Breakfast links: Visions

Vision to reality

Is Vision Zero going to be more than just a vision? DC has committed to eliminating deaths on the road and agencies are taking steps to achieve it, but are they willing to really do what it takes? (City Paper)

Visualizing crashes

The City Paper gathered data on all the crashes in DC involving people walking or biking, and created fascinating maps and graphs to better understand where and when crashes are happening.

More eights are great

Metro will start using more 8-car trains this week after taking advantage of the lower number of riders in the summer to perform maintenance on the train cars. (Post)

Words with Wyman

Metro map designer Lance Wyman discusses wayfinding, squeezing in the Silver Line to the map, and unique icons for each Metro station which so far have never been used.  (CityLab)

Fix Fairfax’s funding

Think you can fix the $50 million budget hole in the Fairfax County schools budget? Now you can try with an online tool. (Post)

Avoid delays with math

A mathematician in Sweden thinks an algorithm can predict train delays up to two hours before they happen. This could help transit agencies to adjust the number of trains in service to avoid delays. (Post)

Lucky NY and Portland

It was a big weekend for US transit, as major new rail extensions opened in New York and Portland. Portland also opened a car-free bridge.  (NYT, Catch the Orange, CityLab)

Smart Growth chat

Today at noon you can chat with the Post’s Dr. Gridlock and Stewart Schwartz, the executive director of the Coalition for Smarter Growth to talk about Metro, traffic, and Potomac River crossings.