Breakfast links: A car sharing app may have been used to swipe vehicles in DC
Parked cars in the District by DDOT licensed under Creative Commons.
Car thieves are also on car sharing apps
DC Attorney General Karl Racine says that thieves in the city may have used the car sharing app Getaround to locate and steal cars. The app needs users to leave their car keys in their vehicle which makes them easier targets. (Margaret Barthel / WAMU)
Neighbors highlight a dangerous Suitland Park intersection
After Cherlyn Bell was killed by a driver while she was crossing Suitland Parkway and Irving Street in Southeast DC, residents want the city to address the dangerous intersection where there is no current pedestrian infrastructure. (Margaret Barthel / WAMU)
Jeff Bezos owed DC thousands in parking tickets
Over the past three years DC issued $16,800 in citations for ignoring no parking signs and blocking curb cuts and right of way on the block where Bezos’ Kalorama house sits. (Avery Hartmans / Business Insider. Tip: Chester B.)
Anne Arundel steps up penalties for passing school buses
The county will add street-facing cameras to its fleet of school buses to automatically photograph and ticket drivers who don’t stop when the bus has its flashing warning lights on to indicate students are getting on or off the bus. (John Domen / WTOP)
Arlington could incentivize electric trucks
County Board member Erik Gutshall wants to provide electric delivery trucks with privileges like extended loading hours or dedicated curb spaces in order to incentivize using them over internal combustion trucks. (ARL Now)
Kweisi Mfume won the nomination for MD Congress
Mfune, a former Congressman and Baltimore City Councilmember, beat 23 other candidates to win the Democratic primary for a special election to fill the late Elijah Cummings’ Maryland Congressional seat. (Jeff Barker / Baltimore Sun)
Gaps remain in DC’s rapid rehousing program
DC offers a yearlong rental subsidy to homeless families, and the city says the program helps 90% of participants, but advocates claim that the metrics used to measure sucess are too narrow and miss many other peope who fall through the cracks and lose their housing or move out of the District. (Mitch Ryals / City Paper)
GMU gets campus-only e-scooters
Spin scooters are now available at George Mason University in Fairfax, but the scooters are geofenced and will not operate if they leave the campus grounds. (Jeff Clabaugh / WTOP)
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