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Jan 06, 2016

Keep Up With Affordable Housing, Employment, And Other Stats On New D.C. Site

“It’s a response to a lot of residents who ask these questions,” says DMPED spokesman Joaquin McPeek, particularly citing residents’ who want to know what is being done about the affordable housing crisis.

Feb 03, 2015

D.C. Ranked Best City in America For Ride-Hailing Service Drivers

Because there are a lot of cloudy days and millennials with disposable income.

Jan 29, 2013

Fun Facts From D.C.’s Annual Financial Report

Find out how much garbage the city hauled away, how many potholes it filled, how many books are in the library system, and much more.

Jan 09, 2013

D.C Residents Watch Way More Porn Than Anyone Else

According to statistics released by Pornhub.com, a video library of carnal features, D.C. residents led the nation in the number of pornographic videos watched per capita.

Dec 07, 2012

Peak-Hour Cycling in D.C. Increased 175% Over Eight Years

Peak-hour cycling has grown by close to 200 percent over the last two years, according to the D.C. Department of Transportation.

Oct 12, 2012

Thefts of Electronic Devices Increases on Metro

Crime on Metro doesn’t happen often, but snatch-and-grab thefts of electronic devices is up.

Sep 06, 2012

Two Wheels, First Place: Capital Bikeshare Outpaces Other Bike-Sharing Systems

In terms of bike-sharing networks across the country, Capital Bikeshare is beating all possible competitors.

Feb 27, 2012

Lanier Fights Back on Claims That She’s Juking the Stats

Last week’s news that D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier was juking the stats on the city’s homicide clearance rate by including years-old cases may have seemed like a ding in her otherwise strong armor, but she chose to fight back over the weekend and won herself a partial victory when the Post published a lengthy clarification to its story.

Feb 07, 2012

Where Poverty Lived Then and Where it Lives Today

A new report from the Urban Institute says that while the D.C. area weathered the late-2000s recession “relatively well,” the region still endures a stubbornly high unemployment rate and a poverty rate of about 8 percent.

Nov 21, 2011

Despite Drop, Homicides Hit Century Mark; Other Crimes On Rise

So far in 2011, there have been 100 homicides in the District. That’s 17 percent fewer killings than 2010. Of course, the number of murders alone don’t fully define broader crime trends in the District.

 
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