Here's our roundup of this week's must-read posts: DC’s traffic safety policies have been broken down in many ways, with unpaid fines only being the tip of the iceberg. Why 1617 U should be upzoned, and how you can tell the zoning commission you'd like to see it happen. The history of downtown DC Part 2: suburbanization, segregation, and an office building boom for a growing federal workforce. DC housing choice vouchers and rent control policies often work against each other. What Gov. Moore’s Red Line announcement tell us about the future of Baltimore’s major east-west transit project. With better urban design, it's possible for cities to be more kid-friendly. Walk-up windows are popping up across our region -- are they good urbanism?
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DC’s traffic-safety policies have broken down. Here’s how.
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by Ryan Calder (Guest Contributor) • June 21, 2023
As the number of people killed or injured by drivers has increased in DC, the breakdown in traffic safety enforcement extends far beyond what happens after a traffic camera captures someone engaged in an infraction.
1617 and U: How you can help the District can make the most of land it owns
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by Alex Baca (DC Policy Director) • June 23, 2023
What’s getting built at 1617 U St? Nobody knows! But upzoning it now means more homes later.
Segregation and the rise of the car shaped DC’s “new downtown”
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by DW Rowlands (Contributor) • June 22, 2023
In the mid-century, the District’s downtown began to shift north and west as suburbanization and other post war changes took hold.
Red Line redemption: What Governor Moore’s announcement means for Baltimore
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by Alex Holt (Contributor) • June 21, 2023
On June 15, Maryland Governor Wes Moore announced the resurrection of the Red Line transit project in Baltimore. While the news was a bit light on details, we can glean some of what’s likely to come.
DC’s housing voucher program undermines rent control, but it doesn’t have to
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by Carolyn Gallaher (Contributor) • June 22, 2023
Housing choice vouchers and rent control policies should reinforce each other. When one tool in the housing toolbox is used in such a way that undermines another, @C_OGallachoir writes, tenants lose.
Walk-up windows continue to be good urbanism
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by Dan Malouff (Editorial Board), Kristen Jeffers (Editorial Board Alum) • June 20, 2023
A decade ago, local urbanists were debating whether a macaron shop could successfully run a walk-up window. Now, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, walk-up windows have become fixtures in several popular pedestrian areas.
Five ways cities could be more kid-friendly
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by Barry Greene (Density Dad) • June 20, 2023
A Richmond-based dad details five ways in which cities could be better for families with little kids.
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