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If you can’t read Greater Greater Washington every day, you’ll still be able to catch all our posts at a glance with Greater Greater Week in Review.

Featured posts:

WMATA considering policies for shorter station names: Metro might take a harder line against sprawling station names like U Street/African-Amer Civil War Memorial/Cardozo in the future, under a policy WMATA’s Board will discuss on Thursday.

Bikeshare intensity maps can inform expansion choices: Tomorrow evening, DDOT is holding their public meeting on Capital Bikeshare expansion. Where should new stations go? Maps showing the current usage patterns can help us think about how to expand the system.

Capitol Hill community rallies for Ward 6 unity: Today the DC Council’s Subcommittee on Redistricting releases their much-anticipated proposal for new boundaries for the eight existing city wards. Yesterday, community members from around Ward 6 (as we know it) came together for a Rally to Keep Capitol Hill Together.

Montgomery no longer a homogenous suburb: Two weeks ago, former Montgomery County Councilmember Rose Crenca was quoted by the Examiner as saying that people who don’t want to live in a suburb should leave the county.

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“Assaulting a police officer” may not mean what you think: Recently, a horrifying video surfaced of Metro Transit Police slamming a man in a wheelchair to the ground where he began bleeding from the head. WMATA said the man fell out of his wheelchair while “resisting arrest” and was “arrested for assault on a police officer.”

Map contest winners, part 1: The clean, contemporary design: 1,304 people voted in our map contest, and our jury has made their choices. Thanks so much to all 17 people who submitted maps, everyone who voted, and to all of our jury members.

Transitways can run on top of grass: Transitways don’t have to be ugly. They don’t even have to be paved. There are many examples around the world of grass-track transitways for light rail or BRT, and a lot of local interest in using them here.

Map contest winners, part 2: Familiar clarity and simplicity: Most of the maps in our map contest reimagined the Metro map in diverse and interesting ways. One of the maps took the opposite tack, changing as little as possible.

Station expansion and “reverse rider rewards” could address Capital Bikeshare capacity needs: Capital Bikeshare has been so successful, bikes or open docks are getting harder to find at popular stations. But a large round of expansion, discussed at a public meeting last night, and a new “reverse rider rewards” program may soon help keep the system in balance.

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Matt Johnson has lived in the Washington area since 2007. He has a Master’s in Planning from the University of Maryland and a BS in Public Policy from Georgia Tech. He lives in Dupont Circle. He’s a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners, and is an employee of the Montgomery County Department of Transportation. His views are his own and do not represent those of his employer.