Breakfast links: New Metro reports show water leaks and other maintenance problems
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New Metro inspection reports find a variety of issues
Recent reports have highlighted continued problems for Metro, including concerns over water leaks, dark tunnels, tripping hazards, and problems with the repairs done after the MLK Jr. Day derailment on the Red Line. (Max Smith / WTOP)
Major Metro track work is planned for August
A number of projects will be slowing down Metro this August, including Farragut West and McPherson Square stations closing on the weekends of August 11 and 25. The Orange and Silver lines will single-track between McPherson Square and Smithsonian August 11-26. (Natalie Delgadillo / DCist)
OId Soldier’s Home’s past and future
Old Soldiers’ Home is a 272-acre retirement facility on the edge of Petworth where more than 340 veterans live. The site used to be a farm where vets worked in exchange for free housing, food and medical care. (Martin Austermuhle / WAMU)
DC has the greenest roofs of them all (in the US anyways)
A recent report placed DC first among North American cities for square footage of green roofs — and by a wide margin. DC sports over a million square feet of nature-friendly rooftops, with Newark, NJ coming in second at around 600,000. (Katie Pyzyk / Smart Cities Dive)
A new bike lane will better connect Courthouse and Rosslyn
A new protected bike lane intended to increase connectivity to the Custis Trail will be added to N. Veitch Street in Arlington this month. Future phases of the same project will extend an existing lane on N. Quinn Street. (Alex Koma / ARLnow)
Lyft offers $550 to Chicago residents to give up their car for a month
In an interesting experiment, Lyft is offering Chicago residents $550 worth of credits to give up their car for a month. The credits are split between multiple services, including bike-share, transit, and of course, Lyft car-pool rides. (Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge)
A major tax bill may indicate new era for Atlanta transit
A one-cent tax for transit is one major step closer to reality in historically anti-transit Gwinnett County outside Atlanta, Georgia. The taxes would help fund a major expansion that would link up with Atlanta's MARTA system. (Angie Schmitt / StreetsblogUSA)
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