Note: GGWash will be observing MLK Jr Day on Monday, January 19. There will be no Daily Newsletter that day.
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Our Deputy Executive Director sets the record straight about automated traffic cameras in the District. A GGWash community wish list for the next DC Mayor. Follow Dr. Wynne’s trips around the region. GGWash goes to TransportationCamp. Netflix is planning a new headquarters in downtown DC: what's the next plot point? The DC Office of Planning provides details on its proposed changes in Rock Creek West. How environmental issues affect housing instability. Join us for happy hours in DC and Riverdale, and offer your two cents on the future of Duke Street. Play GGWash Junctions #30, and volunteer to write the next one.
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What the Politico story got wrong about automated traffic enforcement, and what it got right
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by Caitlin Rogger (Deputy Executive Director) • January 9, 2026
USDOT, and a major outlet, are framing DC’s automated traffic enforcement program as a cash grab. The cameras are essential tools for keeping people safe on our streets from scofflaw drivers. But the revenues should go to Vision Zero as the Council intended, not DC’s general budget.
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DC will have a new mayor soon. What’s on our community’s wishlist?
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by Melanie Pincus (Associate Editor) • January 14, 2026
What housing, transportation, or land use policies do you want DC’s next mayor to pursue? Check out these ideas from some members of GGWash’s Discord, then do some brainstorming of your own.
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Transit Diary: A UDC professor’s trips around the region
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by Craig Wynne • January 12, 2026
Follow along Dr. Wynne’s trips around the region in his transit diary.
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GGWash goes to TransportationCamp
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by Kai Hall (DC Policy Manager), Dan Reed (Maryland Policy Director), Alex Baca (DC Policy Director), Tricia Chicka (Engagement Associate) • January 13, 2026
Over the weekend, several members of GGWash’s staff attended TransportationCamp DC 2026. Join us for some reflections.
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Rolling out the red carpet: What would DC’s embrace of Netflix headquarters downtown mean?
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by Dan Deutsch • January 15, 2026
Netflix has plans to set up shop downtown, just a few blocks away from other tech outposts (and the White House). If it comes to pass, the marriage of arts and economic development as official strategies might become more commonplace in the District.
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Explaining our proposed zoning changes in Rock Creek West
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by Anita Cozart (Editorial Board Alum) • January 15, 2026
The DC Office of Planning provides details on its proposed changes in the Rock Creek West planning area, which are back before the Zoning Commission in early 2026.
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Life in the extremes: How environmental inequity contributes to housing instability
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by Ranee Brady • January 14, 2026
Cold weather is one of several environmental factors that affects housing stability in DC. Lead and mold are also among the issues that can push residents out of their homes.
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Do Something #106: Here we go! Or…not?
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by Dan Reed (Maryland Policy Director), Alex Baca (DC Policy Director) • January 13, 2026
This week on Do Something: join us for happy hours in DC and Riverdale; read up on Moore Housing 3; offer your two cents on the future of Duke Street, and help us stay in touch with you.
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Play GGWash Junctions weekly word puzzle #30
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by BeyondDC • January 15, 2026
2026 feels real now. High time to try your luck with this week’s urbanist word puzzle!
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