Breakfast links: The fastest-growing cities aren’t the sprawling ones
A DC skyline by Ted Eytan licensed under Creative Commons.
How are US cities growing?
America’s cities are growing at different rates.When looking at population and job growth, some of the ones that are doing better (and the ones that are doing worse) may surprise you. (Richard Florida / CityLab)
How maps of DCs intersections became art
After Peter Gorman took a year-long bike trip across the country he came back home and started making minimalist maps of city intersections. What do his maps of DC’s streets say about the District’s layout? (Gaspard Le Dem / DCist)
There’s a reason for the braille message on your e-scooter
You may be wondering why there is a message in braille on some e-scooters. It turns out it’s for contacting companies when blind people come across the scooters blocking a path. (Luz Lazo / Post)
Lyft raises prices on scooters
Lyft just announced that it is raising its prices on scooters from $0.15 per minute to $0.24 per minute. Two months ago, Jump also raised its prices up to $0.25 per minute from $0.15 per minute. Lyft says that fleet limits and remaining competitive in the market prompted the price hike. (Yasna Khademian / DCist)
How to ride the new shareable mopeds
Now that 400 mopeds are available by app in DC, WAMU took them for a ride to help you figure out how to safely use them. One piece of advice? Watch for shadows, which can obscure potholes and other obstacles. (Jordan Pascale / WAMU)
A person was hit and killed by a driver in Fairfax County
On Thursday night, a driver struck and killed a pedestrian in Northern Virginia. Authorities say it was a hit-and-run. (Dana Hedgpeth / Post)
Prices continue to climb in 16th Street Heights
Housing prices and sales continue to climb in the 16th Street Heights neighborhood in DC. The median sales price of a home in the area was $887,500, up 19%, from the previous year. (UrbanTurf)
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