This week on Do Something: join us for happy hour in Riverdale; it’s time for oversight hearings; parks over pettiness in Montgomery County, again; and musical chairs in Virginia politics.

January is Mental Wellness Awareness Month. Chill out with this week’s urbanist word puzzle! Guest contributor!

Defense companies flex with ads in public spaces. Townhomes coming to site of Arlington duplex explosion. Brake problem fills Metrorail station with smoke.

Congressional Republicans are floating axing DC’s traffic camera program. Everyone, including MPD, would hate this.

Vegas-esque sphere proposed for National Harbor. Library site to be redeveloped in DC’s Chevy Chase. New Virginia Governor signs housing executive order.

Maggie Proctor is a graduate student at Yale School of the Environment, studying urban sustainability, climate resilience, and environmental justice. This past summer, Maggie worked in Baltimore with ...

Blue-green corridors combine waterways and greenery. They’d make Baltimore more environmentally resilient and enrich communities.

Cold weather is one of several environmental factors that affects housing stability in DC. Lead and mold are also among the ...

How the first urban public transportation system failed. Multimodal infrastructure induces demand, too. Urban development planned at former Toronto airport.

Transit Diaries is a series in which residents of Greater Washington track how they get around the region for a week, shedding light on what’s working well and not so well with our transportation ...

DC hires master planner for RFK campus. Residents talk road safety at Montgomery County town hall. Arlington home sales up in 2025.

Work progresses on Potomac River runoff tunnel. New entrance for Bethesda Metro station requires complicated work. Residential redevelopment plan stalls along Arlington’s Columbia Pike.