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Through the Metropolitan Washington Air Quality Committee, which is the entity certified by the mayor of Washington, D.C. and the governors of Maryland and Virginia to prepare an air-quality plan for the Washington metropolitan area under the federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, [10] officials prepare clean air plans. [11]
The original subway line was built in 1909 to link the Russell Senate Office Building to the Capitol. [1] In 1960, an operator-controlled monorail was installed for the Dirksen Senate Office Building. [2] A two-car subway line connecting the Rayburn House Office Building to the Capitol was built in 1965.
1751: Georgetown founded 1752 – February: First survey of Georgetown completed. [1]1784 – October 7: Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts motions “that buildings for the use of Congress be erected on the banks of the Delaware near Trenton, or of the Potomac, near Georgetown, provided a suitable district can be procured on one of the rivers as aforesaid, for a federal town”.
Washington Capitals and Wizards owner Ted Leonsis, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser and other officials celebrated the start of an $800 million downtown arena ...
The Washington Metro, often abbreviated as the Metro and formally the Metrorail, [4] is a rapid transit system serving the Washington metropolitan area of the United States. It is administered by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), which also operates the Metrobus service under the Metro name. [5]
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact; Long title: An Act to grant the consent of Congress for the States of Virginia and Maryland and the District of Columbia to amend the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact to establish an organization empowered to provide transit facilities in the National Capital Region and for other purposes and to enact said amendment ...
About 4 million trips are taken each weekday on the city's subway, where serious crime, predominantly thefts, declined for a second year in a row in 2024, down 5.4% from the previous year, the New ...
Fatal subway burning exposes New York City’s sad disconnect to humanity. Kirsten Fleming. December 23, 2024 at 6:58 PM. ... You can get TurboTax for 30% off on Amazon today. AOL.