Breakfast links: Biking and driving and parking, oh my

First to share

BeyondDC has photos of the first Capital Bikeshare station which was installed yesterday in Crystal City.  (Tip: BeyondDC)

War of words

Mayoral candidates Fenty and Gray will let loose today in another debate, broadcast live on the Washington Post. Tune in at noon. There’s also a Ward 6 forum this evening.  (Tip: Erik W)

Up the road

Baltimore is looking for residents to serve on their transportation Citizens’ Advisory Committee.

Struck around the world

GOOD has a neat infographic depicting pedestrian fatalities in cities around the world.  Stockholm is the safest with 1.23 deaths per 100,000 residents, while Atlanta, with just shy of 11 deaths, is the most dangerous.  DC lands in the middle of the pack with 5.74 deaths.  (Tip: Erik W)

California dreaming

In an interesting but somewhat confused article, Bill Fulton writes about a couple who has been pushed farther and farther out of the city by the needs of their growing family. Somehow the suburbs allow families to focus on living in a way that cities don’t.  Living and driving and parking and commuting and mowing and… (California Planning & Development Report)  (Tip: Erik W)

Driven by economics

Many urbanists point to declining rates of driving in young people as evidence there is a generational shift in housing, transportation and lifestyle preferences.  This Grist author thinks it’s less normative preferences and more hard and fast economics at work.  (Tip: Erik W)

A free response

Donald Shoup responds personally to Cato’s Randall O’Toole and his un-libertarian parking minimums rant.  (Tip: Erik W)

What the colors show

Has Fenty better served white areas? It turns out that in the early 2000s (early Williams years), Wards 2 and 3 had the worst 311 response times for city services; in Williams’ second term and Fenty’s, response times have converged and decreased for all wards. (The Monkey Cage)