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PUBLIC TRANSIT’S financial model is unworkable without a degree of crowding, but crowding in an age of pandemic is a risk factor for disease and death — and may remain that way for the foreseeable future. So how can transit networks such…

The city will need to see a longer decline in cases and increased contact tracing to safely reopen

D.C.-area restaurants are scrambling to come up with social distancing plans for when restrictions allow them to reopen.

Maria Elena Velasquez never cooked small.

With Washington, D.C.’s primary elections fast approaching, the voice of the District’s homeless population is at an even higher risk than usual of being left out at the voting booth, thanks to limitations brought on by closures related to…

Like nonprofit organizations throughout the country, at least seven LGBTQ supportive nonprofit groups in D.C. that provide services for area youth and adults say the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted their fundraising efforts while…

All 23 candidates running in D.C.’s June 2 Democratic primary for seats on the City Council and three congressional seats that showed up for the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club’s virtual endorsement forum on Monday night expressed strong…

A soon-to-be-proposed map amendment could more than triple the density of some missing middle housing near DC's Starburst Plaza.

D.C. charter schools received federal aid intended to keep nonprofits and small businesses afloat during the coronavirus outbreak, drawing criticism from public school advocates and others who say the money should be reserved for…

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said the District has been very methodical in how it’s approaching its reopening, and that it will continue to do so.

Metro continues to have serious problems in its rail operations control center, similar to those cited in the 2015 L’Enfant Plaza smoke incident, that if left unresolved “will continue to pose unacceptable risks for its customers,…

WMATA officials are predicting a grim road ahead for the transit system thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, according to new budget documents released Tuesday.

A proposal released Tuesday by House Democrats for another round of coronavirus funding would give the District $755 million the city was denied in earlier legislation and ensure the nation’s capital receives the same aid as states going…

Metro is suspending plans to extend night service hours, institute special weekend fares and discount bus-to-rail transfers this summer to reallocate funding toward keeping the transit system solvent and avoid layoffs or furloughs while…

For Andrew Dana, a co-owner of Timber Pizza and deli-bagelry Call Your Mother, it was only a matter of time before one of his dozens of employees got infected with COVID-19. Though Dana felt that his restaurants’ health and safety…