Breakfast links: Potomac Yard Metro station won’t open next April as planned thanks to five-month delay
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Potomac Yard Metro under construction in April 2021 by BeyondDC licensed under Creative Commons.
Potomac Yard Metro delayed because of Automatic Train Control system
The new Potomac Yard Metro station opening will be delayed by at least five months because of issues with the Automatic Train Control systems. It was set to open in April next year, but now won’t open until at least September. (Jordan Pascale / DCist)
DC Council wants to up taxes on the rich. Bowser wants them to reconsider
DC Council voted 8-5 last week to raise income taxes on those making more than $250,000 annually to pay for programs such as housing vouchers, a low-income tax credit, and day care subsidies. Bowser wants the Council to reconsider before its final vote. (Michael Brice-Saddler / Post)
The latest in Maglev’s land condemnation legal battle
Maglev company Baltimore-Washington Rapid Rail is trying to get 43 acres of Baltimore waterfront land condemned for rail use, arguing it is akin to a public utility. The developer that owns the Westport land wants to build a 1,300-unit mixed-use community instead and the legal back-and-forth is ongoing. (Lorraine Mirabella / Baltimore Sun)
NoMa developer pivots from offices to apartments
A development at 44 M St. NE was previously set to become office space over retail, but now the developer is changing its plans and building multifamily housing on top instead. (Alex Koma / Business Journal)
DC Council chair Mendelson gets involved in friend’s parking dispute
DC Council chair Phil Mendelson asked the District Department of Transportation to reverse its decision not to allow parking in front of his friend’s alley-facing home in Dupont Circle. Now the local ANC has upheld DDOT’s decision. (Mitch Ryals / City Paper)
Recent shooting news coverage raises question: whose stories get told?
National news outlets covered the shooting near Nationals ballpark on July 17 and another recently in Logan Circle. But that coverage puts into sharp contrast the stories news outlets overlook: ones that affect Black communities. (Morgan Baskin / DCist, Petula Dvorak / Post)
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