Breakfast links: Harder and easier with wheels

DC cycle tracks get boost

DC is one of 6 cities to win a grant to fast track planning more cycle tracks. The project aims to make the lanes a mainstream element of US streets. (Streetsblog)

Metro sort of accessible

A study finds that Metro poses serious challenges for those with disabilities, including fast closing train doors, large gaps between train and platform, and elevators that are often broken. (Examiner)

Biddle not out yet

Vincent Orange has a slim 543-vote lead over Sekou Biddle in the at-large council race, with thousands of provisional and absentee ballots to count. An automatic recount may be coming, and declaring a winner might take weeks. (WAMU)

In not shocking news

A highway-building group recommends spending $5.8 billion on a wider Beltway. Lydia DePillis takes down this story, instead suggesting building housing and jobs in places with adequate roads, and investing in transit. (Post, City Paper)

VDOT selling housing properties

VDOT wants to sell properties it acquired during the Woodrow Wilson Bridge project. Residents in the largest remaining affordable market-

rate buildings in Old Town Alexandria worry about losing their homes. (Patch)

No pedestrian plaza on 10th

DDOT will not convert 10th Street into a pedestrian plaza. The concept was to accommodate tour buses, but local businesses objected. They cited a failed pedestrian street that closed in 1999, but DC has changed since. (City Paper)

Dupont parking meeting roundup

At a meeting, Dupont residents worried that Logan’s resident-only parking, and later bar hours, would worsen parking in Dupont. Also, the system of police station visitor passes will move online. (Borderstan)

Legal to exclude reporters in Loudoun?

A Loudoun County board confiscated

tried to confiscate a citizen reporter’s camera after she tried to record a meeting, and kicked her out of the room. A Virginia judge said the board did not violate FOIA laws. (Post)

Have 8 hours to kill?

One man rode the entire Metro system in 7 hours, 27 minutes, and 49 seconds.  Think you can beat that? Because he is now inviting others to try to beat his time. (DC Metro challenge, Andy M)  (Tip: Andy M)

And…

Affordable housing often looks boring but doesn’t have to.  (City Paper) … Maryland studies possibly stealing DC United from DC. (DCist) … Are hardware stores a sign of gentrification? (City Paper) … Metro installs 70 new bicycle racks. (PlanItMetro)