Breakfast links: Where and how the people go
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People up, driving down
The region’s population has grown, but driving declined from 2005 to 2011, says a TPB report. Miles per person dropped 10% in outer suburbs and 5.6% in the core. (City Paper)
Baltimore wants to “poach” residents
With a new market, lower property taxes, new schools, and weekend MARC service, Baltimore hopes to attract more residents, including ones priced out of the Washington region. (WBJ)
Now white and black people lose rights
People are understandably worried about massive government violations of the Fourth Amendment. If you’re black in many cities, you’ve probably had your rights violated regularly for years by practices like New York’s “stop and frisk,” says Courtland Milloy. (Post)
Bases get smart (growth)
4 military bases are using Smart Growth principles of denser, mixed-use, walkable, and bikeable communities as part of a pilot project. (Streetsblog) … Will coming growth at Belvoir, Meade, and Andrews follow suit?
Metro intercoms sort-of-broken?
When some kids started to fight on a Red Line train people called the train operator who notified police, but the riders couldn’t tell if they had reached the operator at all. (DCist)
Is it gentrification?
That study of DC neighborhoods we discussed yesterday never called neighborhoods “gentrifying.” But Michael Neibauer still sees gentrification coming to areas like Anacostia and Deanwood. (City Paper, WBJ)
Congress Heights needs food options
Coming federal offices at Saint Elizabeths won’t have a lot of food options on campus, to encourage people to interact with the community. But the neighborhood commercial strip will have to change quite a lot to accommodate these workers, or else only food trucks will meet their needs. (CHOTR) (Tip: h st ll)
Fighting continues at Manassas
The Park Service insists it won’t allow the Bi-County Parkway through Manassas Battlefield unless Routes 234 and 29 are closed. Growing numbers say the whole thing will just make east-west traffic worse. (WAMU)
And…
H Street might get a Whole Foods, but where exactly still isn’t clear. (City Paper) … Behind the Randall School, metal and glass. (WBJ) … Some Congressmen want to cut Amtrak, again. (WAMU) … A dump truck hit a pedestrian at 4th and Mass, NW. (DCist)