Breakfast links: Identifying 41 Alexandria streets named for Confederate leaders and likely to be renamed
Alexandria report identifies 41 streets named for Confederate leaders that are likely to be renamed
A new report from the Office of Historic Alexandria lists 41 streets in the city that the City Council may rename because they honor Confederate leaders. At a proposed rate of three streets renamed per year, the process could take up to 14 years. (Vernon Miles / ALXnow)
Despite high interest rates, supply constraints mean tough competition for upper NW DC homes
Single family homes in the upper northwest DC zip codes of 20015 and 20016, which include neighborhoods like Chevy Chase and Kent, often sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars above asking price due to the area’s low housing supply and the fact that high interest rates are keeping prospective home sellers, reluctant to give up low interest rates on their current mortgages, from putting their properties on the market. (UrbanTurf)
Metro’s bus network redesign includes vision of route from Bethesda to Tysons
Metro’s vision for its Better Bus network redesign includes a possible route between Tysons and Bethesda, among other changes. The Fairfax County Department of Transportation, which administers the Fairfax Connector bus system, is coordinating with Metro to ensure the bus systems fill gaps and avoid route overlaps in service areas. Public comments are welcomed through June 5. (Melanie Pincus / FFXnow)
Montgomery County exploring how to save historic Black cemetery in Potomac
A developer purchased a parcel of land along Piney Meetinghouse Road in Potomac for $162 — only to learn that the site is hallowed ground, home to a neglected 150-year-old Black cemetery. The developer now seeks to donate the land to protect its heritage, but Montgomery County officials are first developing plans for the site’s preservation and using radar to determine the cemetery’s true size — as it may even extend underneath the road. (Eric Flack / WUSA9)
Streets are safer with protected bicycle lanes, studies find
WUSA9 reviewed research to answer the question of whether bike lanes improve the safety of bicycling. They report that evidence demonstrates protected, separated bike lanes do improve safety and increase the number of people biking, while evidence for the safety benefits of painted bike lanes that are not physically protected is not conclusive. (WUSA9)
Two pedestrians killed by drivers in Montgomery County over weekend
Drivers struck and killed two pedestrians on Sunday in Montgomery County. The site of one fatal crash was on I-270 and the other on Viers Mill Road. State and county officials are investigating both incidents. (Derrick Ward / NBC Washington)
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