Breakfast links: Take a seat

Couches the next subway ads?

Going beyond the run-of-the-mill wall ads, IKEA furnished several Parisian subway stations. With Metro’s ample platform space and increasingly long, unpredictable waits, perhaps a similar campaign in DC could bring in some needed cash? (freshome)

Thomas, the parking scofflaw

Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. (ward 5) got his car booted after failing to pay four tickets, including one for blocking rush hour lane and one for blocking a bus stop. His response: he isn’t supposed to have to pay them. That’s not because he’s innocent, mind you, just because the Council decided they shouldn’t have to follow parking laws. Kwame Brown (at-large) also got a ticket recently, but paid the fine. (Examiner)

Bike lanes: Inviting backlash? Triathlete-related?

After talking up his bicycle bona fides, Harry Jaffe isn’t so sure about new bike lanes because they might “tempt a backlash.” WashCycle disagrees. Jaffe also overplays the role of Fenty’s cycling in this whole endeavor. (Examiner, TheWashCycle)

Bag fee cuts bags in half

A WAMU report on the status of the MD bag fee notes that Safeway reports bag usage dropped by half.

I saw the sign

Bad signs can cause or prevent crashes, make cities more or less hospitable, and more. Slate looks at the impact of signs on our lives in a great six-part series. (Stephen Miller)  (Tip: Stephen Miller)

Three-mile crosswalk

One British senior citizen can’t cross her road, which is very busy and has no pedestrian crossing; she has to take a bus three miles to cross, then another bus three miles back to go to stores across the street. (How We Drive, Matt’)

And…

There’s a new Web site for basement landlords DCRA created after a Prince of Petworth discussion … there was a violent crash involving a Metrobus and two cars where “one person was ejected from a vehicle and one car is in the woods” … Jim Graham may try to reinstate auto safety inspections. (DCist, Examiner)