Breakfast links: It’s unaffordable

Gray wants more affordable housing

Mayor Gray’s proposed budget for 2015 includes an additional $100 million for affordable housing. The budget would also add $116 million to education. (DCist)

Will the next mayor agree?

Despite a divisive primary, the Petula Dvorak says we can all agree on one thing: DC housing costs too much. Should affordable housing be the first priority for DC’s next mayor? (Post)

Condo supply low in DC area

The Washington region has too many apartments and not enough condos, a recent report says. Converting apartments to condos won’t solve the problem because the overall supply is simply too low. (Urban Turf)

Streetcar yard under construction

DDOT is building a temporary yard for the streetcars at Spingarn High School to get service going soon. After that, the agency will build a larger, permanent facility. (WBJ)

Driver disobeys, then challenges law

A Rockville driver is challenging red-light camera laws after he received a ticket for coming to a stop completely past the stop line. He says the laws are more concerned with revenue than safe driving. (WTOP)

Maryland stalls marijuana decriminalization

Maryland won’t decriminalize marijuana this year. A House committee voted to form a task force to study the issue instead of proceeding with a bill which had passed the Senate with bipartisan support. (WAMU)

AP disses DC on capitalization

The AP Stylebook says not to capitalize “district” when talking about DC after the first time it appears in an article. Martin Austermuhle argues that the associated press is wrong and this disrespects DC.

Do you Ride On?

Montgomery County is looking for people to serve on its volunteer Transit Advisory Group for the Ride On bus system. Want to help ensure Ride On officials hear rider concerns?

Why’s CaBi’s healthier than CiBi

While New York’s Citibike system faces financial struggles, Capital Bikeshare has no such problems. Why? Part of the reason: nobody expects it to be 100% privately funded and break even from day one. (Post)

The science of 400 meters

Cities that developed before the rise of the automobile have main streets rarely exceeding 400 meters (about 437 yards), says a recent study. How can this human-scale pattern impact how we design our cities? (Huffington Post)

Thanks for the fooling

We want to thank Matt Johnson, Brian McEntee, Canaan Merchant, Ben Ross, Myles Smith, and Natalie Wexler for writing or collaborating on our April Fool posts this Tuesday. Thanks also to Stacy Cloyd, Neil Flanagan, Dennis Jaffe, Dan Malouff, Jim Titus, and Abigail Zenner for brainstorming Breakfast Links!