Dan Malouff

Dan Malouff is a transportation planner for Arlington, a professor at George Washington University, and a longtime urbanist writer under the handle BeyondDC. Dan has a degree in urban planning from the University of Colorado and lives in Trinidad, DC.

Washington DC

How DC’s Mayor and Council Chair Thwarted Every Effort to Better Its Streetcar

There are two reasons why D.C. doesn't have the streetcar system it was promised — and their names are Mayor Muriel Bowser and DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson, one urbanist argues.

Dan Malouff

March 26, 2026