Breakfast links: Metro braces for blooming crowds during cherry blossoms
Early cherry blossoms were covered in snow over the weekend. Image by Jim Havard licensed under Creative Commons.
Metro is upping weekend service for cherry blossom season
WMATA is planning on boosting its weekend service train frequency and pausing track work to accomodate cherry blossom crowds. Weekend trains will run at current weekday service — currently every 10 minutes on the Red Line and every 20 on all other lines. (Gina Cook / NBC4)
Montgomery County resolves tax duplication issue with new law
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich has signed a bill that will resolve an issue with how municipalities are reimbursed for services like road work and policing and prevent residents of municipalities for “double paying” taxes for services. (Steve Bohnel / Bethesda Beat)
Mapping restrictive deeds in Arlington
A sociology professor and a lawyer are mapping Arlington’s “history of exclusion” by poring over old property records to map restrictive deeds, lot by lot. (Jo DeVoe / ARLnow)
New NoMa park has a new name
NoMa’s newest park will be named Swampoodle Terrace, mirroring the nearby Swampoodle Park in being named after the area’s old Irish nickname. (Edward Russell / DCist)
Suspect arrested in attacks and killings of unhoused people
A man has been arrested in connection with attacks on five people experiencing homelessness in New York and DC, two of which were fatal. (Martin Austermuhle / DCist)
Book details history of DC’s 16th Street NW
A new book “Sixteenth Street NW: Washington, D.C.’s Avenue of Ambitions” outlines the history of 16th Street, from its time being paved with wood blocks (?) to its growth during the Civil War. (John Kelly / Post)
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