The best times to come are during April’s National Cherry Blossom Festival and the more temperate months (May, June & Sept). The nation’s capital puts on quite a display for its guests, and, best of all, admission to all major attractions on the National Mall is always free; the most famous sites include the White House, memorials to four of the greatest presidents and the superb museums of the Smithsonian Institution. Between the Mall and the main spine of Pennsylvania Avenue – the route that connects Capitol Hill to the White House – the Neoclassical buildings of the Federal Triangle are home to agencies forming the hub of the national bureaucracy. In recent years, even the once-blighted area known as Old Downtown (north of the eastern side of the Mall), has had a dramatic uptick in visitors and nightlife around its Penn Quarter, centred around 7th and F streets. West of the White House, Foggy Bottom is another cornerstone of the federal bureaucracy.
Six weeks later, authorities have given few details of what happened in Bethesda By Dan Schere |
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A rider on a Red Line Metro train told a 911 dispatcher that a man shot by an FBI agent shot last month tried to fight the agent.
The shooting happened on Dec. 15 around 7 a.m., as the D.C.-bound train was approaching the Medical Center station in Bethesda.
The man who was shot was treated for his injuries at a hospital and released, authorities have said.
The FBI, Metro Transit police and the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office are investigating the shooting, but have said little about what happened. They have not identified the FBI agent or the man who was shot.
The Washington region’s population continues to grow, albeit a bit slower than in previous years. Montgomery County is no exception with more than 200,000 more residents expected to be added within the next 30 years.
We can draw insights on how we could grow from remote sensing data products, an often overlooked tool in planning. GGWash contributor Leah Brooks and her colleagues at George Washington University wrote about the National Land Cover Database (NLCD), a dataset generated from satellite imagery. It classifies land within 30-meter (100-foot) squares into one of 16 categories. Four of these categories describe development in terms of land use intensity, or how much of each square is covered by constructed, impervious surfaces instead of vegetation.