Breakfast links: Power

Few would pay to bury wires

While most people were upset with Pepco’s performance during the derecho power outage, few are willing to pay anything more to bury power lines. (Post)

More power

A new dual powered diesel and electric locomotive could help link MARC and VRE and allow quicker connections along from the Northeast Corridor south to Richmond at Union Station. (RPUS)

Library gets sunny

Alexandria’s Beatley Central Library will become the first city owned building to receive solar panels. The installation is being funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.  (AlexandriaNews)

WMATA counts bikes

WMATA’s bicycle census found the numbers of parked bikes increased, while bikes decreased in the core possibly thanks to CaBi. A few stations (looks like Union Station, Federal Triangle, Foggy Bottom, L’Enfant Plaza, and Franconia-Springfield) have more bikes locked than there are racks. (PlanItMetro)

Planes get on collision course

Controllers at DCA put 3 planes on a collision course briefly, until realizing the problem and safely routing everyone out of the way. (Post)

Where light rail is king

In some cities, light rail is the backbone of the transportation network, though not all cities networks are created equal. Portland and San Diego systems score well, while Sacramento and Dallas lag. (Atlantic Cities)

Finally getting built

Talked about since the 1920s, New York’s east side is finally getting the Second Ave. subway line.  Workers are using a tunnel boring machine instead of the cut and cover method used for previous lines. (NYT, Ben Ross)  (Tip: Ben Ross)

And…

CaBi comes to Gallaudet (WAMU) … The White House honors transportation leaders, including GGW contributor Veronica Davis. (Streetsblog) … BWI gets WiFi. (DCist)