Breakfast links: A gentrification exhibit may be coming to a library near you
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The Shaw Library is among the branches hosting the Anacostia Community Museum’s exhibit. by Payton Chung licensed under Creative Commons.
A neighborhood gentrification exhibit is coming to DC libraries
Six DC Public Library branches will host parts of the Anacostia Community Museum's main exhibition on gentrification while the museum undergoes renovation. “A Right to the City” explores neighborhood change through historical photographs, artifacts, and interviews. (Mikaela Lefrak / WAMU)
Metro’s new safety watchdog looks into a train sent down wrong tracks
The newly-minted Washington Metrorail Safety Commission recently ordered an investigation into Orange Line trains that carried riders down the Blue Line tracks on March 25 and 28. There was no danger to riders in the incidents. (Max Smith / WTOP)
A roundup of local responses to AOC’s praise of Metro over the MTA
Washington region residents expressed a range of reactions on Twitter in response to New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Instagram story, where she praised Metro over New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority. (Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian)
New MoCo school data dashboard shows achievement gap
A new Montgomery County schools dashboard shows “painful” information about the scale of the highly-regarded district's achievement gap. Administrators plan to use the data to develop tailored improvement programs for the schools. (Caitlynn Peetz / Bethesda Beat)
An autonomous vehicle pilot program is starting in Arlington
Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington was selected by Local Motors to test pilot Olli, its an autonomous-vehicle shuttle service, starting next month. A spokesman cited the base's 25 mph speed limit and lack of traffic lights and significant hills as an ideal environment for the eight-person shuttle. (Airey / ARLnow)
Advocates are hopeful about a Woodley Place bike lane
A Ward 3 advisory neighborhood commission deadlocked on a resolution to condemn a proposed six-foot-wide contraflow bike line along Woodley Place. The proposed bike line would give commuters a protected route to bypass Connecticut and Cathedral avenues. (Jake Maher / The DC Line)
DC continues to use a fraudulent health care contractor
The DC Department of Behavioral Health is facing questions about its oversight of a contractor that lied about its work in 2014 providing mobile healthcare to heroin users. DBH never attempted to recover the funds or notify federal authorities, and the contractor continues to have a $250,000 contract. (Joshua Kaplan / City Paper)
Jack Evans’ 27-year-old former campaign co-chair plans to challenge him
Foggy Bottom Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Patrick Kennedy, who co-chaired the 2016 reelection campaign for DC Councilmember Jack Evans (D-Ward 2), filed paperwork to run against Evans, who is facing an ongoing ethics scandal. (Fenit Nirappil / Post)
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