Breakfast links: Go multimodal
Route 7 for all
VDOT’s designs to widen Route 7 include bicycle and pedestrian paths to access Tysons. Fairfax wants the new lane to be dedicated for buses and HOV as well. (The Tysons Corner)
Decking 66
Arlington County is looking into selling air rights over I-66 for development in Rosslyn and East Falls Church. (ArlNow)
Town of Chevy Chase: it’s on
The Town Council of Chevy Chase has voted to hire not 1 but 3 lobbying firms to fight the Purple Line. The price tag? $29,000 a month for up to a year. (BethesdaNow)
Meanwhile, a modest proposal
An ANC Commissioner in Chevy Chase DC has suggested a novel(?) solution for keeping sidewalks clear: hiring the homeless to do it. (City Paper)
Clearing the CCT
Five Montgomery County councilmembers have called on the county’s transportation department to develop a plan to keep the Capital Crescent Trail open year round, including snow clearing and winter maintenance. (TheWashCycle)
Pothole patrol
The winter weather has been hard on our asphalt, and it’s only going to get worse. Here’s a guide to reporting potholes to the relevant agencies. (Post)
A condo in a downward spiral
A 1967 condominium building in Temple Hills has fallen on hard times and may be condemned. Could condominium failures become a more widespread problem? (Post)
French railway reparations?
The State Department and French officials are talking about Holocaust reparations. A Maryland bill would block Keolis, a subsidiary of the state-owned French railway SNCF, from bidding on the Purple Line without compensating families of those it transported to death camps during WWII. (Post)
Post picks Bowser
The Washington Post endorses Muriel Bowser for mayor in the Democratic primary, calling her Fenty’s protegé. Will it matter? (City Paper)
And…
Today is Harriet Tregoning’s last day on the job as head of DC Office of Planning. (WAMU) … The production company behind ‘House of Cards’ says they’ll leave Maryland if they don’t get enough tax credits. (Post) … Renovations to DCA’s Terminal A will include a full-service spa and some fancy restaurants. (WBJ)