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RIP Newell St Streetery @ripnewellstreetery.bsky.social · 2h

Anyway seems like a positive move for the CUE! Would be curious to hear opinions from anyone with more info about the process or more experience riding than service than me

RIP Newell St Streetery @ripnewellstreetery.bsky.social · 2h

The new system will be more direct and frequent, cutting the services’ 200 STOPS to 121. I wonder how many of those cut stops are eliminated/simplified service rather than stop removal. Seems like the purple line in the center will be the direct GMU link and the other lines will be “coverage” routes

Map of proposed CUE service with 3 lines serving GMU

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RIP Newell St Streetery @ripnewellstreetery.bsky.social · 2h

This boarding frequency map really sums up the service’s utility: a bright red circle at GMU and lesser red circles at the Vienna Metro, Old Town Fairfax, and commercial strips along arterials. It’s mostly used as a shuttle to GMU and existing service doesn’t serve that need as well as it could.

Map showing Fairfax CUEs service overlaid with “boarding activity” heat map bright red circle at GMU and lesser red circles at the Vienna Metro, Old Town Fairfax, and commercial strips along arterials

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RIP Newell St Streetery @ripnewellstreetery.bsky.social · 2h

I rode the system this summer (trip report below) and it’s pretty satisfying to see that CUE’s conclusions were the same as mine—there are way too many stops, the existing clockwise/counterclockwise configuration is confusing, and the system needs more frequent service.

RIP Newell St Streetery @ripnewellstreetery.bsky.social · Jul 26

It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these so come along with me as I travel to Vienna to ride Fairfax City’s CUE bus system (and go to MetroFest).

A Fairfax City low floor Gillig CUE bus in a fetching green yellow and blue chevron livery

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RIP Newell St Streetery @ripnewellstreetery.bsky.social · 2h

Oh hey Fairfax City system is re-structuring its (pretty good) CUE bus system. Frequencies going from 33 mins to 20 mins at peak and 60 to 30 mins off peak

fairfax.granicus.com

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RIP Newell St Streetery @ripnewellstreetery.bsky.social · 9h

One quibble: green bus stops are afaik vaporware which raise the cost of shelters and don’t provide the cooling/biodiversity benefits of a building green roof. Dc/the vendor should just spend the same money to plant trees/place more shelters (tbf also a rec from the article)

Text screenshot: Instead of aesthetic consistency, DDOT should prioritize design proposals that include protection and cooling from extreme heat and comfort for riders. This includes design proposals that allow bus riders to comfortably sit while waiting for the bus, while still allowing for discouraging sleeping. It should also include green roof cooling bus shelter designs that exist in jurisdictions like Boston.

RIP Newell St Streetery @ripnewellstreetery.bsky.social · 9h

Man @ggwash.org’s coverage of DC ‘s bus shelters is great—it really highlights how arcane agreements and underfunding shape a very basic piece of infrastructure.

A way forward for DC’s bus shelters

DDOT’s vision for bus shelters is an improvement from the status quo, but it should do more for riders.

ggwash.org

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 10h

I think about this a lot when I see media coverage that treats the arguments of anti-bike folks as good faith and logical. They are not. They are just angry people lashing out at bikes from whichever direction seems most convenient.

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RIP Newell St Streetery @ripnewellstreetery.bsky.social · 9h

lol this is me but for JCrew (and to a lesser extent Bonobos)

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RIP Newell St Streetery @ripnewellstreetery.bsky.social · 2d

Some good momentum for anti-highway activists this year between finally killing the M-83 and this express lane project. Hopefully we’ll be able to build on that and cancel the awful beltway express lane project too

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RIP Newell St Streetery @ripnewellstreetery.bsky.social · 2d

Seriously when was the last time VDOT wasn’t able to railroad (lol) a highway project through to construction? I can’t think of any dead projects, at least in NoVa.

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RIP Newell St Streetery @ripnewellstreetery.bsky.social · 2d

Oh wow up until a few days ago I thought this was a slam dunk. Small win for the climate.

Edward Russell @byerussell.com · 2d

The DC area’s metropolitan planning org, @mwcog.bsky.social, has voted to NOT include an 11-mile extension of Virginia’s Beltway express lanes from the Springfield interchange across into Maryland.

Now maybe we could use the funds for a Metro extension to National Harbor? ggwash.org/view/100550/...

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Streets of Washington @streetsofdc.bsky.social · 2d

A streetcar reaches the end of the Route 74 line on Upshur Street NW at Rock Creek Church Road NW, in 1957. The Eagle Gate of the US Soldiers Home is just behind the photographer.

