Breakfast links: Are you ready to ride?
Photo by DDOT DC on Flickr.
DC Streetcar opening February
DC hopes to open the streetcar for passengers on February 20th, or even possibly sooner. Pre-revenue service tests ended this week but the project still needs final approval from Fire & EMS. (WAMU)
Not in your backyard
A Montgomery County man is ready to go to court over an ice skating rink he built in his backyard. Neighbors
Many area residents support him, but he doesn’t have permits or required bathrooms and zoning doesn’t allow it. The county has proposed moving the rink. (Post)
A dedicated rowing lane
One Library of Congress worker rowed to work on the Anacostia (plus a bike ride on each end) for 15 years, ten months a year. He’ll soon retire, ending his 90-minute commute from Cheverly. (Bay Journal)
Fight Baltimore’s blight
Gov. Larry Hogan will allocate $75 million$700
Reston speed bump
Plans to build a new neighborhood north of Reston Town Center hit a snag: a 42-year-old deed requires 10 of the 50 acres to remain undeveloped. (Reston Now)
Walk dangerously
A sidewalk on the King Street Bridge in Alexandria might me the worst, or at least the most confusing sidewalk in northern Virginia. It even runs in the median. (TheWashCycle)
The math on housing policy
Tax deductions for mortgage interest benefit mostly affluent homeowners. Eliminating the deduction would free funds to expand housing vouchers to all low and middle income households in the US. (CityObservatory)
Wi-Fi in the City
New York is launching LinkNYC, the largest, fastest public Wi-Fi project in the world. The street-side internet hotspots are about the size of a bus stop and will be equipped to make free outgoing calls and charge electronics. (Gizmodo)
And…
Six Metrobus riders were injured Monday after a driver cut off the bus. (Post) … Supporters of Vincent Gray are conducting a poll of possible 2016 council matchups. (City Paper) … The Paris fragmented area gets a regional governing body. Could something like that work here? (CityLab)