(Bloomberg) -- Two years after Starbucks closed its doors at Union Station in Washington, DC, citing concerns about public safety, the company is plotting its return to the city’s transit hub.

making public spaces safer by design. While leaders are celebrating progress, they caution there is still work to do. “It’s very promising, the turnaround of Union Station,” Short said.

Demonstrators gather around the Columbus Memorial Fountain at Union Station, draping a statue with a Palestinian flag, during a protest on the day Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress ...