Breakfast links: Lyft may get into the bikesharing biz by buying CaBi’s company
Lyft is looking to buy the bikeshare company that runs CaBi
Lyft is reportedly going to buy Motivate, the company that runs Capital Bikeshare among other systems in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco. What will happen to CaBi's regular open data reports under a company like Lyft that doesn't like to share data? (Matt Bevilacqua / Bicycling , Paul Mackie / Mobility Lab)
Metro offers commemorative SmarTrip to the Caps
Metro offered Capitals winger TJ Oshie, who is now one of the rail system's best-known riders, his own commemmorative SmarTrip card design if the Caps can win the Stanley Cup. (Jennifer Ortiz / WTOP)
The Potomac River is flooding low-lying area in DC and Virginia
After all the wet weather, the Potomac River is higher than usual and spilling over its banks into the Georgetown Waterfront, Old Town Alexandria, Yards Park, and the Arlington Waterfront. (Angela Fritz / Post)
What are the best books for urbanist kids?
How do you teach kids about public transit, city life, and multi-modal transportation? Streetsblog collected a list of their favorite urbanist children's books. (Angie Schmitt / Streetsblog)
More water taxis are coming to the Potomac
Four new water taxis will hit the Potomac, but despite the name these boats hold 150 people and run a fixed route between riverfront areas in Virginia and Southwest DC. The All Star game at Nats Park, the new DC United Stadium, and attractions at the Wharf may mean more trips for them this summer. (Katie Arcieri / WBJ)
Too many Bethesda buildings want to have overhangs
So many of the plans for new buildings in downtown Bethesda have a second floor cantilever that the area's design panel is pushing back. The overhang is a popular way for buildings to recapture space while abiding by setbacks at ground level. (Bethany Rodgers / Bethesda Beat)
Two Red Line Metro stations are finally getting cooled down
Metro will install a temporary cooling tower in a northbound traffic lane on Connecticut Avenue and L Street NW to run the air chillers in Dupont Circle and Farragut North. While the traffic lane is closed, Metro will be repairing underground pipes to fix the chillers permanently. (Faiz Siddiqui / Post)
Arlington leaders aren’t worried about Amazon
The possiblity of HQ2 has Arlington County Board Chair Katie Cristol unperturbed, since the region already has to plan for growth with or without it. Professional reserachers point out that the impacts will be dictated by the actual plans for the still-hypothetical site. (Alex Koma / ARLnow)
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