Photo by Washington Area Bicyclist Association on Flickr.

Ditch the car tomorrow

Tomorrow is Car Free Day, where people pledge to “eliminate or reduce” car usage. People have more choices than ever before. How will you get around tomorrow? (WABA)  

More people for McMillan

Momentum is building for McMillan, with Kenyan McDuffie and Michael Brown supporting the plan. Aaron Wiener has some positive words for it too, showing he’s not going to skip having opinions. (Housing Complex)  

Reporter vs. bus

WTOP reporter Mark Segraves chased after a Metrobus driver who he says drove aggressively, made a lewd gesture, then refused to give her name. Metro placed the driver on leave pending an investigation. (WTOP)  

Wells on ethics

Tommy Wells will introduce more tough ethics reforms. He would end constituent service funds, prohibit councilmembers from holding other jobs, and ban contributions from corporations and lobbyists. (WAMU)  

Brown on campaign finance

Meanwhile, Michael Brown wants to publically finance DC elections following a model in New York City, where contributions up to $175 from local individuals get a 6 to 1 match with public dollars.  (WAMU)  

Fewer boards across the board

Mayor Gray wants to reduce the number of boards and commissions by more than 60 through elimination and consolidation.  Many of the boards have not been active in years or have vacancies. (Examiner)  

A bad MAP

The new federal transportation law, MAP-21, contains standards that add hundreds of miles of roads to the National Highway System and will force Portland and other cities to build local roads more like highways. (BikePortland)  

And…

A pilot program will provide CaBi memberships for the homeless. (Street Sense) … A CaBi infographic provides some astonishing figures. (WashCycle) … Colonial Parking gives a real-looking parking ticket for parking on the street instead of in their lot. (PoP) … NYC envisions an underground park. (New Yorker)