WTOP’s Adam Tuss had two nice little news nuggets today on forward-looking developments in local transportation. The first is that new DDOT chief Gabe Klein confirmed that the Anacostia streetcar line is still a go, and that we should expect “an announcement in the next few weeks” on its progress. That’s good news, considering the District bought three streetcars for the project almost four years ago, but have been forced to stash them in the Czech Republic while we waited for tracks to be installed for them here. Eventually, more streetcar lines would be installed across the new 11th Street bridges and along H Street NE.

The other story involves recently appointed Metro Board Chair Jim Graham’s quest to open up Metro stations to retail. Graham sees the possibility of renting out station space to newsstands and flower shops as a potential source of revenue, and there’s no arguing that Metro can use all the revenue it can get. Plus, wouldn’t it be nice to be able to buy a magazine while you wait? This isn’t the first time this idea has been floated, but given Graham’s enthusiasm and Metro’s very real budget shortfall, we expect to hear more about this soon.