Breakfast links: Technology in your life
Uber drivers aren’t color blind?
Waits for an Uber are shorter in whiter areas of DC, even when accounting for income. Whiter areas also see more surge pricing (and higher prices), which pushes more cars there and shortens wait times. (Post)
This week in apps
A new app, Walkonomics, helps you find the “happiest” walking route around DC, with the most trees and parks. … Traze, billed as “Waze for Metro riders, shares rider reports of Metro delays and breakdowns. (Technical.ly, KC)
Next stop, Smart City, VA?
Microsoft is investing in a planned development near the future Ashburn Metro station. It will supposedly be a “smart city” with modern technology imbuing every system (though details are sketchy). (WBJ)
Rosslyn superblock no more
Development could turn a 7.65 acre Rosslyn superblock into a dense, walkable neighborhood. The just-approved plan will add 2.5 million square feet of offices, housing, retail, and public space across 3 blocks. (NBC4)
Big little steps for Metro
Metro will feature decals on platforms showing where 6-car trains will stop, and brighter, more colorful uniforms for police to be more visible as they patrol platforms and trains. (DCist, Post)
Driver kills Bikeshare station
An allegedly drunk driver injured two people as he crashed into a Capital Bikeshare station near Benning Road Metro, destroying the docks and 20 bikes. (WUSA9)
That local touch
The first 20 restaurants at the Wharf (by Waterfront Metro, scheduled to open in 2017) are all locally-owned establishments or feature new concepts from chefs with local roots. (Post)
And…
Pepco/Exelon’s latest merger deal proposal is going nowhere. (Wash. Times) … Why every single train at Grand Central leaves one minute late. (Atlantic) … Transit fans hope to preserve some of Metro’s retiring 1000 series railcars. (OTP) (Tip: KC)