Breakfast links: Chapter Two
The trial is over
Harry Thomas, Jr. will serve 38 months in prison for embezzling of government funds and not reporting that as income to the IRS. (DCist)
...but the scandal wears on
There is $230,000 missing from CYITC’s drug prevention fund, the same fund Councilmember Thomas used to embezzle, but CYITC can’t account for it. (City Paper)
The listless university
UDC struggles with low enrollment, high costs, minimal DC Council support, and a president with a big vision but without the political savvy to win any battles. (City Paper)
Parking may perform
Performance parking throughout all of DC got the nod from a council committee yesterday. DDOT then has to implement it, and its new parking chief seems promisingly smart-growth minded. (Examiner, TBD)
Real-time meter data?
The DC Council transportation budget report asks DDOT to consider releasing real-time meter occupancy data publicly. That could empower a generation of apps and tools to help people understand and find parking. (TBD)
14th goes grit to glam
Development is booming along 14th Street NW. Though it’s a sign of the District’s strong economy, high rents and land prices means much of the strip’s gritty character will disappear in favor of upscale retail. (NYT)
CP CaBi in the wrong places?
College Park and UMD have picked the locations for their 8 Capital Bikeshare stations, but some are very close together and others quite far-flung. Will this system succeed? Is 8 too few? (Patch, Bicycle Bug)
Dangerous to bike in Olney
A driver hit and killed a woman biking near Olney. Another residents says she’s afraid to bike in the road and drives her bike to a place to ride. The road design needs to become safer for cyclists. (TheWashCycle)
And…
Two teenagers released pepper spray at L’Enfant Plaza yesterday afternoon. (Examiner) … Which bus stops would you eliminate? (Examiner) … While congestion and turmoil rage above ground, Cairo’s subway trains keep running every 4 minutes. (NYT)