Greater Greater Washington
WEBIn 2023, nearly two-thirds of Maryland’s over 10,000 DUI offenders were granted probation before judgment. (Jessica Kronzer / WTOP) Greater Greater Washington builds informed and civically engaged communities who believe in a growing and inclusive Washington region and speak up for livable communities for all.
Decode the interstates: What highway numbers actually mean
WEBSep 12, 2019 — Major two-digit interstates (the fives and zeros) have unique numbers; there’s only one highway named I-95, only one I-70, etceteras. But the smaller two-digiters can repeat as long as they’re far apart from each other. For example, there are separate I-76s in Pennsylvania and Colorado, and separate I-87s in New York and North Carolina.
The Area Median Income (AMI), explained – Greater Greater …
WEBSep 1, 2016 — In the Washington region, the AMI is $109,200 for a family of four. Because the metropolitan region includes some of the country’s wealthiest suburbs, this is among the highest AMIs in the country. The table below reports the median income for families of various sizes in our metropolitan region. Because family incomes differ by the number of ...
Gentrification is beneficial on average, studies say. That doesn’t …
WEBAug 6, 2019 — Nick Finio is the Associate Director of the National Center for Smart Growth at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he is also a PhD Candidate in Urban and Regional Planning. His dissertation is focused on gentrification in the DC area and elsewhere. At NCSG, he works on a variety of projects, including Purple Line advocacy and various regional planning projects.
MARC’s new study explores how to boost Brunswick Line service
WEBMay 9, 2023 — In frustration, and in response to the 2019 Cornerstone Plan’s rough roadmap to improve service on all lines, the 2022 Maryland General Assembly forced through a request to MARC to nail down the specifics on Brunswick Line expansion, over then-Governor Larry Hogan’s veto. This draft technical report is the result.
2020 census numbers show where our region is growing and …
WEBAug 18, 2021 — Overall numbers show growth and an increase in diversity. The 2020 census found that the population of the Washington region (that is, the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area) grew by 726,000 people to a total of 6.4 million residents—larger than the population of …
Why vacant homes won’t solve our housing shortage
WEBJul 31, 2019 — Abandoned houses and tumbleweed in Marktown, a neighborhood in East Chicago, Indiana. Image by the author. One frequently-heard retort to any call to allow more housing construction is a single statistic: There are 17 million vacant houses, more than 30 for every American experiencing homelessness during the 2018 Point-In-Time survey. While those vacant houses do exist, they exist for ...
How segregation shaped DC’s northernmost ward
WEBSep 14, 2017 — Prologue DC ’s online public history project “ Mapping Segregation in Washington DC ” is documenting the historic extent of racially restrictive deed covenants that kept much of the city off-limits to African Americans during the first half of the 20th century. Its latest installment focuses on the city’s northernmost ward.
Metro wants to connect Farragut North and West with a tunnel
WEBOct 1, 2015 — Since 2004, Metro has been planning to build an underground connection between Farragut North and Farragut West. The two busy downtown stations are only 400 feet apart, and a connection could provide an attractive alternative to Metro Center, currently the only transfer point between the Red and Blue/Orange/Silver lines.
Why pedestrian deaths in the US hit a record high in 2021
WEBJun 2, 2022 — This article was first published in Streetsblog. Pedestrian death rates climbed to a 40-year high in 2021, but experts say the factors driving the national traffic violence crisis emerged far earlier — and that policymakers urgently need to confront them. A staggering 7,485 pedestrians died on US roads last year according to new estimates ...