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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.

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Metro will shorten station names using subtitles: It will still take some time to fix the escalators, but Metro has found a solution to another smaller perennial annoyance for riders: unwieldy station names. They are adopting a suggestion that came out of our map contest, to break up long names into primary titles and subtitles.

How much federal money does DC actually get?: Opponents of DC budget autonomy often cite Congressional funding for the city’s budget as justification of federal meddling in DC affairs. But it turns out several states rely on federal largesse even more than the District.

Where could DC create a pedestrian mall?: On a recent trip to Charlottesville, I had a chance to enjoy its pedestrian mall. Initially it looks as if it could have been an organic, original part of the downtown, but it was constructed fairly recently, in 1976.

GGW debates: Build Metro above or below ground at Dulles?: On Wednesday, DC Mayor Vince Gray became the latest public figure to enter the fray over the proposed Metro stop at Dulles Airport. Today, our contributors are weighing in.

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On 4th, federal officials forget bikes are transportation, too: Bicycling is sometimes a recreational activity, but for many people it’s an integral means of transportation. Federal officials securing the Mall for yesterday’s festivities forgot that, keeping roadways open for cars to traverse but blocking all safe routes for bikers in the area.

Mobility, and livability, is about more than roads and cars: The US Department of Transportation has announced a third round of its TIGER grant program. Critics of TIGER, like CEI’s Marc Scribner, are again bashing the program, this time because it focuses on “livability” instead of exclusively pushing driving.

Lucky riders can add value to their SmarTrips online: WMATA is rolling out the latest upgrade to the SmarTrip website, letting riders add money or passes to their cards online instead of having to go to the vending machines in stations.

Project Aura: a gorgeous take on bicycle lighting: Ethan Frier and Jonathan Ota, two industrial design students at Carnegie Mellon University, noticed a problem with night time bicycle safety. Specifically, how do you ensure side visibility when your lights are angled forward and back? Their solution is both unique and beautiful.

A brief history of Metrorail fare collection: WMATA has embarked on an ambitious program to revolutionize the way it collects fares from riders, allowing them to use a credit or debit card to pay their fare directly. This will increase convenience for riders, and lower the agency’s costs for fare collection. But many riders wonder why they have not seen more changes in fare collection, and sooner.

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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.