Breakfast links: Ooh shiny

LinksBy David Koch (Contributor) August 4, 2015

Photo by 985photography on Flickr.

More CaBi bikes

The supply chain problems that blocked Capital Bikeshare from getting new bikes and stations appear to be over. DC, Alexandria, Arlington, and Montgomery are all buying new stations and docks from Motivate, which bought financially troubled Alta. (Post)

Hire a lawyer

A developer says he didn’t know about Inclusionary Zoning, so he didn’t plan for affordable units, and also didn’t add extra floors as IZ allows. Now, he’s asking for relief. Oops. (WBJ)

Snake at the train

A snake was discovered at Naylor Road Metro eating a bird. It is not poisonous and did not cause any delays, but did distract most locals on Twitter from doing any work this morning. (Post)

Changing of the guard

Metro’s top real estate official, Stan Wall, is leaving the agency for the private sector. For three years, Wall has been in charge of making development deals around Metro stations and worked to bring the FBI to Greenbelt. (Post)

Stadium one step closer

DC United has chosen an architecture firm to design its new soccer stadium. The firm also designed Camden Yards and Nationals Park, and produced images the team used in marketing proposals. (Post)

Silver Spring saga

The Silver Spring Transit Center will probably open in September, now that Montgomery County and Metro have resolved their issues around transferring the station. Metro’s board still has to approve the transfer. (NBC4)

Closing time

Governor Hogan called for the immediate closure of the Baltimore City Detention Center. The move will not close down the entire downtown jail complex, as the central booking facility, women’s jail, and pretrial buildings will remain. (Post)

I got a park, babe

A guy wanted to name a park for Sonny Bono. He got his wish. (Then construction damaged it.) (Washingtonian)

And…

The Bethesda Metro station has a new escalator. (Bethesda Beat) … Baltimore helped launch the 311 city services revolution. (CityLab) … The DC region has a complex transit system, but the Bay Area is worse and has no single map. (NYT)