Breakfast links: Residential growth, sans parking

Less parking, please

A Rockville developer has asked to build fewer parking spots than required at a proposed Town Center project, citing an abundance of parking spots elsewhere around the project site. (Gazette)

No more parking at apartments

Apartment and condo buildings are now being built across the country without parking spots. One new project in Miami features car2go parking spaces and bike parking, but no spaces for cars. (Streetsblog)

More hearings for zoning rewrite

The zoning rewrite will have yet more hearings in 2014. The process started in January 2008, but some activists still think that’s not enough time. (Post)

CaBi continues to grow

New data from Capital Bikeshare shows plenty of growth with 20% to 50% more ridership over last year for most months. In August of 2013, there was a record 296,000 trips. (TheWashCycle)

What DC would (not) look without height limit

Illustrations by artists give us a not terribly accurate idea of what DC would look like if the height limit is modified. (Fast Company, City Paper)

Gaithersburg to tackle bike-friendly streets

Gaithersburg town officials hope to bring bike-friendly streets to the community over the next few years, featuring shared-lane street markings and additional bike and pedestrian signage. (Gazette)

Minimum wage week for Wells

DC mayoral candidate Tommy Wells plans to spend a week living on the minimum wage for his food and transportation costs. Wells hopes to demonstrate how difficult it is to live on minimum wage with DC’s high cost of living. (Post)