Breakfast links: Stereotypes
“Gentrifiers” aren’t all white
A new report identifies “gentrifying” neighborhoods based on trends in property values. New residents are more affluent and often younger, but in several neighborhoods, they’re same race as longtime residents. (WBJ)
Bad apples lead to viral videos
If you’re biking (or driving or walking), don’t be a jerk. At the DC Bike Party, a few people rode unsafely and almost hit many pedestrians. One of them got hit by a taxi while running a red light. (DCist)
Simmons: Roads not rights
Deborah Simmons thinks DC shouldn’t spend $1 million to promote statehood until it spends billions on new road infrastructure that would speed up the commute for some people from Maryland. (Wash. Times)
Primary will stay a joke
Muriel Bowser, David Catania, and Mary Cheh aren’t willing to move the 2014 primary later than April 1. That date keeps the voting out of budget season, but could mean 9-month lame ducks if someone loses a reelection bid. (Post)
Food trucks get compromise
The DC Council may have reached a compromise on food truck regulations, which would still create defined vending zones, but let trucks operate more freely near the zones, and along narrower sidewalks. (WBJ)
Bag fee just for food?
Montgomery County may exempt non-food stores from the 5¢ bag fee (similar to what DC already does). That would exclude 89% of retailers and cut revenues from the fee by about 38%. (WBJ)
Chevy Chase Lake gets changes
Nancy Floreen and George Leventhal relax rigid congestion-based rules for development at Chevy Chase Lake, though in a nod to resident opposition, they also lower some allowable building heights. (WAMU)
Make the MBT safer
Residents along the Metropolitan Branch Trail (and Tommy Wells and Kenyan McDuffie) walk the trail together to raise awareness of safety issues and encourage people to keep using the trail. (Post)
Talk bike lanes, safe streets
There’s a public meeting about Florida Avenue NE Wednesday night at Gallaudet (WashCycle) … ANC 3D will talk New Mexico Avenue bike lanes on Monday, June 24. (Ward3DC)
And…
DC students couldn’t use their transit passes Monday. (Post) … Bethesda condos may include an art incubator. (BethesdaNow) … An old Kozmo.com logo reappears in demolition. (DCist) … There’s a streetcar crossing sign in DC. (BeyondDC)