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• Metro service information for Memorial Day
  Trains and buses will operate on a Sunday schedule. MetroAccess subscription trips will be cancelled.
  May 20, 2013, WMATA
   
• Metro weekend rebuilding work May 24-27
  Work on Red and Orange lines only. Four Orange Line stations and two Red Line stations will close.
  May 20, 2013, WMATA
   
• Final draft Silver Line Metrorail map for review
  Based on extensive customer feedback from the latest map revisions, we made some additional improvements to the map.
  May 23, 2013, PlanItMetro
   
• NoVa leaders plan wish list of projects
  The list includes major roads projects, like widening Routes 28 and 1, as well as improving intersections along Herndon Parkway. It also includes 22 new buses, including four that will offer a faster commute to Metro Blue Line riders stuck with 12-minute wait times between trains.
  Liz Essley, May 22, 2013, Examiner
   
• Only handful of Capital Bikeshare bikes stolen
  Only 15 bikes have gone missing out of the 1,900 bikes ordered for the bikesharing service since it began in fall 2010, according to Capital Bikeshare officials.
  Kytja Weir, May 22, 2013, Examiner
   
• 14th St. remains closed for sinkhole repairs
  Despite the fact that crews have been working around the clock since Tuesday night to repair a gaping sinkhole at 14th and F Streets NW, roads in the vicinity will remain closed to traffic today and could stay closed through tomorrow.
  May 23, 2013, WAMU
   
• Capital Bikeshare members reduced driving 4.4 million miles per year
  According to a November 2012 survey of Capital Bikeshare members, released today, the average subscriber drove 198 miles less per year after joining the system.
  Tanya Snyder, May 22, 2013, dc.streetsblog.org
   
• Is the sharing economy skidding out?
  Last year, California cracked down on ridesharing and car-hire start-ups. The state hasn't shut them down -- it's looking for a way to regulate them within the current system -- but it's asking a lot of the same questions about insurance and liability that are vexing New York.
  Susie Cagle, May 22, 2013, Grist
   
• Bikeshare and better health go together
  Besides having a useful mode of travel, Capital Bikeshare members report getting more exercise after joining, a survey found. But governments can do more to help low-income communities, where obesity is often greatest, take advantage of Capital Bikeshare.
  David Alpert, May 22, 2013, GGW
   
• The grandaddy of sprawl subsidies
  The ultimate sprawl subsidy just might be the mortgage interest deduction. Not only is this baby completely regressive -- the vast majority of subsidies flow to households with incomes greater than $200,000 -- as you can see in the above map, this money tends to flow to areas where everyone is dependent on a car.
  Angie Schmitt, May 22, 2013, streetsblog.net
   
• PG planners propose bold new smart growth future
   
• Sinkhole snarls traffic in downtown D.C. on Wednesday
   
• Amtrak bill would let trains go to the dogs
   
• Dangerous U-turn in D.C. leads to accidents
   
• D.C. council chairman seeks shift in collecting fuel taxes
   
• GOP, Amtrak debate responsibility for long-distance train routes
   
• Prince William slows plans for 'outer beltway'
   
• Virginia to take step toward express lanes for Interstate 66
   
• Potomac Yard Metro station delayed again
   
• Arlington exceeds AIRE 2012 Goal