Breakfast links: After a deadly crash in Anacostia, residents paint their own crosswalk
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Residents installed their own crosswalk following Abdul Seck’s death
Fed up with a slow response from the city, two local men painted a crosswalk on an Anacostia street on the 2300 block of 16th Street SE, near where 31-year-old Abdul Seck of New York was struck and killed on April 21. (Kate Ryan / WTOP)
A Metrobus has no name
In a nod to Sunday night's epic Game of Thrones episode, a Metrobus D2 driver (and apparently GoT superfan) replaced what is normally a four-digit number displayed on an electronic sign in the windshield with “Arya.” (Rachel Sadon / DCist)
Neglecting the region’s bus system may hurt the local economy
A draft executive summary of “The Washington Area Bus Transformation Project” report warns that failing to make improvements to the region's bus system may put the region's prosperity at risk. Recommendations focus on how to make taking the bus easier, what cost savings to seek, and where to shift responsibility for routes between local bus systems and Metro. (Max Smith / WTOP)
Unsuck DC Metro sues WMATA for results of a 2018 survey
Unsuck DC Metro, a local anonymous Metro critic, filed a civil complaint asking the agency to release the results of a September 2018 customer survey and require WMATA to be more responsive with information in the future. (Christian Paz / NBC4)
Arlington County approves a public space plan, but wonders where green space fits in
Arlington County's Public Spaces Master Plan was approved in a unanimous vote by the county board, although questions arose over whether the county relies too much on paved public spaces and whether there is room for athletic fields and mountain bike trails. (Vernon Miles / ARLnow)
New six-figure MoCo county positions draw scrutiny by the council
The six-figure salaries for three new cabinet positions for chief digital officer, chief labor relations officer, and chief equity officer drew questions from the County Council’s Government Operations and Fiscal Policy Committee. (Dan Schere / Bethesda Beat)
A woman accuses MPD of illegal search following the death of her son
A DC woman is suing MPD for searching her backyard without a warrant and violating her Constitutional right against unreasonable searches and seizures. The incident occurred a week after her son died from a collision with an MPD cruiser while he was on a dirt bike. (Natalie Delgadillo / DCist)
After it moves to L’Enfant Plaza, will tourists return to the Spy Museum?
Set to open on May 12 in its new location in L'Enfant Plaza, the private nonprofit Spy Museum is hoping to lure tourists to one of the least navigable parts of the city. If it succeeds, the museum will help diversify a neighborhood known for its urban renewal aesthetic and federal agency headquarters. (Kriston Capps / City Paper)
The suburbs aren’t going away, but they can be fixed
In a new book, Citylab writer Amanda Kolson Hurley calls for a renewed focus on retrofitting car-centric suburbs, which are home to about half of all Americans, and embracing the scale of ambition that formed many of the first post-war suburban communities. (Justin Davidson / New York Magazine)
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