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Seventeen (and counting) Advisory Neighborhood Comissioners are pledging to give up their free parking passes, making them our latest Urbanist Heroes of the Week. Signees are urging the DC Council to prioritize making the city better for…

Congestion relief could be coming for Amtrak’s crowded concourse at Union Station, the second busiest train station in the nation.

Get ready for more dockless electric bikes and electric scooters in the District in 2019.

The defensive marketing of the D.C. school system by educators and city leaders can mask real problems that undercut the District’s public education system. One such issue involves the official who is the hub of every school’s wheel: the…

Images of overflowing garbage cans and litter around the National Mall are a federal government shutdown classic. But things aren’t nearly as bad as one might think from a handful of posts on social media showing trash pile-ups.

WASHINGTON — The arrest of two suspected drug dealers has led to the seizure of a cache of weapons, millions of dollars of heroin and a Maserati, District and federal officials announced Friday.

In October, Ford announced that it will begin testing self-driving vehicles on D.C. streets, offering urban planners, policymakers and residents a window into how mobility-on-demand autonomous vehicles can redefine transportation.

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) announced last year that the District would be the corporate testing ground for Ford’s driverless vehicles. Throughout our careers in highway and auto safety, we have strongly and successfully advocated for…

The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested two people in connection with a large seizure of illegal guns and drugs. Officers seized more than 88 pounds of heroin in the bust, making it the largest heroin seizure in D.C.-area history,…

U.S. House leadership has endorsed statehood for the District of Columbia, including in the first bill filed in the new Congress language that would provide D.C. with two senators and a representative, all with full voting rights.

If you’re passionate about food and considering opening a restaurant of your own, Dan Simons of Founding Farmers has just one word of advice: “Don’t.”

TGIF! Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is backing DC’s statehood bill, formally reintroduced yesterday to a Democratic-controlled U.S. House.

The 2019 St. Patrick's Day parade in D.C. has been canceled due to the rising cost of security.

The percentage of cash home sales in DC in 2018 remained consistent with previous years. 

Passengers on Washington, DC's Metrorail will be allowed to bring bicycles on board trains during rush hour starting next week.

The 115th Congress has officially been sworn in, and so far, the bill with the most co-sponsors is H.R. 51—the bill that would grant D.C. statehood. (D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton says she specifically reserved that number, because…

Events D.C.’s name will get some prominent placement in one of the oldest soccer tournaments in the world.

Owners can still face strict penalties for violating bylaws that prohibit short-term rentals.

If you speed and ignore other rules of the road in the District — and get caught — it’s going to cost you more starting today.

Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser implemented a policy to protect city employees who are victims or survivors of domestic abuse, stalking and sexual assault. It took effect on Jan. 1.