Breakfast links: How to revitalize

Police adapt to changing neighborhoods

DC’s police are developing a plan, with tactics like a surge of officers, to respond to changes in revitalizing neighborhoods. Crime has fallen but changed form in places like NoMa and H Street NE. (Post)

Can Crystal City change direction?

As the military’s BRAC moves tenants out of Crystal City, the area aims to become a desirable mixed-use neighborhood. Its trajectory hinges on Vornado, which owns half of the neighborhood’s commercial real estate. (Post)

Oregon to try out VMT tax

Oregon is developing a pilot program to replace the gasoline tax with one based on vehicle miles traveled. The plan relies on privately-provided GPS to measure miles traveled within Oregon. (Streetsblog)

Keep Union Station historic?

A group of preservationist organizations is calling for a focus on Union Station’s history in any redevelopment. With Amtrak’s recent proposal, this coalition wants preserve the station’s original design and purpose. (DCist)

Atlanta’s BeltLine still progressing

Atlanta’s BeltLine transit and park project will not be stopped by last week’s rejection of a tax for transportation funding. The project has been supported by a tax district, and some trails are already complete. (Streetsblog)

Montgomery works on farms

Montgomery County will begin a pilot program to help train young farmers, working with existing farm owners. Farmland and farm production in the county have fallen dramatically over the past few decades. (Post)

And…

DC had a higher ratio of pedestrian deaths in traffic fatalities than most states. (WTOP)… In 19th century New Jersey some workers commuted on a bicycle railroad. (Atlantic Cities)… The Lincoln Reflecting Pool will open after two years of closure. (Post)