Breakfast links: Healthier living

DC schools may get healthier, soda more pricey

The DC Council is posed to approve a bill by Mary Cheh (Ward 3) to require healthier meals and more physical education for public school students. A tax on soda would pay for this and generate additional money for other budget priorities. (Post)

NG cost trumps employee preferences

Northrop Grumman’s VP in charge of the move says young employees want them to locate in an urban area, while some others “want to live in the suburbs.” Ballston would work well for both groups, but based on the CEO’s comments, cost trumps all. (WBJ, Housing Complex, Joey)  (Tip: Joey)

One determined ticket-fighter

Intent on fighting a speed camera ticket, Peggy Lucero of Bethesda discovered that the camera wasn’t being calibrated daily, which is required by law. She also challenged the 30-mph speed limit on Gaithersburg’s section of MD-355. SHA engineer (and GGW commenter and prolific supplier of useful CC Flickr photos of roads) Andrew Bossi recommended increasing the limit to 35, but Gaithersburg wants to keep and even expand the 30-mph zone to slow traffic. (Examiner)

Keep riding on

Montgomery County Council staff are recommending keeping most Ride On service; pages 38-39 of this PDF show the recommended cuts. (ACT)

Budget not better for everyone

The current budget still hits bus riders harder than rail riders (Examiner) … The Post prints a letter from Penny Everline pointing out that while most fixed-route service cuts have been eliminated, most cuts for persons with disabilities were not.

Amy Polk, crash victim

The person “struck and killed” “in a car accident” at 1st and M SE last week was Amy Polk, 42, a mother of two and an advocate for opening a midwifery birthing center in Takoma Park. (Post)

Cycle crash in Reston

A cyclist was critically injured when he “collided with a Saturn sedan” in Reston along a stretch of road where cyclists go at near-car speeds but driver often aren’t watching for cyclists. (FABB, Post)

And…

Should Southwest get an iconic ferry terminal? (SW…TLQTC) … New EYA townhouses in Edgewood are almost done

now have a map and details; they will all have their own garages (Life on the Edgewood via @IMGoph) … Wheaton Calling thinks the Costco is a bad idea (as do I) … Stuck on MARC interviews the “Trainmaster” who supervises the Penn and Camden lines.