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Lady Topham Catt @ladytophamcatt.bsky.social · Apr 28

1/2 This 1928 building originally housed Raphael's, a 2 story 450 seat restaurant of such excess that it could only have been built in the 1920s. You entered through a space meant to mimic an outdoor garden, complete with trees & fountains. At night, colored spotlights bounced off the 60 ft minaret.

Extreme wide angle photo of a Persian-influenced building of tan brick and absolutely incredible polychrome terra cotta ornament. A minaret-like tower extends up above the roofline.

Color close up of the ornament above the entry. Inside of a large horseshoe arch formed by rows of intricately designed polychrome terra cotta fashioned into geometric designs in dark yellow, blue and green, is another incredibly complex circle/star element in a lighter yellow, green and blue terra cotta. Below this, twin designs in pale green and dark pink that seem to mimic in miniature the curving arches common in Islamic architectural designs. Even this element is made extraordinary as it is filled in with tiny, dark pink terra cotta tessellations.

Color close up of ornament atop the building. From this angle can be seen part of the minaret-like tower, which is made up of tan brick and layers of intricately designed pale green terra cotta. Beneath this is some gorgeous terra cotta cresting; a dark green on light yellow calligraphic design. The facade also features a row of five dark yellow terra cotta polylobed arches highlighted by dark blue tessellations and bands of pale green horizontal tiles alternating with tan brick.

Crooked color close-up of terra cotta ornamentation on the building's first level. Straight dark green bands alternate with lovely bands of stylized foliate and geometric designs in blue.

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escapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 8d

WWII "Friend" poster series from the Allied Forces, originally demonstrating the various Allied forces (British, Australian, Chinese, French, Dutch, etc.) and their appearances

It reads:

"This man is your FRIEND

He fights for FREEDOM"

The image is a sepia/black and white toned image of the Portland Frog protester, simply labelled FROG

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 14d

Incredible @perrybaconjr.bsky.social interview with Chris Van Hollen

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RIP Newell St Streetery @ripnewellstreetery.bsky.social · 18d

Good Decorated Shed

old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · 18d

iceberg restaurant, tulsa, oklahoma, 1979

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 18d

ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards

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old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · 21d

rabbit watermelon with melon balls, menges lakeside, livingston manor, new york, 1978

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Nick Sementelli @nsementelli.bsky.social · 29d

Slight uptick in crime (or perception of)? Attack the decades long criminal code rewrite! Youth curfews! Is there evidence they work? How dare you ask that! Do you think we should do NOTHING?

Some restaurants close? Is it actually a trend? Do we have data? No time for that! Repeal the last thing!

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unIMPortant, DM of Alleged Reality🔞parody for sad strange adults @tonybologny.bsky.social · Sep 17

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A somewhat naturalistic cgi cow looks in the direction of a cgi Cow Tools type cow cgi model that has been placed behind a model of the SICKOS guy's window as a facade. The implication is that the Cow Tools cow is saying "Yes... ha Ha HA... YES!" as would any other figure placed similarly. Available on Steam for use in Dungeon Alchemist.

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Larry Shure @ultralocal1.bsky.social · Sep 17

Pen drawings of Chicago substation stone details. Left is at 2950 E. 80th, and right is at 6910 N. Glenwood (now the Lifeline Theater).

Pointillist pen drawing of a Chicago electrical substation stone panel depicting a lightbulb with emanating rays.

Pointillist pen drawing of a Chicago electrical substation stone panel depicting four lightbulbs within a geometric grid, each emanating rays.

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · Sep 15

Look, they do not have the capacity or competence to do this at the scale they want you to fear they do, and your fear is precisely their greatest force multiplier. Everybody who is cowed into silence by their threats allows them a smaller pool to focus on.

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · Sep 15

Stephen Miler is open about what's coming: a federal law enforcement crackdown on its political opponents

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Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid @dcmigrantmutualaid.org · Sep 9

🚨ACTIVE CHECKPOINT ALERT 🚨

There is an active checkpoint at the intersection of 30th St SE and Alabama Ave as of today, September 9, at 7:25 p.m. Avoid the area if possible! 1/2

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RIP Newell St Streetery @ripnewellstreetery.bsky.social · Sep 8

While the project has its faults (way too many vehicle lanes, a landscaped median instead of a bus lane) it’ll calm traffic, give parking space back to local businesses, and create a protected bike link from DTSS to the Forest Glen Metro

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