Just in case you don’t get enough micro-blogging via twitter…

• The Transportation Planning Board will vote today on inclusion of the Purple Line as light rail on the Georgetown Branch right-of-way in the air quality analysis of the regional transportation plan. Chevy Chase NIMBYs are sure to show up and make further impassioned arguments such as think of the children (but not all of them). Personally, I’m done taking Purple Line opponents seriously.
• Speaking of the TPB, their task force working on a regional bus priority stimulus application is meeting today and will be deciding exactly what to include in its application over the next two weeks. BeyondDC will report as appropriate. Fair warning: The final application is going to look a lot different than that first-draft map at GGW.
• TysonsTunnel, the group hoping to build a subway in Tysons Corner rather than an el, is suing. The ship has sailed guys, changing course now would seriously harm the project. What are you really trying to accomplish?
• In case you haven’t heard, Congressman Oberstar is expected to release his outline of the next TEA bill on Wednesday Thursday. T4America will have plenty of coverage, and I’m sure I’ll have something to say about it as well.
• No, we do not need to widen I-270. All those past widenings worked oh-so-well.
• Ryan Avent notes that the DC metro area is still outperforming most of the country in housing construction. Also, reports yesterday show that housing starts are up nationally.
• You know how Virginia has been totally unable to pass meaningful and constitutionally legal transportation funding legislation? Maybe the problem is systemic. Virginia is the dead last state to send in its transportation stimulus requests.
• Global climate change is here, and it’s real. Let’s not pretend otherwise.