Photo by ~BostonBill~.

Bad Apple

Apple has removed the StationStops iPhone application from the App Store. The New York MTA is claiming copyright control over their schedule data, and trying to stop the application unless the developer pays them. In their cease and desist letter to Apple, they argue falsely that the app claims to be affiliated with the MTA. (StationStops)  

Bad planning

As a condition of development approval, a townhouse builder constructed a bus shelter on West Glebe Road in Alexandria. However, the bus doesn’t stop there.  (The Arlandrian)  

Bad anti-planning

Ryan Avent debates those libertarians who mysteriously argue that all centralized planning is evil big government, except for the centralized planning that spends billions on freeways or requires property owners to devote lots of space to parking or build small buildings on large lots. He also bristles at those who claim urbanists are trying to force everyone’s town to change into Manhattan; as I’ve argued before, the way new residents live and the way existing residents live needn’t be identical, or as Avent puts it, we’re talking about a “shift at the margin.”  

Bad candidate

A Georgia gubernatorial candidate wants to build a new freeway, parallel to an existing one, through Atlanta’s east side. It would demolish huge numbers of homes. But columnist Jim Galloway wonders if displacing some opposing voters is part of the point. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution via @T4America).  

Bad parker

Enforcement of disability parking spaces is generally lax. The police don’t habitually patrol shopping centers’ private lots. What to do? Illinois launched an online form, though it only drew 100 complaints in six weeks. (CommuterPageBlog)  

Good blogs

Yesterday, Marc Fisher (guest hosting for Kojo Nnamdi) interviewed three great Ward 8 bloggers, David Garber of And Now, Anacostia, Nikki Peele of Congress Heights on the Rise, and Susan Kennedy of Barry Farm Re(Mixed). (WAMU)  

Good slate

The reformers running for leadership positions in the Cleveland Park Citizens’ Association have created a Web site including their platform for reform and the slate of candidates. They want to make the organization much more open and communicate with people online as well as through in-person meetings, and support the Giant project. If you live inside the CPCA boundaries (generally Cathedral to Tilden, Rock Creek to Wisconsin) and aren’t a member, you can still join in time to vote if you mail the application today and they receive it tomorrow.