Breakfast links: Metrorail service extends to midnight seven days a week starting July 18
Metro at night by Bossi licensed under Creative Commons.
Leaving on a midnight train to Georgia (Ave-Petworth)
Late-night — at least, later-night — service is coming back on Metro. Metrorail service will run until midnight seven days a week starting Sunday, July 18 as the system gradually brings back service that was cut during the pandemic. (WMATA, Justin George / Post)
Part of Tysons Boulevard opens for recreation again
A half-mile stretch of one northbound lane of Tysons Boulevard has been closed to vehicles in order to facilitate bicycle and pedestrian recreation. It’s not yet clear how long the closure will last. (Fairfax County, Dalia Palchik / Twitter)
COVID-19 impacts Prince George’s County redistricting
Pandemic-related delays in the Census Bureau’s block-level population data means the Prince George’s County Redistricting Commission will not be able to prepare a legal map for the county council by the September 1 deadline. (Bradley Heard / Prince George's Urbanist)
How unhoused residents stopped their eviction from a Mt. Vernon Square park
A group of unhoused DC residents who faced removal from Burke Park by the US Park Police worked with their Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner and community activists to stop the eviction. The story reveals DC’s stark housing and economic divides, as well as the challenges residents face holding accountable federal agencies over which they have no control. (DCist. Tip: Chester B.)
13 people injured in Metro shuttle bus crash
On Wednesday, the driver of a shuttle bus headed to Prince George’s Plaza crashed into a retaining wall near the Fort Totten Metro station, injuring 13 people including one critically. Police are still determining what caused the crash. (Post)
Feds back off on changing definition of a “city”
The Office of Management and Budget will no longer pursue a proposed change in the definition of a metropolitan statistical area that would have doubled the threshold from 50,000 to 100,000 people. (Michael Macagnone / Roll Call)
Advocates want the Chesapeake Bay designated as a national recreation area
Advocates are proposing a plan to consider the Chesapeake Bay part of the National Park Service as a national recreation area. The move would open the park up to more recognition and resources. (Anne Tate / Washingtonian)
A study finds more police stops don’t prevent car crashes
A new study found that there is no significant correlation between high state patrol traffic stops and lower rates of car crashes. The findings call into question one of the chief justifications for stops that put people of color at risk. (Kea Wilson / Streetsblog USA)
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