The holiday season is typically a time of joy, celebration, gatherings with friends and family, and often travel.  Amid the excitement (or stress, depending on your holiday spirit), it is crucial to address a matter that is often overlooked: hotel safety. Hotels, motels, inns, bed and breakfasts, airbnbs, and the like, all serve as temporary… Continue reading

It’s hard to spend a nice day on the National Mall without a “near-miss” collision with an e-bike or e-scooter.  As someone who enjoys running or walking on the Mall, I have had this experience many times in the past couple of years as e-bikes and e-scooters have flooded the capital. E-bikes and e-scooters have… Continue reading

“We’ll just Uber.” Easily said, when my Citymapper app suggests that there is no efficient Metro route to my destination, or I know I may consume alcohol at an event.  When I talk to those who were in college or their 20s before ridesharing, I feel fortunate ridesharing arrived on the scene just as I… Continue reading

Riding the Metro is a commonplace — if not dull — experience for those of us who live or work in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.  The metro system affords riders the small pleasures of reading, catching up on social media, or simply daydreaming while traveling, all while avoiding the frustration of traffic on the… Continue reading