Breakfast links: Waterfall

Metro chasing waterfalls

Flooding from intense rain temporarily closed the Cleveland Park Metro station. Metro says the water did not damage the tracks or third rail, however. (Christin Fernandez, Post)

Battle in the sidewalks

Neighbors in the DC neighborhood of Hawthorne are battling over sidewalks. This happened in 2009, and those on a street which got a sidewalk say it didn’t destroy the neighborhood. (Washingtonian)

FBI will not come cheap

Maryland and Virginia are both committed to shelling out millions of dollars to bring the new FBI headquarters to their state.  The money would pay for transportation and infrastructure improvements at each site. (WBJ)

Garvey on the Pike

Arlington County Board Chair Libby Garvey says she wants to “fix the transportation” and “slow down a bit” on the pace of building of affordable housing along Columbia Pike in her State of the County address.  (ArlNow)

Wanting more in NoMa

A proposed NoMa development doesn’t include enough benefits to the community, say zoning commissioners. Offered so far: streetscape upgrades, affordable units, and partial funding of a new Metro entrance. (WBJ)

Where the bikes go

DDOT put GPS trackers on some Capital Bikshare bikes and found regular members tended to take much more direct routes than casual users who tended to take meandering routes and stayed near the Mall.  (Mobility Lab)

Where the trains go

VRE is looking to build additional train storage along New York Ave. But could this facility stymie development in the area? (Gateway to the City)

Desegregating deductions

Black middle class homes have not appreciated as quickly as their white counterparts. Could restricting the mortgage interest deduction to only houses in integrated neighborhoods reverse that inequality?  (Post)

For all the infrastructure in China

In 20 years, China has spent almost 9% of its GDP on building infrastructure to move people and products vs. 5% of Western Europe, the US, and Canada. (BBC)