Elected officials in Montgomery County have nothing to fear, least of all the peddlers of fear
Here is our round-up of this week's must-read posts.
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Carter Dougherty (Guest Contributor), Mike English (Guest Contributor) • January 30, 2023
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Recent elections showed that elected officials can win on pro-housing platforms. Don’t let this opportunity to shape the future go to waste.
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Brina Seidel (Guest Contributor) • January 31, 2023
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The District Department of Transportation announced a new way of handling requests for traffic safety interventions, an imperfect but meaningful step toward more equitable allocation of limited resources.
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Wyatt Gordon (Contributor) • February 1, 2023
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Richmond destroyed a Black neighborhood to build its Coliseum. Will the city’s redevelopment plans for the site include reparations to displaced families?
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David Edmondson (Contributor) • February 2, 2023
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It might be nice to have a Yuma Street or Taylor Street station. But as this visualization shows, an MTA-style local stop system might not be the best way to improve riders’ experience.
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Chelsea Allinger (Executive Director) • February 2, 2023
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Greater Greater Washington will endorse candidates in a handful of local races in Maryland and Virginia this year. Here’s how we’re planning to do that, and how you can help us expand our endorsements to even more places in the future.
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JOB POSTING
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Calling all freelancers! Are you a writer interested in exploring how decisions about land use, transportation, and housing shape the world we live in? GGWash is expanding paid writing opportunities for the GGWash publication. We are looking for pitches for explainers, features, historical pieces, and news articles about transportation, housing, land use, and sustainability in the Washington region.
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