Photo by D.V. Baxter on Flickr.

Seeing red on the Red Line

The most arduous SafeTrack surge began Saturday with a complete shutdown between Fort Totten and NoMa-Gallaudet stations and trains running at lower frequencies on the remainder of the Red Line. (WAMU)  

How to be a bus rider

Buses could be a great alternative for riders dealing with SafeTrack in the coming weeks.  If you make the switch, you’ll need to keep a few things in mind like making sure your SmarTrip card is loaded… and following basic bus etiquette. (Post)  

Union opts for re-training

Some of the leaders of the unions representing Metro workers are participating in a training course today to make sure they enforce the standard operating procedures necessary to keep workers safe. (WTOP)  

Mixed-use outcry madness

At the old Superfresh site, a proposed 230-unit mixed-used project (10% of the units will be set aside as affordable) is already under scrutiny from potential neighbors. Some AU Park residents say it’s too dense. (City Paper)  

MoCo’s land swap

A new campus for training Montgomery County police and fire department recruits is the crown jewel of the county’s Smart Growth Initiative, which calls for selling valuable county-owned land to developers and building new facilities on less expensive plots. (Bethesda Beat)  

Dog park drama

A group working to bring a dog park to northern Ward 4 is hopeful that a site near the Takoma Recreation Center will finally have DPR’s blessing, after the department denied the group’s initial site for a park. (Petworth News)  

Gentrification of the sausage

The half-smoke is a long-time staple of local DC cuisine. And just as the city has changed, so has the sausage, from the types of locations serving it to the way it’s prepared and the people consuming it. (CityLab)