 The Alexandria towers. H/t DCmud. |
- Despite the economy, all real estate development in the region has not ceased. A pair of approximately 20-story towers in Alexandria received design approval last week, and multiple proposals have been submitted to redevelop the old DC General Hospital site south of RFK Stadium.
- WMATA, which is facing serious cuts, spent $5 million on extra service for Inauguration Day. The agency will submit a request for reimbursement from Congress, but will they get it all back?
- The Virginia Legislature is considering its own Commonwealth-oriented economic recovery bill. It focuses on increased investment in educational infrastructure, tax credits and other incentives for businesses, and use of Virginia-based banks for investment by Virginia governmental entities.
- WTOP reports that the Purple Line could get stimulus money. The Post reports that it probably isn’t eligible for money under the House version of the stimulus, but could be under the Senate version. The most likely real answer is probably that Purple Line funding will depend on Maryland’s DOT, which in any event will get a lot of money under normal formula distributions, and should have some leeway regarding how it spends that money.
- In well DUH news, WTOP reports that transit use and walking increase in the more urban regional core, and decrease in the more suburban regional fringe. Snark aside, the Household Travel Survey put out by the Transportation Planning Board every few years is actually very helpful to planners, and results in much more extensive information than “people in the suburbs drive more than people in the city”. But don’t tell WTOP.
- The Post has an article about Chinatown’s non-Chinese character.
- Finally, to leave everyone with a good rage, as noted in the BDC twitter feed, Gristmill reports that the auto makers will use some of their bailout dollars to sue states over emissions standards.
- WMATA, which is facing serious cuts, spent $5 million on extra service for Inauguration Day. The agency will submit a request for reimbursement from Congress, but will they get it all back?
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