A former Bookmobile wants to be a driver of internet engagement in Wards 5, 7, and 8.

As we know all too well, the District is a divided city. Those divisions exist even in the world of bits and bytes, unfortunately, with access to broadband services reaching 97 percent in Ward 3 while barely hitting the 40 percent mark in some communities east of the Anacostia River. Last week, the city started trying to do something about that.