Breakfast links: Late-night metro commuters could get $3 off a Lyft ride home
Metro will subsidize after-hours shared Lyft rides for certain commuters
A new Metro program will spend up to $1 million to offer $3-reduced shared Lyft rides for certain late-night commuters who prove their job requires travel between midnight and 4 am. (Jonathan Capriel / WBJ)
Each Purple Line station will have a unique look
Unlike most Metrorail stations, each of the 21 Purple Line stations will have its own look and feel, helped in part by Maryland’s Art-In-Transit program. (Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian)
Remembering victims 10 years after the fatal Metro Red Line crash
Family members of the victims, transit officials, and politicians came together Sunday on the 10th anniversary of the deadliest rail crash in Metro history, which killed nine people and injured 80. Among factors investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board found contributing to the crash was Metro’s “lack of a safety culture.” (Luz Lazo / Post)
Metro seeks $300 million to fund a new entrance to the Huntington station
The Metro is asking its board to approve a $300 million increase in spending to build a new entrance at the Huntington Metro station. The new entrance will allow riders at the Fairfax County rail station to avoid walking through an “essentially condemned” garage. (Max Smith / WTOP)
MoCo reassures undocumented residents ahead of planned federal raids
In anticipation of announced federal raids on undocumented residents, Montgomery County Council President Nancy Navarro reaffirmed that county resources remain focused on public safety and not on federal immigration enforcement work, except in cases of those involved in violent crimes. (Dan Schere / Bethesda Beat)
Is a DC celebrity chef a local ‘construction worker’? The Line Hotel thinks so
James Beard Award-nominated chef Erik Bruner-Yang is included on The Line Hotel’s list of 471 DC-based construction workers, which the hotel cited as evidence that it hired enough DC residents to qualify for a $46 million, 20-year tax abatement. (Paul Schwartzman / Post)
The median Mount Pleasant home price reaches $680,000
In one of the most in-demand neighborhoods in DC, the median price for homes sold in Mount Pleasant reached $680,000, up 14% from 2018. The average sales price for a rowhouse with over four bedrooms is up 10% from 2018 to $1.278 million. (Nina Perry-Brown / Urban Turf)
A Ward 8 farm makes honey for the community
With 27 fruit trees, 20-plus raised beds, two hoop houses, and four honeybee hives, THEARC Farm in Southeast DC grows enough fresh food to support 60 local families who participate in a community-supported agriculture program. (Rachel Nania / WTOP)
DC’s Marion Barry Summer Jobs Program employs 11,000 youth
Started in the 1970s but greatly expanded in 1979 by then-Mayor Marion Barry, the summer jobs program that now bears his name allows anyone ages 14 to 24 to get a job, internship, or paid-opportunity for six-weeks during the summer. Alumni include current Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie. (Martin Austermuhle / WAMU)
Schools are using other people named ‘Lee’ to replace the Confederate general
To both respond to community demands and keep new signage costs low, schools nationwide are finding the names other notable people named “Lee” to replace the name of slaveowner and Confederate General Robert E. Lee. (Tawnell D. Hobbs / WSJ)
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