Breakfast links: Ward 8 changes

Too affordable?

Many newly renovated Ward 8 condos are seeing plummeting prices on the market while home values continue to rise across the river. Is it a lack of quality neighborhood stores, or is it something else? (CHOTR)

Changing of the guard

With the loss of Marion Barry, five of the DC Council’s 13 seats will change hands this year. People are already positioning themselves for the Ward 8 seat. A special election will take place early next year. (Post)

Stadium stutter

The DC Council will move forward with soccer stadium legislation today without the Reeves Center swap. Negotiations will now likely require the use of eminent domain for the parcel owned by Akridge. (Post)

With friends like these

Who were the real opponents of the Columbia Pike streetcar project? It was not just fiscally conservative Republicans. Salon explores the anti-streetcar arguments from Arlington transit advocates. (Salon, Ashley R)  (Tip: Ashley R)

Teaching with technology

Some DC schools have seen success with blended learning, which combines part-time online learning with teacher instruction. But the approach is not proven and one school has had high teacher turnover. (Post)

Too Much Parking

If a parking lot isn’t full on Black Friday, it never will be. If you see an empty parking space on Black Friday, take a photo and post it to twitter with hashtag #blackfridayparking. (Strong Towns)

Better bikeshare

Bikeshare has better ridership in high density networks with good connections to on-street bicycle infrastructure, rather than to big attractions. Capital Bikeshare lags behind other cities in density. (Streetsblog)

And…

These are all the planned sites for the 2024 Olympic bid. (Post) … A personal-car rental startup is coming to DC. (WBJ) … Dulles is one of the most frustrating airports according to one measure. (WBJ)