Infill Diaries Archives

A Streetcar And Desire

A Streetcar and Desire Late last fall, Arlington, Virginia—the second largest city in the Washington, DC metropolitan area—cancelled plans that had been underway since 2006 to build a streetcar system. “I’m so glad we didn’t do what Virginia did,” muses Anwar...

In The Zone: Lessons in Inclusionary Zoning from Washington, DC

Infill Diaries, Regulation

In the Zone: Lessons in Inclusionary Zoning from Washington, DC Already brimming with museums and monuments, these days Washington DC is filling up with another kind of amenity: people. Sitting at nearly 660,000 residents, the District has experienced a population...

No Pain, All Gain: The Case for Plain Language in Municipal Regulation

Communication, Infill Diaries

No Pain, All Gain: The Case for Plain Language in Municipal Regulation It’s late in the afternoon on Friday; the office is quiet. Suddenly the phone rings. There’s a resident on the line—she’s planning to build a shed in her backyard and wants to know where to...