Chris Slatt
@alongthepike.com
Transpo-nerd, Software-geek, & Columbia Pike Cheerleader. Former Arlington Transportation Commission Chair. Sustainable Mobility for Arlington Founder [He/Him]
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Chris Slatt
@alongthepike.com
· Dec 12
Ladies and Gentlemen, I FOIA'd the full list of submitted Arlington Plow names so that you don't have to. Some highlights that didn't make the official list, in roughly alphabetical order: 🧵👇🏻
Arlington's Vision Zero Action Plan update is moving along. Adoption coming in Summer/Fall.
January 29, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Arlington's Vision Zero Action Plan update is moving along. Adoption coming in Summer/Fall.
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@wmata.com Mon morning update:
🚌 will start @ 8am but conditions are challenging so pls check MetroPulse for real time info.
🚇 service has started w/ limited frequency. As fleet & staffing allow service will increase.
Please be patient today & limit travel to essential trips.
🚌 will start @ 8am but conditions are challenging so pls check MetroPulse for real time info.
🚇 service has started w/ limited frequency. As fleet & staffing allow service will increase.
Please be patient today & limit travel to essential trips.
January 26, 2026 at 11:36 AM
@wmata.com Mon morning update:
🚌 will start @ 8am but conditions are challenging so pls check MetroPulse for real time info.
🚇 service has started w/ limited frequency. As fleet & staffing allow service will increase.
Please be patient today & limit travel to essential trips.
🚌 will start @ 8am but conditions are challenging so pls check MetroPulse for real time info.
🚇 service has started w/ limited frequency. As fleet & staffing allow service will increase.
Please be patient today & limit travel to essential trips.
Includes the A40 (Columbia Pike to Crystal City) and the A70 (Tysons to Potomac Yard via all the Glebes)
Metro has proactively identified 33 critical bus routes that will continue operating during the winter storm to ensure support for customers traveling to hospitals & life-sustaining facilities. These routes will run with varying frequencies. Full info: wmata.com/about/news/M...
January 25, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Includes the A40 (Columbia Pike to Crystal City) and the A70 (Tysons to Potomac Yard via all the Glebes)
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Job! We’re hiring entry level transit planners/analysts in Portland, OR or Arlington, VA. jarrettwalker.com/hiring/
Hiring — Jarrett Walker + Associates
Transit GIS analyst/planner
jarrettwalker.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Job! We’re hiring entry level transit planners/analysts in Portland, OR or Arlington, VA. jarrettwalker.com/hiring/
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Crazy you can catch the ball. Have clear possession and some guy can just strip it out as you hit the ground and that counts as an interception. Bills always on the end of some absolutely insane calls.
January 18, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Crazy you can catch the ball. Have clear possession and some guy can just strip it out as you hit the ground and that counts as an interception. Bills always on the end of some absolutely insane calls.
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The bills got completely robbed. Out of all the interceptions that ever happened, that interception happened the least.
January 18, 2026 at 1:10 AM
The bills got completely robbed. Out of all the interceptions that ever happened, that interception happened the least.
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The Bills got screwed on three calls in OT. That was a Bills catch, NOT an interception. And those pass interference calls were BS.
January 18, 2026 at 1:13 AM
The Bills got screwed on three calls in OT. That was a Bills catch, NOT an interception. And those pass interference calls were BS.
I am once again begging you to slash the NFL broadcast graphics budget.
December 22, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I am once again begging you to slash the NFL broadcast graphics budget.
The long-gone businesses on this sign outnumber the in-business businesses.
December 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The long-gone businesses on this sign outnumber the in-business businesses.
*sigh* Does that look like a 10' wide sidewalk to anyone?
December 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM
*sigh* Does that look like a 10' wide sidewalk to anyone?
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Among many other things, this video does a great job highlighting the minefield that is comparing cities to each other, and why maybe advocates' time is better spent focusing on ways to improve their own city rather than denigrating the cities of other advocates.
Not Just Bikes vs. Montreal (Two Years Later)
Not Just Bikes vs. Montreal (Two Years Later)
YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!
youtu.be
December 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Among many other things, this video does a great job highlighting the minefield that is comparing cities to each other, and why maybe advocates' time is better spent focusing on ways to improve their own city rather than denigrating the cities of other advocates.
Don't worry folks, I've already submitted the FOIA
From Clear-’n’-done to Frostlyn, here are Arlington’s new snowplow names
From Clear-’n’-done to Frostlyn, here are Arlington’s new snowplow names | ARLnow.com
As Arlington's fleet of snowplows rumbled to life after this weekend's snowfall, the vehicles bore a new set of playful names submitted by local residents. They're just as pun-packed as last year's. This...
www.arlnow.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Don't worry folks, I've already submitted the FOIA
The County had funding to do this (www.arlnow.com/2021/07/21/c...) and ultimately abandoned the project and gave the money back.
December 14, 2025 at 4:21 AM
The County had funding to do this (www.arlnow.com/2021/07/21/c...) and ultimately abandoned the project and gave the money back.
Columbia Pike where am I?
December 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Columbia Pike where am I?
The old Christian Science Reading Room on Walter Reed is apparently now a DHL.
December 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The old Christian Science Reading Room on Walter Reed is apparently now a DHL.
