Breakfast Links: Taller buildings in Bethesda
Downtown Bethesda. Image by Bethesda Beat Staff licensed under Creative Commons.
Bethesda is growing up. Literally.
The average building along Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda may be significantly taller in 2035. In the county council's new long-range plan, developers could build taller buildings in exchange for also building green space. (Post)
Yearbook awards, for DC housing and development
Nothing was more surprising than a court pressing pause on development at McMillan, but in naming the strangest historic preservation case, it's a tie between Adams Morgan's SunTrust Plaza and Dupont Circle's Sunoco gas station. These, and more, are part of the City Paper's 2016 Housing and Development Superlatives. (City Paper)
Feds find more risk for Metro derailment
Federal inspectors found more aging rail ties on Metro's Orange Line, deeming some to be entirely “non-supportive.” Rail ties hold the tracks in lines, and degraded ties likely caused a July derailment near East Falls Church. (Post)
Evaluating Obama’s urbanist legacy
Urbanists had high hopes for President Obama. According to one expert, the president deserves praise for his work on fair housing, transit-oriented development, and homelessness, but criticism for funding a number of planning efforts but not actual implementation. (CityLab)
One of those “too good to be true” situations…
Although we still don't know Donald Trump's specific plan for infrastructure development, there's reason to think he'll move to privatize quite a bit. Removing infrastructure projects from the public realm is hugely risky. (American Prospect)
NYC driver makes it through 240 green lights in a row
If you're looking for some post-holiday travel catharsis, this video of a New York City cab driver sailing through 240 consecutive green lights in Manhattan could do the trick. (Gothamist)
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