Breakfast links: Lots of drivers don’t stop for school buses
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In a single day, 3,812 drivers did not stop for Maryland school buses
The annual statewide survey held on a single day counts the number of drivers who illegally drove around school buses while stop arms were out. The number is up from the 3,384 recorded instances in last year's survey, but down from a high of 7,011 instances in 2011. (Mike Murillo / WTOP)
DC is considering ‘No Right Turn on Red’ rules for drivers
As part of the Vision Zero plan, DC officials are exploring a ban on right turns in the downtoan area, with potential to expand the ban to school zones and high-accident intersections. District bicycle advocates are cheering the move. (Adam Tuss and Mark Segraves / NBC4)
A class-action lawsuit accuses e-scooter companies of ‘gross negligence’
Filed in California, the lawsuit names the electric-scooter companies Bird and Lime and cites injuries both to riders and bystanders. Two riders have died on e-scooters, including one killed by a driver in DC this summer. (Alissa Walker / Curbed)
A DC Metrobus garage is in danger of partial collapse
Metro will sign a lease to begin storing 20 articulated buses overnight at the old Walter Reed site in the interim. The 110-year-old Northern Bus Division garage on 14th and Buchanan streets will eventually be rebuilt. (Max Smith / WTOP)
A Rockville man hit by a driver on Thursday died from his injuries
A pedestrian hit by a driver in Rockville on Thursday died of his injuries. The crash at Frederick Avenue at Hungerford Road is still under investigation. (Martin Weil / Post)
Arlington County approves a redevelopment project in Crystal City
The 15-acre mixed-use redevelopment will add in an Alamo Drafthouse Cinema and a grocery story to Crystal Drive. The project retains office space despite a 20% office vacancy rate in Crystal City, which is in the running for Amazon's HQ2. (Michael Neibauer / WBJ)
An area congressional delegation opposes dissolving the Riders’ Advisory Council
The Metro Board will vote Thursday on the future of the Riders' Advisory Council. The Washington region congressional delegation opposes dissolving it, as do officials from Prince George's and Montgomery counties. (Faiz Siddiqui / Post)
Prince George’s voices concerns about DC-to-Baltimore maglev rail route
The developer of the $12 billion high-speed train project responded to a four-page letter sent by county officials that raises concerns about routing, tunnels, and the lack of a station in Prince George's, among other issues. (Robert J. Terry / WBJ)
West Virginia is exploring ways to preserve MARC service to DC
Local governments in the Eastern Panhandle are struggling to find revenue sources to support continued commuter rail service from MARC. The MARC Brunswick Line currently runs from Martinsburg through Maryland to Union Station in DC. (Mike Lewis / Herald-Mail)
Can Milwaukee create 10,000 affordable housing “opportunities”?
In rapidly gentrifying Milwaukee, the city plans to coordinate tax-increment financing and low-income housing tax credits with 24 different city programs for land, tax rebates, and repair grants to create or preserve affordable housing. (Susan Nusser / Citylab)
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