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.
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.
Greater Greater Washington
WEBA work group of community organizations and public agencies formed to identify resources to help each family stay housed. About 10 households will now be allowed to stay at the Enclave, while the path ahead for remaining households is not yet clear. (Elia Griffin / MoCo360) More links after the jump ». Greater Greater Washington builds ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Faircloth Amendment, explained – Greater Greater Washington
WEBFeb 15, 2021 · Last summer, the House of Representatives passed the Moving Forward Act, a $1.5 trillion plan to upgrade the national infrastructure and combat climate change by reducing demand for fossil fuels. The bill incorporated a handful of amendments related to housing and homelessness offered by a group of Congressional Democrats. One of those amendments would have repealed the Faircloth Amendment, a ...
The Kingman Park Historic District is a little bigger now
WEBDec 10, 2020 · Rowhouses in Kingman Park by Farragutful licensed under Creative Commons.. Earlier this fall, DC’s Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB) approved an expansion of the Kingman Park Historic District, granting a victory to the applicants who were disappointed with the Board’s decision to reduce their desired boundaries in the initial designation process two years ago.
What if the new Metro map were to scale?
WEBSep 18, 2013 · Transit By Dan Malouff (Editorial Board) September 18, 2013 59. Graphic designer Peter Dovak has created a geographically accurate version of the new Metro map that WMATA released last week. Map by Peter Dovak. Peter’s map matches WMATA’s style as closely as possible, except it’s to scale. It …
All 119 US bikeshare systems, ranked by size
WEBJan 26, 2017 · The 119 nationwide systems together have about 4,800 stations. The largest networks by far are in New York, Chicago, and Washington. A second tier is led by Minneapolis, Boston, and Miami. Of the 20 largest urban areas, only Saint Louis and Detroit still lack bikesharing. Unfortunately, Seattle's Pronto will be the first major US bikeshare ...
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 …