Breakfast links: Jack Evans faces more scrutiny except from Metro
Evans at a 2009 School Without Walls ribbon-cutting. Image by David Clow licensed under Creative Commons.
Jack Evans won’t keep leading Metro
DC councilmember Jack Evans (Ward 2) will step down as WMATA Board chairman at the end of June, but will stay on the board and the agency's ethics probe closed with no other action. (Robert McCartney / Post)
Evans’ clients did have DC business
An investigation found that Jack Evans, who served as a lobbyist while also being a DC councilmember, did represent some clients who simultaneously had business before the DC government. (Steve Thompson / Post)
Elon Musk’s “Loop” may not be so safe
The proposed DC-to-Baltimore “Loop,” a brainchild of Elon Musk which has been criticized as just being “a car in a very small tunnel,” also may not be safe. Emergency exits would be more than four times as widely spaced as standards allow, for instance. (Mark Harris / TechCrunch)
Affordable housing is hard
Tenants of an affordable building on Cedar Street in Takoma used the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act to buy and rehabilitate their building, but took 5 years and $13 million through a convoluted process of assembling disparate sources and organizations. (Andrea Riquier / Marketwatch)
Wealthy liberal neighborhoods want more inclusivity except at home
America's wealthy, liberal cities have gotten more and more expensive, thanks to opposition to new housing by many of the wealthy, liberal residents to new housing at the same time they call for a more open, inclusive America on issues like immigration. (Farhad Manjoo / NYT. Tip: Chester B.)
Seattle models how to do transit
Despite seeing a population boom, Seattle has also seen its traffic stay steady and even decrease in some instances. The reason? Light rail, buses, and bikes. Engineer Dongho Chang says his goal is not speeding up traffic but reducing vehicle miles driven. (Erick Trickey / Politico )
Columbia Heights may get to keep unofficial dog park
Columbia Heights residents and Councilmember Brianne Nadeau successfully pushed Metro to sell a vacant piece of land to the city, instead of to a developer. Some residents wanted the land kept empty and converted to a dog park. The proposal has also drawn criticism, arguing the land should be sold and turned into housing. (Marissa J. Lang / Post)
Maryland power will get cleaner
A new law in Maryland will force the state to collect half its energy from renewable sources by 2030. Governor Larry Hogan doesn't like the bill but decided not to veto it. (Ovetta Wiggins / Post. Tip: Chester B.)
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