Dec 20, 2024 · A grateful season for GGWash. Image by LaTur used with permission.. 2024 opened up so many new opportunities for Greater Greater Washington. As the year winds down, we’re taking a moment to thank our staff, board, and …

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.

Mar 27, 2024 · A training Metrobus at Farragut Square by Adam Fagen licensed under Creative Commons.. Editor’s note: We asked our supporters to submit any questions they had for Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 689, which represents transit workers in …

Dec 13, 2023 · Streetcar blocked on H Street NE by BeyondDC licensed under Creative Commons.. America is a car-centric country. Cars have long symbolized freedom and remain central to the classic, domineering image of the American dream. Though this dream has become harder and harder—if not impossible—to achieve, cars …

Dec 11, 2024 · Inside a Metrorail cab with automatic operational capacity. Image by WMATA. Earlier this month, WMATA wrapped up the final preparations ahead of the re-launch of Automatic Train Operation across the Metrorail system.

Mar 11, 2021 · Open Streets on Georgia Avenue in 2019. by Bekah Richards licensed under Creative Commons. This article was first published on March 11, 2021. Ahead of this Saturday’s Open Streets event along Georgia Avenue NW, we thought it would be great to share this piece with you again.. Georgia Avenue NW is the spine of DC: the 7th Street-Georgia Avenue corridor connects diverse neighborhoods with ...

Jan 15, 2025 · The sun also rises. Image by Dan McQuade used with permission.. The Washington region is great, but it can be greater. Let’s take the steely-eyed resolve that 2025 could, in spite of a variety of factors, be better in some concrete ways, and apply it to the region we call home.. Our team, and some of our contributors, put together our predictions for the year ahead, and things we’d like to ...

Oct 31, 2024 · Weekend construction to close five Orange Line stations. Metro announced that five stations along the Orange Line—Minnesota Avenue, Deanwood, Cheverly, Landover, and New Carrollton—will close from November 2 to November 3 for construction repairs, including cross-tie renewals, electrical upgrades, and vegetation removal.

Jan 8, 2025 · Gridlock on K St NW, Washington, DC. Image by Joe Flood used with permission.. This post is the third installment in a GGWash series, Why Traffic? The first can be found here and the second post here.. Traffic congestion was a $7.5 billion drag on the DC-Baltimore regional economy in 2022—roughly 1% of its economic output.* Under current US transportation policy, this sort of congestion is ...

Dec 25, 2024 · Screenshot of Google map of proposed districts created by the author. During the holidays while GGWash’s office is closed, we’re sharing our favorite posts from 2024: “Honestly, I love maps, and strongly dislike the cold way that we label everything in DC.This fun little project brings a human view of the hyper local districts in which we live, work and play.” —Tricia Chicka ...