Breakfast links: Digging out

Not the DC of yore

DC residents seem pleased with DDOT’s snow removal efforts. DDOT worked all weekend to plow, and @DDOTDC responded quickly to reports of unplowed streets. Call 311 if your road still isn’t plowed.

Metro back in business

Metro has restored all rail and bus service this morning. MetroAccess remains limited. A lot of commenters thought the weekend was a big Metro failure, but I think they handled an extreme situation responsibly, even running an extra train to pick up stragglers after closing the system on Saturday. Only one of the trains got stuck, and Metro officials personally drove those 10 passengers home. (WMATA) … If you can’t get enough service disruption news, Get There has all the details.

CNN ascribes motives other than fun to snowballers

The story of the cop who pulled a gun on the snowball fight has gone national, with unfortunate results: CNN’s story claimed it was all some kind of political protest, and played up the involvement of a small group of anarchists. (DCist) … If you can’t get enough snowball fight news, City Desk has all the twists and turns.

Heads gotta roll

Jonetta Rose Barras joins the “fire Catoe” brigade (Examiner) … Someone who is getting fired is the train operator who crashed in West Falls Church yard in November (Post, Gavin Baker) … Riders wish buses to Dulles had more luggage space. (Get There, Gavin Baker)

Next train gadget

There’s a gadget for your Google homepage showing the next Metrorail trains for a station. Can we get one for NextBus too? (iGoogle, Jonathan F)  (Tip: Jonathan F)

Bike sharing? That’s not roads, so bad!

Bob Chase’s road lobbyist NVTA is attacking the region’s bike sharing plans, the latest outrage of a plan that dares to recommend multiple transportation modes instead of solely roads. (FABB)

Queen on the train

British rail passengers were surprised to see Queen Elizabeth II board a first-class car to head to her country estate. Spokespeople say she rides the public railroads often, which is much cheaper than the Royal Train. (Daily Mail, Steve S)  (Tip: Steve S)