Breakfast links: How Washington stacks up nationally in housing construction
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Construction in Navy Yard by Tim Brown licensed under Creative Commons.
DC nearly tops the charts in housing construction
DC added more housing units per square mile in the last decade than any US county outside the New York City metropolitan area. The Washington metro area overall had the fourth highest increase in housing units, but housing hasn’t kept pace with population. (Nena Perry-Brown / UrbanTurf)
Alexandria residents are impatient for flooding solutions
Alexandria residents are urging officials to speed up flooding mitigation strategies, but officials say stormwater infrastructure projects face barriers stretching timelines years into the future. (Vernon Miles / ALXnow)
Driver strikes and kills pedestrian in Takoma Park
A pedestrian was struck and killed by a driver on University Boulevard at Merrimac Drive in Takoma Park early Monday morning. The driver remained at the scene. The incident is Montgomery County’s fourth fatal pedestrian crash of 2021. (Dan Schere / Bethesda Beat. Tip: Chester B.)
Sink(hole) or swim
A sinkhole in the Third Street Tunnel caused road closures during rush hour Monday morning. Videos and photos showed a buckling road and water bubbling up from cracks. Some closures remain in effect Tuesday. (Dominique Maria Bonessi / DCist, Dana Hedgpeth / Post)
Need a push to ditch the car? Green commuting incentives abound
Officials are sweetening the pot to get people to jump back on greener forms of transportation. From free Capital Bikeshare rides to $2 weekend Metro fares, here are some of the incentives you can take advantage of. (Maya Pottiger / Washingtonian)
Metro, zombie apocalypse edition
The Walking Dead took a trip underground to a post-apocalyptic Metro in the show’s season 11 premiere last night. DCist’s Jordan Pascale does the real hero’s work and maps their journey — well, the parts of it that make sense, anyway (Shady Grove is not on the Yellow Line, folks!). (Jordan Pascale / DCist)
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