Posts by George Leventhal — Guest Contributor

George L. Leventhal writes from his home in Takoma Park, Maryland. He works in public health, philanthropy, and community development for Kaiser Permanente in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and northern Virginia. George served on the Montgomery County Council in Maryland from 2002 to 2018. He earned a PhD in Public Policy from the University of Maryland.

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  Massive monument to falsified Confederate history soon to leave Arlington

  Public SpacesHistoryBy George Leventhal (Guest Contributor) December 11, 2023

  Following a vigorous advocacy campaign by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, a historically-inaccurate Confederate monument to soldiers who fought against the United States has sat in Arlington Cemetery for over a century. Despite opposition, a 2021 law mandates its removal by January.  Keep reading…

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  Lessons from a South American Bus Rapid Transit system

  TransitBy George Leventhal (Guest Contributor) February 26, 2010 17

  Curitiba, a city of 1.8 million people, is the capital of the state of Paraná in Brazil.  In late December, I visited Curitiba at my own expense and was briefed on its Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, one of the world’s first and most highly-regarded.  Because Montgomery County is studying BRT as an option for its residents, I wanted to find out how it is working…  Keep reading…