Lori Aratani
Lori Aratani
Reporter

Lori Aratani is a member of The Post’s Transportation and Development team where she writes about the places people work and live in D.C. and Montgomery County and how they go about getting there. Prior to that, she managed social networking for the paper’s largest news desk. Before joining the staff of The Washington Post, she was a reporter at the San Jose Mercury News, where she covered Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first gubenatorial campaign, the custody battle over Barry Bond’s history making home run ball, the 2004 presidential campaign and wildfires in the Western United States. Follow her on Twitter @loriara

Latest by Lori Aratani

D.C. gets high marks for access to parks

Ninety-six percent of D.C. residents live within a 10-minute walk of a park, according to a new national survey of the 40 largest cities in the United States by the Trust for Public Land.

Pr. Geo officials to hear Cafritz pitch for project

The council will meet on Friday — the fourth day of hearings on whether a mixed-use development with a Whole Foods should be built in the county.

Pr. Geo.’s Whole Foods: The debate continues into the night

Prince George’s County District Council today considered a proposal to build a mixed-use development with a Whole Foods Market but did not plan to vote.

Zoning debates bog down Pr. George’s development

Zoning debates bog down Pr. George’s development

An effort to build a development and a Whole Foods store in the county reveals how such proposals can get mired in a cycle of bureaucracy.