Here’s your roundup of this week’s must-read posts: How Crystal City came back from an “office apocalypse”; The future of Union Station; Do Something to support housing expansion in Maryland; Are you ready for the Washington Region’s ridership challenge?; A recap of DC’s performance oversight hearings; Plus, how understanding car culture “denialism” can actually help us fight it.

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Take note, downtowns: Crystal City suffered its office apocalypse and came out better
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by Dan Malouff (Editorial Board) • March 4, 2024

Cities have a long track record of re-inventing their downtowns when the need arises. As DC leaders consider the future of downtown, they need only look as far as Crystal City for inspiration.
The future of Union Station includes new destinations
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by Dave Murphy (Contributor) • March 5, 2024

Amtrak just announced more DC-NYC services. But let's think even bigger: by the time the massive redevelopment of Union Station has finished, DC could be connected to scores of new destinations across the country. Thank a series of federal grants to study 69 corridors for passenger rail, plus a slew of new commuter connections across the Washington region.
Do Something: The week of March 4, 2024
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by Alex Baca (DC Policy Director), Dan Reed (Regional Policy Director) • March 7, 2024

This week on Do Something: historic preservation in Chevy Chase; budget season in DC; Montgomery County ditches parking minimums; and the 2000s are back (in a bad way).
Washington region employers will compete on transit ridership this spring. Is yours on board?
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by H.G. Chissell (Guest Contributor) • March 7, 2024

Transit can be a three-pointer for sustainability, opportunity, and regional mobility. Ride for the Region is a new challenge themed along the lines of a certain March basketball tournament, to get regional employers competing on staff transit ridership.
Here’s what GGWash asked the DC Council to pay attention to during performance oversight hearings
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by Caitlin Rogger (Deputy Executive Director), Alex Baca (DC Policy Director), Kai Hall (Policy Officer) • March 6, 2024

At annual performance oversight hearings, DC Councilmembers probe agency leaders about how effectively their agencies performed in the previous year. Individual and organizational witnesses are invited to submit testimony too. Here’s what GGWash staff said.
Understanding car culture ‘denialism’ can help safety advocates respond
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by Alex Morano (Streetsblog) • March 8, 2024

Opponents of change sow confusion with fake experts, logical fallacies, impossible expectations (moving goalposts), conspiracy theories, and selectivity (cherry picking). We can fight back.




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