Breakfast links: Ticket to ride

Jack’s back

DC Councilmember Jack Evans was unanimously elected chair of the Metro board, a role he’s served in twice before. It ends a tumultuous year, when a group of new board members challenged what they saw as complacency from members like Mort Downey and Tom Downs. (Post)

Metro opens all doors

Metrobus and Metrorail service is back to normal today. But Metrorail is running only six-car trains because several railcars were damaged during the storm. (Post)

Parking tickets tossed

Mayor Bowser will pardon 2,829 parking tickets issued for cars parked on snow emergency routes on Friday. Like the sidewalk shoveling law, Mayor Bowser arbitrarily chose not to enforce another snow regulation. (City Paper)

Gondola goals

The Arlington County Board unanimously voted to give $35,000 to study a Rosslyn-Georgetown gondola. Some members were skeptical about the idea, but want to see the idea studied and have a say in the process. (Post)

Soft support for RFK stadium

58% of DC voters support a new football stadium at RFK, but 25% might change their mind after seeing the price tag. Large majorities also support marijuana legalization, a higher minimum wage, and public financing of elections, according to a poll by the City Paper.

Tear down this treehouse

DC’s public space committee denied a request to allow a controversial Capitol Hill treehouse to encroach 20 inches into a public alley. The owners say they’ll keep the treehouse up, but move it out of the alley. (Post)

Sidewalk savior

Maryland won’t clear sidewalks on Old Georgetown Road in Bethesda, but Richard Hoye will. He has machinery to clear the sidewalk, but that can’t handle more than 18 inches, so he bought a $15,000 Swiss snow blower. (Bethesda Magazine)

Where VA grows

From 2010 to 2015, Loudoun County, Falls Church, Alexandria and Arlington were Virginia’s four fastest growing localities, representing a shift toward urban growth. (StatChat, Hamilton Lombard)

Need more people to eat

It’s proving hard to find a restaurant to go into a Hill East building. The owner says he needs more residents nearby; several new buildings are in the pipeline but not built yet. (WBJ)