Breakfast links: Back to work
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Photo by woodleywonderworks on Flickr.
NOquester
Though Snowquester didn’t amount to much in many areas, there are still some closings and delays. You should also make sure sidewalks are clear of any snow you did get. (DCist, WTOP)
Verizon Center gets its signs
DC has approved permits for two 23 by 45-foot digital signs to go on the Verizon Center. The signs should be up in the next few weeks. (Post)
Public (Parking) Storage?
Why don’t people who need storage units buy an old van, pay the RPP fee, and have perfectly legal storage on the street for $35 a year? All they’d have to do is move it periodically for street cleaning. (Extraordinary Observations)
MARC your schedules
MARC’s new schedule, which aims to reduce delays caused by running too close to Amtrak trains, leaves a gap of over an hour between trains going north of Baltimore on the Penn Line, upsetting some riders. (Examiner)
Can you trust VDOT?
The National Park Service is close to agreeing to allow the Outer Beltway along the edge of Manassas Battlefield in exchange for closing roads inside the park, but they’re nervous VDOT could renege and not close the roads after all. (Post)
Bids everywhere
The Georgetown Heating Plant was auctioned off for $19.5 million. … The GSA received 35 bids in relation to the FBI Headquarters move. (UrbanTurf, Post)
Bag fee: a history
Some AU students created an absolutely hilarious video about how DC devised its 5¢ bag fee to reduce trash (well, not really). (DCist)
And…
Bike advocates come to DC to ask Congress for more infrastructure. (WAMU) … The DC government will get all its power from wind. (DCist) … Bike crashes rise 26% from the previous year in Fairfax County, and police are working on mapping them. (FABB)