Breakfast links: Two Metro trains without passengers collided Sunday night
Farragut West Metro stop by pderby licensed under Creative Commons.
Two Metrorail trains collided Sunday night
Metro will start the week of with delays on the Blue, Orange, and Silver Lines after two railcars collided between the McPherson Square and Farragut West stations at 1 am. There were no passengers on board, and two operators were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries. (Alejandro Alvarez and Reem Nadeem / WTOP, Dana Hedgpeth / Post)
Howard students want refund on housing costs
Some Howard university students are seeking refunds on housing costs due to decrepit conditions like rats, leaking pipes, and unsafe water in some of the dorms. The complications stem from construction that the university says don’t be completed until December. (Barbara Sprunt / WAMU)
A look at College Park’s new bikeshare system
The City of College Park recently rolled out VeoRide, its new bike and scooter share system. The system covers much of the city and the University of Maryland campus, but limits hours of operation from 5 am to 9 pm. (The Wash Cycle)
A new Tysons development hopes to inspire similar projects
A mixed-used development in Tysons that has been in the works for five years is near completion, and the company behind it is hopeful that it will encourage more to develop similar mixed-use, walkable projects in the area. (Ashley Hopko / Tysons Reporter)
New DDOT rules would allow up to 10,000 scooters in the District
As we wrote about in September, newly-proposed rules from the District Department of Transportation would limit the number of dockless scooter companies that can operate in the District to four and double the number of allowable scooters to 10,000. DDOT says limiting the number of companies will make it easier to provide oversight. (Luz Lazo / Post)
A new family social club in Ivy City provides a welcoming space
A new social club in that’s set to open in Ivy City this winter will strive to be friendly to urban families, with activites for children and spaces for their parents to work and mingle. The club will include staff members specially trained to supervise children. (Anna Spiegel / Washingtonian)
More people are using public transit in the US this year
So far in 2019, transit ridership has overall increased in cities across the US. Some say this is the result of investments into mass transit projects in recent years, which has resulted in better services that’s winning back customers. (Justin George / Post)
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