A streetcar is coming to H Street Northeast late this year, but Austin Stubbs won’t be using it.
“There’s absolutely no reason to get on the bus or Metro,” Stubbs said.
Stubbs, 27, shapes his life and livelihood around the bicycle.
The area around H Street is flat, and bike lanes plentiful, making the five-minute ride from Stubb’s home at 15th Street Northeast and East Capitol Street a breeze.
It’s new residents like Stubbs who are behind some of the changes to the H Street Corridor.
“I think with these sexual assault education programs, what we can prevent is a scared girl lying under someone and trying to convince him what he’s doing is illegal.”
These words echoed through the megaphone and onto the American University quad as Nicole Wisler relived her experience as that scared girl.
D.C. bursts into pink clouds of petals once a year, thanks to Japan’s gift of 3,000 trees in 1912.
“Cherry blossoms are the symbol of Japan, so seeing them in full bloom in front of the Japanese embassy and downtown makes me feel incredibly proud,” said Japanese-American Ellie Yanagisawa, a sophomore at AU.
