The developer of a Ward 4 condo building must fix dangerous construction flaws that cause the building to sway in the wind. The DC Court of Appeals upheld a Department of Buildings order affecting ...

Three Metrorail lines passing through the RFK campus make for good transit bones, but turning this site into a transit win will require meaningful investments still. Image by Caitlin Rogger used with ...

Montgomery County upzones transit-adjacent areas. DC traffic deaths are well below 2024 levels. Congressional Republicans threaten local traffic enforcement.

After a year of debate, the Montgomery County Council voted to open up single-family zoning, just a little bit, along major roads. It’s a great start, but just a start.

Greater Greater Washington writes about how people get around the Washington region, whether on Metro, buses, streetcars, driving, walking, biking, or any other method. One of the region’s strengths ...

The Purple Line light rail has been a long-anticipated addition to the Maryland public transit system. The 16-mile light rail will connect Montgomery County and Prince George’s County with stops ...

Although their study is far from completion, VDOT appears to have already decided to widen a key segment of I-495 from eight to twelve lanes, with privately controlled toll lanes. Share your thoughts ...

There’s a potentially powerful tool for building affordable housing in DC’s Housing Production Trust Fund, but the program’s structure and history make for major challenges to achieving its aims.

In the third installment of “Affordable Howsing”, a series on how affordable housing is built in DC, we delve into how several projects have ground to a halt recently thanks to the District’s crash ...

Newly-released research found that gentrification produces mostly positive effects for original lower-income residents, but that doesn’t mean there are no losers. Rather, neighborhood change is far ...

Have you ever wondered where your Metro stop ranks in terms of escalator length? Here are the 10 longest escalators in the system.

Stop me if you've heard this one before: “Developers in my city are only building luxury housing. They're not building anything that ordinary people can afford.” Here are five reasons you might see ...