Breakfast links: Traffic gardens teach road safety to tots
Traffic gardens aim to teach children about road safety
Some DC students are learning firsthand about pedestrian and bicycle safety through traffic gardens. Traffic gardens mimic DC's street network in miniature with playground roundabouts, bike lanes, speed bumps, and crosswalks. (Jordan Pascale / WAMU)
DC Water may change how it calculates its controversial water fee
DC Water is changing how it calculates the Clean Rivers Impervious Area Charge, which pays for massive tunnels that prevent sewage from overflowing into local waterways after heavy rains. The fee posed a big burden to some customers. (Jodie Fleischer / NBC4)
I-95 upgrades probably won’t include additional taxes or tolls
Virginia will soon study the I-95 corridor from the North Carolina line to the Wilson Bridge (as well as US Route 1) to plan potential roadway improvements and to see what additional train and bus services should be added. (Max Smith / WTOP)
The go-go music will go on
A noise complaint from a resident of a nearby luxury apartment building temporarily silenced Metro PCS in Shaw. After an outcry from residents and local leaders, the store will continue to play go-go music on the outside speakers. (Marissa J. Lang / Post)
Does the District’s new Cultural Plan have teeth?
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser recently introduced a five-year cultural plan that outlines policy recommendations on how the District can help safeguard its culture and support artists from the impacts of gentrification and displacement. (Kriston Capps / CityLab)
Barry Farm residents await an update on the delayed redevelopment plan
Residents are still waiting for updates on the delayed Barry Farm redevelopment plan that has been the center of controversy. In the meantime, the local tenants association has filed an application for the dwellings to be designated as a historic landmark. (Jenny Gathright / WAMU)
Montgomery County’s new school buses must be zero-emission buses
A new bill passed in the Maryland legislature will require that all new school buses be zero-emissions. Opponents say the $240 million required to replace the current bus fleet is too costly. (Caitlynn Peetz / Bethesda Beat)
It’s always about parking
Alexandria Mayor Justin Wilson tweeted a 50-year-old letter from the late Supreme Court Associate Justice Hugo Black complaining about lack of parking and “shotgun houses” hear his Old Town residence “because the property around such places is bound to decrease in value.” The house last sold for $6.2 million in 2013. (Twitter)
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