Vince Orange: Parking tickets = proxy commuter tax. Kwame Brown: Parking tickets = obesity reduction measure (people skip dessert!). [Kojo]

Love it. [Washcycle]

Food trucks, pétanque, yoga classes, and free concerts to build buzz at Southwest Waterfront before project gets rolling. [Post]

Bit by bit, cars cede space on New York’s Broadway. [NYT]

Free city money for the right retailer. [Post]

Is Daniel Burnham all that useful nowadays? [RPUS]

NoVa schools overflowing, underfunded. [Examiner]

Northeast gets another grocery store. [DCMud]

Today on the market: Custom house on Potomac Avenue.