Breakfast links: Millennials are abandoning Metro in droves
Millennials make up the biggest drop-off in Metro ridership
Metro ridership has declined across all age groups, but is most prominent among millennials. According to a new survey from April 2016 to April 2018, customers under 30 took 21% fewer trips. The survey didn't identify what was driving the decline. (Faiz Siddiqui / Post)
Affordable housing, built for “grandfamilies”
One of DC's newest affordable housing complexes near Mount Vernon Square has 50 units set aside for families headed by grandparents who raise grandchildren. The number of households headed by grandparents has risen partly due to the opioid epidemic. (Natalie Delgadillo / DCist)
A snapshot of DC’s housing market, 10 years after the recession
In the decade since the Great Recession began, the number of active listings in the District has nearly halved while the average sale and listing prices of home has jumped 50% to about $560,000. (Nena Perry-Brown / UrbanTurf)
Fairfax has approved new transit-oriented development on the Silver Line
The RTC West expansion, a big transit-oriented project near the future Reston Town Center Metro Station on the Silver Line, has just been approved by Fairfax County. The project integrates exisiting office buildings and new homes and shops. (Fatimah Waseem / Reston Now)
What should become of Metro’s downtown headquarters?
Metro's Penn Quarter headquarters will be up for sale soon, and most want to see the old building demolished and replaced with something like an events space. Whoever acquires it would have to preserve some design elements specific to Metro, like air shafts and chillers. (Martine Powers / Post)
Elrich and Floreen lay out differing views on affordable housing
During a candidate forum for Montgomery Council Executive, Democrat Marc Elrich suggesting zoning for less density in some cases to create more affordable housing, while Independent Nancy Floreen contended that the housing supply needs to grow. (Jennifer Barrios / Post)
Press-averse Bezos says Trump should welcome accountability from reporters
At a meeting of the Economic Club of Washington, DC last week, featured speaker Jeff Bezos said that Trump should welcome the accountability the press provides. That's curious coming from a person who regularly refuses to talk to journalists. (Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian)
NIMBYs don’t like developers profiting off their neighborhood
NIMBYs oppose development not so much because they are worried about property values or congestion, but because they don't like seeing developers make a profit in their neighborhood, according to a new study. (Sarah Holder / Citylab)
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