Breakfast links: Squeezed out
Photo by Aimee Custis on Flickr.
Market changes
Florida Avenue Market has given residents a place to go for interesting food and helped many merchants, but a lot of the wholesalers who have been there for a long time will be forced to move. Ideally they’d all move to the same spot, but there isn’t one right now. (Post)
Slow commute
Your commute really is slower. Metro is slowing down trains across the system to find and fix track problems. Metro ordered system-wide track inspections after the August derailment. (WAMU)
No rent control
Tenants in a Takoma Park apartment building could see their rent rise up to 70%. Montgomery County doesn’t have strong rent control, and rent could increase more as the Purple Line is built. (Post)
Die, die, die
In China and Taiwan, many drivers who hit a pedestrian then drive over them multiple times just to make sure they are dead. Laws around liability are to blame, and these drivers rarely face punishment. (Slate)
Safer for all
DC officials are looking at the most dangerous intersections. (WTOP) … Thousands of cyclists use the Capital Crescent Trail. (Bethesda Beat) … MARC doubled the number of trains
Write-in for mayor
Alexandria Mayor Bill Euille is running a write-in campaign in a bid for a fifth term. He announced support from former mayor and previous primary candidate Kerry Donley. (Post)
The voice
Metro’s best train operator has a booming voice that makes riders sit up and listen. Meet the man behind the voice. (NPR)
Sue the suburbs
Affordable housing activists are suing a suburb of San Francisco, after the community denied construction approval of 315 apartments, and instead directed developers to build 44 luxury single family homes. (Sue the Suburbs)
And…
Alexandria is pondering what to do with dozens of city streets linked to the Confederacy. (WBJ) … Check out this hand-drawn map of the area around Dupont Circle by Alexander Graham Bell. (Ghosts of DC) … Takoma Park now has a yard sign opposing yard signs. (Post)