Breakfast links: Metro Board Chair Jack Evans made multiple ethics violations, a new report shows
Ward 2 Councilmember and Metro Board Chair Jack Evans by dbking licensed under Creative Commons.
Jack Evans made ‘multiple violations’ of the Metro board’s ethics code
A law firm retained by the Metro board to investigate Chairman Jack Evans found “evidence of multiple violations” of the board’s ethics code and the Metro Compact. The board’s ethics committee agreed to simply cite Evans for his a conflict of interest. Evans announced he will not seek reelection as chair. (Robert McCartney / Post)
A second trans woman was killed on Eastern Avenue
Zoe Spears, a 23-year-old transgender woman, was shot and killed in Fairmount Heights, Maryland on June 13, only blocks away from where Ashanti Carmon, a 27-year-old trans woman, was killed in March. On Saturday, a man with a gun threatened trans women near Casa Ruby, a nonprofit that provides support to LGBTQ people, leaving the community shaken. (Natalie Delgadillo / DCist)
A DC resident is suing JBG for not accepting housing vouchers in Shaw
A DC resident sued developer JBG Smith Properties in DC Superior Court after she said she was told that JBG does not accept DC Housing Choice vouchers at its Atlantic Plumbing apartment building in Shaw. JBG says citywide, tenants in 90 of its apartment buildings use vouchers. (Daniel J. Sernovitz / WBJ)
NPS is moving forward with safety updates to Arlington’s Memorial Circle
After finalizing an environmental and historical study, the National Park Service will move forward with a plan to redesign the traffic flow around Memorial Circle by Arlington National Cemetary to make it safer for people walking, bicycling, and driving. (Airey / ARLnow)
MoCo sues White Oak complex owners over unresolved housing code violations
The Montgomery County Department of Housing and Community Affairs sued the owners of White Oak apartment complex citing the failure to fix dozens of problems resulting in more than 2,500 housing code violations that including mold, mice, and roaches. (Caitlynn Peetz / Bethesda Beat)
A new day center will serve seniors east of the Anacostia
Iona Senior Services, the senior service agency serving Ward 3 and Foggy Bottom, broke ground on its Congress Heights facility. It will provide social, health, and therapeutic services to older adults with cognitive, physical, and intellectual challenges who live east of the Anacostia. (Diane Gross / DC Line)
DC’s median home price reaches $600,000, climbing 56% from 2010
The median price of a home sold in DC in May was $600,555, an increase of 56% from the district’s median selling price for the same month in 2010. By housing category, the median price in May for a condo or coop was $476,000, a townhouse or row house was $772,500, and a detached home was $818,500. (Jeff Clabaugh / WTOP)
See photos of innovative cycling infrastructure in Amsterdam
Obsess over these 30 photos of 15 cycling infrastructure projects from nine countries, all of which have been chosen for the second Bicycle Architecture Biennale in Amsterdam. (The Guardian)
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