Breakfast links: Some Metro riders experienced a bit of post-strike bus confusion
A Metro bus by Elvert Barnes licensed under Creative Commons.
Metro bus service was uncertain after strike
WMATA published incorrect updates and schedules for the bus routes coming back online after the end of the workers’ strike at a Northern Virginia garage. Now bus riders are mistrustful of information about whether or not their bus is actually running. (Margaret Barthel / WAMU)
Prince George’s County claims top jobs position
Prince George’s County added over 21,000 jobs from 2013 to 2018, more than neighboring Montgomery County’s 19,540 new positions, to become the new biggest job creator in the Maryland suburbs. (Robert McCartney / Post)
A Vision Zero meeting is planned in Wheaton
The Montgomery County Council is holding a meeting focused on the county’s plans to reduce traffic deaths after three pedestrians died on county roads, two on Rockville Pike, so far in 2020. (Alessia Grunberger / Takoma Patch)
A DC rent strike heads to court
Tenants at 3435 Holmead Place stopped paying rent in December in protest of poor conditions in the building. Now residents of seven units are facing hearings in Landlord and Tenant court over the missed payments, and the outcome of the case is uncertain. (Eliza Berkon / WAMU)
Offices will become apartments in Alexandria
Real estate firm PRP plans to turn a 12 story office building on Mark Drive into 213 housing units because of the building’s proximity to existing government office centers and the future HQ2 location. (Alex Koma / WBJ)
MoCo could nix bike registrations
Police, under Montgomery County law, are allowed to ticket and confiscate unregistered bikes, but now the County Council has introduced a bill to make registrations optional. (Michelle Murillo / WTOP)
Purple Line construction worries business owners
The light rail project is due to open in 2023, but business owners on Bonifant Street are concerned about losing business during the disruptive construction period beginning in March, and about the threat of higher rents once the rail line is in place. (Sasha-Ann Simons / WAMU)
DC wants more dynamic storage facilites
The Office of Planning proposed a zoning change to require self-storage buildings in PDR zones (production, distribution, and repair) to activate their ground floor with another use, like a shop, restaurant or medical facility, that would bring in foot traffic. (Nena Perry-Brown / Urban Turf)
A VA delegate suggests giving parts of the state
Republican delegate Dave LaRock said he would support Alexandria and Arlington becoming part of DC in order to formally separate the denser and more liberal areas of Northern Virginia from the more rural and conservative parts of the state. (Natalie Delgadillo / DCist)
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