Links By Kristen Jeffers (Editorial Board Alum) August 11, 2022 15
Dulles Airport Metro station awaiting operations by Rob Pegoraro licensed under Creative Commons.
The plan released Wednesday by the Northern Virginia Transporation Authority includes projects across all transportation modes, totaling approximately $75 billion in capital costs across Northern Virginia, and adjacent areas of DC and Maryland. (Hannah Denham / Business Journal)
The Times spoke to District leaders and developers involved in planning as well as current and past residents of the neighborhoods nearby, documenting the history of the 11th Street Bridge Park process, the Anacostia neighborhood, the creation of the Douglass Community Land Trust, and other concerns as the park prepares to break ground. (Megan Kimble / New York Times)
Electric and hybrid vehicle drivers in Maryland high occupancy lanes must have the required number of passengers in the lanes starting on October 1. An exemption program, which had been in place since 2010, was not renewed during the recent Maryland General Assembly session. (Luz Lazo / Post)
Only 520 people have received an allotted 2,400 permanent supportive housing vouchers given out by District government agencies. Staffing across the government agencies and nonprofit partners is cited as the reason for the backup in administration. (Annemarie Cuccia / DCist. Tip: Chester B.)
WSSC Water, the agency that provides water for Prince George’s and Montgomery counties, is embroiled in a leadership challenge after water costs to customers and internal costs of providing water have risen over the past three years. Two board members have been asked to resign by the general manager after they refused to renew her contract due to cost concerns raised. (Post)
The warehouse, Community Forklift, was established in 2005 in a warehouse just across the District line owned by Washington Gas. It serves as a key point for recycling construction waste throughout the region but is struggling with other operating expenses in addition to rent and laid off staff last year. (Jacob Fenston / DCist)
The Alexandria Office of the Arts, Arlington Cultural Affairs Office, and ArtsFairfax have joined together to form the Northern Virginia Local Arts Agencies (NVLAA). The alliance, the first between these jurisdictional agencies, will launch this fall with a set of professional development workshops catered to artists working in and from Northern Virginia. (Elliot C. Williams / DCist)
The Capitol South interruption will last between station opening and 7 pm Saturday and Sunday. The Yellow line will operate between National Airport and Huntington. Red line trains will single track in select places due to crosstie renewal. The Orange line station platform repairs continue north of Stadium-Armory and the Green line is running with no delays every 12 minutes. (Aja Drain / DCist)
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Kristen Jeffers (she/they) is the creator of The Black Urbanist multimedia platform, which strives to bring a Black queer feminist perspective to the greater urbanist sphere through a weekly email newsletter and other media projects. She's held a variety of of communication and public affairs positions in additon to providing urbanist thought leadership over the last decade and a half. They are a native North Carolinian, and have lived in DC's Park View twice, once in Baltimore's Bolton Hill and Greenmout West and currently live in a two (Black and queer) urbanist, one car household in Oxon Hill-Glassmanor, Prince George's County, Maryland.
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