Breakfast links: Gambling on the water

LinksBy David Edmondson (Contributor) February 17, 2012

Photo by krossbow on Flickr.

Las Vegas casino for National Harbor?

Rushern Baker wants a “Las Vegas-style” casino at National Harbor, though the County Council is conflicted. Legislation to permit a casino in western Prince George’s is in the state legislature. (Post)

Bike and funeral parking lane

A church on 15th Street encouraged visitors to park in the cycle track for a recent funeral, giving cyclists no safe way to ride south. (TBD) … M.V.Jantzen caught a Taxi Commission enforcement officer parking in the lane, too. (WashCycle)

Why such acrimony over campuses?

DC universities and surrounding neighborhoods always seem to be fighting. Is this the inevitable consequence of a campus with wealthy neighbors, or is there something about DC? (City Paper)

Overestimated enrollment yields windfall

DCPS overestimated its student population by 2,056 for this school year, meaning the district received $18.4 million to cover the costs of students who never enrolled. (Post)

Wheaton vs. Bethesda south entrance

Wheaton redevelopment is in direct competition for funding with the Bethesda station south entrance. Both projects are priorities in the county’s Capital Improvement Plan. (Patch)

TOD? Really?

That M Square “TOD” project in College Park? It might be near transit, but it’s not so transit-oriented, basically towers surrounded by parking. (RTCP)

Haitian New Urbanism

Planners want to use Port-au-Prince as a proving ground for New Urbanism in a developing country, rebuilding a thriving downtown and writing the city’s first zoning code. (Atlantic Cities)

Yet another streetcar study

Oakland, California, wants a streetcar and will produce its third study in 10 years on the idea. The city hopes a streetcar will prove to be an economic engine first and transportation system second. (East Bay Express)

And…

The German Marshall Fund is looking for a Deputy Director of Urban and Regional Policy. … Metro’s real estate head steps down. (Post) … Mayor Gray’s team hopes to tweet a little more. (City Paper) … A flash mob supports the Purple Line. (CBS)