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WMATA's latest bus improvement program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FWIW, in the Purple Line series (" Setting the stage for the Purple Line light rail line to be an overwhelming success: Part 2 | proposed parallel improvements across the transit network ," 2017), I made a bunch of recommendations wrt bus service, although I'm glad some of the improvements will happen before 2028, when the Purple Line opens.

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Deloitte’s Smart Factory Believers Program empowers next-generation STEM learning at District of Columbia Public Schools with support from AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

million positions unfilled between 2018 and 2028—it is clear that there is a growing talent gap in critical STEM-focused areas. Schools selected for the program receive STEM robotics kits, a standards-based math and science curriculum developed by NMSI, and full-cycle teacher training and coaching. “As