Breakfast links: No death spiral yet

No fare hikes today

Riders and advocates harshly criticized WMATA’s proposals to raise fares and cut service. DC’s Jack Evans and Arlington’s Mary Hynes strongly oppose them, but Maryland board member Michael Goldman said the state may not be willing to pay any more. (WTOP, Post)

Help for the homeless

The plan to move homeless families out of DC General will wait until next year as DC has no vacant property it could turn into shelters. (City Paper) … DC will hire “housing navigators” to help find homes for families currently living in shelters. (WAMU)

Chevy Chase continues fight

The Town of Chevy Chase will continue paying lobbyists $116,000 over four months to fight the Purple Line, even though it isn’t clear what the lobbyists have done with the $400,000 spent so far. (BethesdaNow)

Carpool express

One-third of all drivers in the new I-95 express lanes are carpooling. Another one-third uses both the 95 and 495 express lanes during their commute. The lanes replaced and added to former carpool-only lanes. (Post)

The best for bikes

What’s the best new bike infrastructure? The best data visualization tool about biking? The biggest advocacy win of 2014? WABA chose nominees in a set of categories for its upcoming awards.  What do you think should win?

Walkblocked by snow

Boston has gotten 65.6 inches of snow in just over two weeks. It’s made it very hard for people who walk or take transit. (Post, Metafilter) … See an abandoned indoor mall in Ohio is covered in snow. (Huffington Post)

Maintain or expand transit?

The Boston T is in terrible shape. Transit networks constantly face the dilemma: focus on improving existing service, or expand to better meet current and future needs? (Streetsblog)

Maintain or expand roads?

Between 2004 and 2011, states spent more than half of their road budgets on new roads even as existing conditions got worse. (CityLab)

And…

Maryland is inspecting all bridges like the one that dropped concrete chunks onto a car this week. (Post) … Philadelphia will launch a bikeshare service this spring. (NextCity) … Uber’s recent fare cuts are hitting drivers’ bottom lines hard. (Observer)