This is good news! share.google/1kekxtYBQ4fg...
Spanberger taps Nick Donohue as Virginia’s next transportation secretary • Virginia Mercury
Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger on Tuesday tapped transportation expert Nick Donohue as Virginia’s next transportation secretary, selecting the VCU graduate to help steer her administration’s policies o...
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December 13, 2025 at 5:22 AM
This is good news! share.google/1kekxtYBQ4fg...
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As I never tire of reminding people, the two plausible alternatives to automated traffic enforcement are that we either rely on the discretion of individual police officers or we simply don't enforce traffic laws at all. We have been trying both alternatives now and they are failing us.
See also: debates about speed cameras.
There's a problematic reflex among some progressive reformers to move from "conventional criminal legal responses are bad" to something too close to "accountability in general is bad."
I think (as Jamelle argues here) it's rooted in not thinking abt victims.
There's a problematic reflex among some progressive reformers to move from "conventional criminal legal responses are bad" to something too close to "accountability in general is bad."
I think (as Jamelle argues here) it's rooted in not thinking abt victims.
someone tell the California ACLU who is disproportionately more likely to be killed in traffic accidents including those involving people under the influence
December 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
As I never tire of reminding people, the two plausible alternatives to automated traffic enforcement are that we either rely on the discretion of individual police officers or we simply don't enforce traffic laws at all. We have been trying both alternatives now and they are failing us.
Party in the Coat Bath
December 2, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Party in the Coat Bath
Save the Date: National Landing Garage Races Saturday 2/21/2026
November 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Save the Date: National Landing Garage Races Saturday 2/21/2026
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To allow work on the new Long Bridge project, beginning in January, VRE will significantly alter its schedule through 2030. No trips are being eliminated but mid-day trips (8:15 am–1:00 pm, MON-SAT) will terminate or originate in Alexandria, not DC.
Details: vrevip.squarespace.com/blog/how-to-...
Details: vrevip.squarespace.com/blog/how-to-...
How to Prepare for Schedule Changes — VRE | Very Important Passenger
What VRE Riders Need to Know
vrevip.squarespace.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:30 PM
To allow work on the new Long Bridge project, beginning in January, VRE will significantly alter its schedule through 2030. No trips are being eliminated but mid-day trips (8:15 am–1:00 pm, MON-SAT) will terminate or originate in Alexandria, not DC.
Details: vrevip.squarespace.com/blog/how-to-...
Details: vrevip.squarespace.com/blog/how-to-...
Hallelujah, @arlingtondes.bsky.social is here to light our darkest hour. Bring on the plow name puns, people!
Back for another Arlington winter: Name That Plow hysteria. Hopefully not the snow. www.arlingtonva.us/About-Arling...
November 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Hallelujah, @arlingtondes.bsky.social is here to light our darkest hour. Bring on the plow name puns, people!
In case you need a pick-me-up this morning. mcmansionhell.com/post/8002175...
chud atlantis
Hello everyone, sorry to go so long without posting something. I caught covid in August and it's taken me months to start feeling relatively back to normal. I am still struggling with fatigue and some...
mcmansionhell.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
In case you need a pick-me-up this morning. mcmansionhell.com/post/8002175...
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🚨🚨LAST CHANCE! (Deadline: TODAY 11/16)🚨🚨
Choose Your Own Adventure: for a more inclusive, sustainable, diverse, and car-optional Arlington, click our Action Alert and take action today!
Choose Your Own Adventure: for a more inclusive, sustainable, diverse, and car-optional Arlington, click our Action Alert and take action today!
Arlington2050: Updating Arlington's Comprehensive Plan
Arlington is updating its Comprehensive Plan, its long-range plan for livability and what the community wants to look like in the future. This is a big-picture document, and your opportunity to shape how Arlington grows and develops over the next generation.
Join us to call on the County Board to create a Vibrant, Diverse, Sustainable, and Inclusive Arlington where housing is abundant and nobody has to depend on a car!
susmo.org
November 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
🚨🚨LAST CHANCE! (Deadline: TODAY 11/16)🚨🚨
Choose Your Own Adventure: for a more inclusive, sustainable, diverse, and car-optional Arlington, click our Action Alert and take action today!
Choose Your Own Adventure: for a more inclusive, sustainable, diverse, and car-optional Arlington, click our Action Alert and take action today!
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“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.
www.fastcompany.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:40 AM
“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
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“The rise in high-fronted SUVs poses a clear and growing threat to public safety, especially for children,” states the report. “With no benefit to society, it’s time for lawmakers at all levels to act.” Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com.
Cap SUV/truck hood heights. And ban unsafe designs.
Cap SUV/truck hood heights. And ban unsafe designs.
EU Must Cap SUV Hood Heights Urges Report. Crash Test Body Says Not As Simple As That
Higher fronts on cars significantly increase the death rate when pedestrians and cyclists are struck, says new report. EuroNCAP says more complex than that.
www.forbes.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:18 AM
“The rise in high-fronted SUVs poses a clear and growing threat to public safety, especially for children,” states the report. “With no benefit to society, it’s time for lawmakers at all levels to act.” Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com.
Cap SUV/truck hood heights. And ban unsafe designs.
Cap SUV/truck hood heights. And ban unsafe designs.