Photo by Coast Guard on Flickr.

Coast Guard HQ opens

Will the new Coast Guard headquarters on the St. Elizabeths campus revitalize the surrounding neighborhoods of Anacostia and Congress Heights, or will workers isolate themselves? (City Paper)  

Tysons pop-up development

University students and business developers propose ideas for pop-up development, or temporary venues, surrounding new Silver Line stations in Tyson’s Corner while awaiting permanent retail to break ground. (Post)  

More Alexandria green space?

As Alexandria nears its goal of 100 acres more open space and considers a 22 acre sports complex at Hensley Park to replace open fields, leaders must make decisions on how much more green space the city needs.  (Patch)  

Rand Paul versus biking and walking

Ahead of the 2014 Senate transportation budget, GOP Senator Rand Paul wants to divert funding from the Transportation Alternatives program, which supports walking and biking, to bridge repair. (Streetsblog)  

Bike advocate in crash

Bike Maryland Advisor Tom Blanks was hit by a driver while cycling in Delaware. A postal worker found Blanks severely injured 35 feet away from where he was hit. Blanks was helicoptered to a local hospital. (Baltimore Sun)  

Trains are still safe…

Despite the recent high-profile rail disasters in Spain and Switzerland, train travel is one of the safest modes of transportation in Europe and the United States. (Atlantic Cities)  

But we can’t buy them here

The “Buy America” provision, which requires US-made materials for rail projects that get federal loans, killed the Las Vegas XpressWest high-speed rail and could be a roadblock for future rail projects. (Atlantic Cities)  

And…

The DC bike and pedestrian groups call for more enforcement cameras. (WAMU) … Montgomery County opens a new bike trail in preparation for CaBi’s arrival. (WAMU) … Can China stop illegal expansions to historically-protected dwellings? (NYT)