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JULIA GIGANTE FOR THE HOYA | GradGov drafted a proposal to request a subsidized metro pass system for full-time graduate students.

Metro Wrapped! WMATA Releases Personalized ‘Your 2023 Metro Report’

By Anna Lim January 25, 2024

In the spirit of the annual year-end Spotify Wrapped release, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) riders can now view their “Your 2023 Metro Report,” a colorful personalized summary...

Pilot GUTS Bus Service to Include New Capitol Loop

Pilot GUTS Bus Service to Include New Capitol Loop

By Jack Willis January 22, 2024

The Georgetown University Office of Transportation Management (OTM) announced a new Georgetown University Transportation Shuttles route in a Jan. 22 email. The new Capitol Campus Loop will stop at multiple...

D.C. Sees Skyrocketing Car-jackings

D.C. Sees Skyrocketing Car-jackings

By Karenna Warden September 1, 2023

Amidst skyrocketing car-jackings in Washington, D.C., city officials have announced efforts to crack down on car thefts. The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) arrested a group of five teens, age...

‘Save the Trestle’: GUSA Initiative to Restore Historic Bridge Near Campus 

‘Save the Trestle’: GUSA Initiative to Restore Historic Bridge Near Campus 

By Ranee Brady September 1, 2023

Georgetown University students and community advocates on the Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) representing the university have started an initiative to preserve and restore the historic Foundry...

Select Students to Receive $100 Metro Credit in New Transportation Pilot Program

Select Students to Receive $100 Metro Credit in New Transportation Pilot Program

By Adora Zheng September 9, 2022

Georgetown University plans to launch a transit program that will give randomly selected  students a $100 credit toward Washington, D.C. transit passes. Any full-time undergraduate or graduate...

Reduced Metro Services to Continue Through End of 2021, Inconvenience Students

Reduced Metro Services to Continue Through End of 2021, Inconvenience Students

By Eli Kales December 3, 2021

Metro delays will continue through the end of the year, causing transit disruptions for Georgetown University students. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) announced Nov. 22...

GUSA Proposes Metro Stipend for Qualifying Students

GUSA Proposes Metro Stipend for Qualifying Students

By Ingrid Matteini November 19, 2021

The Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) proposed a transportation stipend Nov. 8 that would allow qualifying students to receive a stipend for traveling on Metro buses and trains. Under...

EDITORIAL: Implement Metro U-Pass Program

EDITORIAL: Implement Metro U-Pass Program

By The Editorial Board May 7, 2021

Last week, 84% of the 1,247 students who voted in the most recent Georgetown University Student Association election passed the referendum on the Metro U-Pass Program, which would allow students to ride...

Proposed WMATA Bus Route Cancellations Spark Debate

Proposed WMATA Bus Route Cancellations Spark Debate

By Clara Grudberg February 14, 2020

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has announced a more detailed set of plans to merge and cancel bus routes that serve the Georgetown neighborhood, triggering backlash from students and...

SKIPSCOOTERS \ INSTAGRAM |  After leaving D.C. amid a series of battery fires, dockless scooter company Skip returned to Washington.

Skip Scooters Return to D.C. After Operations Suspended

By Harrison McBride September 6, 2019

Skip dockless scooters resumed regular operations in Washington, D.C., Arlington and Alexandria on Aug. 31 after a Skip warehouse fire led the District Department of Transportation to suspend the company’s...

EDITORIAL: Pilot Sunday GUTS Service

By Editorial Board April 26, 2019

When Georgetown University students have time on Sundays to explore Washington, D.C., the lack of Georgetown University Transportation Shuttles limits students’ ability to travel into the city. Students...

CARLO RATTI ASSOCIATION Italian Architect Carlo Ratti said at  an event that urban spaces will adapt to the ways technology changes human behavior.

Technology Reshapes Urban Spaces, Architect Says

By Amy Li December 3, 2018

Technology that reduces energy consumption and informs consumers about sustainable products should be used to make improvements to urban infrastructure, Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor...

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