Park Service selects operator for Rock Creek Park Horse Center
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 26, 2018
Contact: Katie Liming (NPS)
National Park Service selects operator for Rock Creek Park Horse Center
WASHINGTON– The National Park Service (NPS) has selected Guest…
Mayor Bowser and DDOT Announce Pick-Up/Drop-Off Zone Pilot Program Expansion
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
October 26, 2018
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Terry Owens (DDOT)
Mayor Bowser and DDOT Announce Pick-Up/Drop-Off Zone Pilot Program Expansion
Building on the Mayor’s Vision Zero Commitment and After Successful…
DC’s own Alma Thomas rises to new heights in the art world
Forty years after her death, DC artist Alma Thomas is becoming a museum idol, one of a hyper-select group of artists around whom institutions are building their permanent collections.
Artwork by the trailblazing African-American…
Here are the four candidates challenging Eleanor Holmes Norton in November
Four candidates are challenging incumbent Eleanor Holmes Norton in the Nov. 6 midterm election as she seeks to continue her decades-long tenure as DC delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives. Early voting began Monday at One Judiciary…
jonetta rose barras: Undemocratic campaign finance reform in DC, Part 2
How bad is Ward 6 D.C. Council member Charles Allen’s omnibus campaign finance bill now making its way through the council? Let me count the ways.
There’s the previously discussed discriminatory prohibition on contributions to political…
Washingtonian: Meet the DC Couple Who Manage 60 Airbnb Listings
Lara Hawketts and Alejandro Fuentes Gonzalez employ five people and a constellation of contractors. A bill before the DC Council, they say, would put their business in danger
WTOP: Tenants, DC council air criticism, demand action after senior housing fire
WASHINGTON — The owner and the management company of Arthur Capper Senior Apartments declined to attend a fact-finding hearing held Thursday by D.C. officials parsing city response to a fire that displaced some 160 residents last month.
Washington Post: D.C. candidate promised a plan for paid family leave. Now she says to wait until…
Dionne Reeder launched a bid for the D.C. Council more than a year ago with harsh criticism of a law on paid family and medical leave, winning support from Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) and the business community in what has become the most…
Washington Times: Metro leaders not on board with transportation council’s long-range plans
The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments’ “Visualize 2045” transportation plan has key proposals for Metrorail, but the transit agency’s leaders are not on board. Visualize 2045, also known as the “Long-Range Regional…
DCist: This Proposed Bike Lane Near Union Station Needs An Act Of Congress
D.C. is nearly ready to build a new connection in its protected bike lane network near the U.S. Capitol. But first, Congress needs to get out of the way. The planned facility along Louisiana Avenue and Constitution Avenue would connect…
WAMU: At D.C. Council’s Urging, Zoning Commission Says It Will Consider Allowing Home-Sharing
The D.C. Zoning Commission will consider making changes to the city’s zoning code next week to permit short-term rentals through home-sharing platforms like Airbnb and VRBO, a move prompted by a letter from the D.C. Council urging they do…
Washington Times: D.C. Council grills response teams on evacuation of senior home
The D.C. Council on Thursday grilled the city’s emergency response departments over the evacuation of a Southeast senior home during a three-alarm fire last month. One the home’s resident was left behind. Council member Charles Allen…
Washington Post: Daron Wint guilty of murder in 2015 D.C. quadruple killing
A Maryland man was found guilty Thursday of murdering three members of a wealthy Northwest Washington family and their housekeeper in 2015, brutal crimes that gripped the nation’s capital. The jury’s Thursday verdict in the case against…
City Paper: Jewel Stroman Sets Her Sights on Elected Office
Formerly homeless and a fierce advocate for those who suffer the same, she's running for a Ward 7 ANC seat.
WTOP: Vespa-like scooters may join DC’s dockless program
If the vespa-like scooters — which comfortably seat two and are rented via app — come to D.C., they would be the latest addition to the District's evolving dockless bike and scooter pilot program.
City Paper: The D.C. Council Wants to Find Ways to Deal With Conflicts of Race and Religion
The D.C. Council is at a tipping point. In a time of elevated racial and economic tensions, councilmembers are searching for a constructive way forward. They’re looking to prepare for future conflicts. But they’re stumbling along the way.
Kathy Patterson on the Auditude blog: Multitasking at the Office of the D.C. Auditor
I would like to state unequivocally that the Office of the D.C. Auditor can walk and chew gum at the same time. I am compelled to make this statement by the drip-drip-drip of concerns from individuals in the District’s public education…
Washington Business Journal: Politics of craft: At Crafty Bastards, a healthy dose of activism
D.C.'s annual Crafty Bastards craft fair, entering its 15th year, may be more political than ever. Artists have always used their work as a form of expression, and, at times, protest, but Washington City Paper's long-running gathering of…