UPDATE: We’ve now gotten word from intrepid boy reporter Kriston Capps that the D.C. Council’s Committee on Education, Libraries and Recreation voted to table Bill 16-734, in a motion brought by At-Large Councilmember Carol Schwartz, which carried 3 to 2 with Marion Barry, Schwartz and surprise vote Vincent Gray against Kathy Patterson and Phil Mendelson. What does this mean for the future of Williams’ library plan? Hard to say. Tabling a bill is usually a…

At a Bike to Work Day rally on Freedom Plaza this morning, the District Department of Transportation’s Acting Director Michelle Pourciau announced the launching of a new website that would pool resources and information for area commuters. Working with the Downtown D.C. Business Improvement District, DDOT today officially introduced goDCgo.com, a site that will include information on parking, transit, bicycling, carsharing, road closures and more, all pooled from existing websites. According to a DDOT press…

Bigger retail could be coming to the District’s downtown area adding to the robust resurgence in shopping along some of the central city’s main corridors. With Seventh and H streets the new epicenter for downtown shopping (the newly opened Benetton, Urban Outfitters, Ann Taylor Loft, et al) and Hechts and H&M over toward Metro Center, the Post took a look at the status of the rebirth of downtown Washington’s shopping. Some critics might say that…