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No need to delay: Not only did the Board of Elections clearly state that they are ready and capable of implementing ranked choice voting, but the voters already told us how they "assessed the need" by overwhelmingly passing it at the ballot box.
NEWS: Ward 7 Councilmember Wendell Felder is introducing emergency legislation that would delay ranked-choice voting, which is currently set to be rolled out in D.C. in 2026. His bill would mandate that Board of Elections conduct an assessment on what it would need to implement RCV.
November 25, 2025 at 10:43 PM
No need to delay: Not only did the Board of Elections clearly state that they are ready and capable of implementing ranked choice voting, but the voters already told us how they "assessed the need" by overwhelmingly passing it at the ballot box.
Does anyone know if WMATA has committed to putting the MTA purple line on its map?
Major part of my transit wishlist: I'd love to see NYC embrace a regional map of 🚇 and 🚊 services.
NYC is part of a regional economy and community-- it would be a major win if commuters could visualize PATH, HBLR and Newark City subway alongside the NYC subway system.
NYC is part of a regional economy and community-- it would be a major win if commuters could visualize PATH, HBLR and Newark City subway alongside the NYC subway system.
November 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Does anyone know if WMATA has committed to putting the MTA purple line on its map?
Perhaps our grandchildren will live to see it complete
'Stuttgart 21' high-speed rail opening delayed once more – DW – 11/19/2025
Conceived more than 30 years ago, Stuttgart's new high-speed rail connection and station project is billions over budget and years behind schedule. The latest planned opening date, December 2026, is n...
amp.dw.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Perhaps our grandchildren will live to see it complete
Looking forward to level boarding platforms being a component of the next generation streetcar plan which we will never fund.
New bus platforms on H St NE along DC's busiest bus route ensures drivers can't block the bus stop and riders have vastly improved accessibility!
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November 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Looking forward to level boarding platforms being a component of the next generation streetcar plan which we will never fund.
It’s amazing the excuses DOTs will invent to shut you up
"In addition, the department said it would not install a raised crosswalk because the roadway is classified as an “area connector, and such treatments are not authorized” pursuant to county code"
Sligo Ave at Grove St is an area connector BUT raised crosswalks are allowed on area connectors!
Sligo Ave at Grove St is an area connector BUT raised crosswalks are allowed on area connectors!
November 20, 2025 at 2:04 AM
It’s amazing the excuses DOTs will invent to shut you up
Baca is dead on. Bowser sees any pedestrianization as a special hazard. It’s not that hard!
Pete’s on-the-street interviews find that streateries on 18th Street NW, which the District paid for but is, nonetheless, about to dismantle, are overwhelmingly popular. Alex ruminates on the connection between streateries and street closures.
Adams Morgan’s streateries are overwhelmingly popular. Forthcoming requirements put them and others at risk of vanishing
View this post on ggwash.org
ggwash.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Baca is dead on. Bowser sees any pedestrianization as a special hazard. It’s not that hard!
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I was thinking again about how medical lingo in English is typically rendered in Greco-Latin that the common people does not comprehend. Considering that every single person interacts with the medical system... why the gatekeeping terms?
November 19, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I was thinking again about how medical lingo in English is typically rendered in Greco-Latin that the common people does not comprehend. Considering that every single person interacts with the medical system... why the gatekeeping terms?
With modern metro-like trains and better organizational integration we could have a DC-Baltimore metro. The MARC Penn line infrastructure is good enough already. No new track or stations needed.
Bronze Line Rail Project | Bronze Line
A concept to leverage Amtrak northeast corridor and MARC Penn line infrastructure between DC and Baltimore to provide a new metro line linking the two cities transit networks. New trains and updated o...
buildthebronze.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
With modern metro-like trains and better organizational integration we could have a DC-Baltimore metro. The MARC Penn line infrastructure is good enough already. No new track or stations needed.
Maryland needs to adopt this attitude of modernization to deliver better service.
A new Bronze line metro could use MARC Penn line infrastructure and deliver metro-level service between DC and Baltimore
buildthebronze.org
A new Bronze line metro could use MARC Penn line infrastructure and deliver metro-level service between DC and Baltimore
buildthebronze.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Maryland needs to adopt this attitude of modernization to deliver better service.
A new Bronze line metro could use MARC Penn line infrastructure and deliver metro-level service between DC and Baltimore
buildthebronze.org
A new Bronze line metro could use MARC Penn line infrastructure and deliver metro-level service between DC and Baltimore
buildthebronze.org
MARC should be jumping to get in on this for the Penn line
The spec may be a behemoth at 1500 pages, but the RFP explicitly allows for alternate designs & standards (including aluminum!) to cast the widest possible net of rolling stock platforms. SEPTA is leaving no stone unturned
November 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
MARC should be jumping to get in on this for the Penn line
Baltimore miles ahead of DC on this
Baltimore just eliminated parking minimums, reduced lot line setbacks, and allowed single-stair buildings for buildings up to six stories
All without years of studies or prevarication. This is not just the path to rest belt revival, it is a model for cities nationwide
All without years of studies or prevarication. This is not just the path to rest belt revival, it is a model for cities nationwide
November 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Baltimore miles ahead of DC on this
Interesting model for the Camden line which terminates at a light rail station already
Here's a public transit model a lot more cities need to know about.
It's the #Karlsruhe Stadtbahn. It runs tram-trains, in this metro region in #Germany of 310,000.
Outside town, they run as standard commuter trains. Inside town, they operate as trams (streetcars)—no need to change mode.
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It's the #Karlsruhe Stadtbahn. It runs tram-trains, in this metro region in #Germany of 310,000.
Outside town, they run as standard commuter trains. Inside town, they operate as trams (streetcars)—no need to change mode.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Interesting model for the Camden line which terminates at a light rail station already
Testing underway for the next-generation streetcar
November 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Testing underway for the next-generation streetcar
Daylight savings time ending is a prank played upon parents of young children
November 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Daylight savings time ending is a prank played upon parents of young children
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“Reports of atrocities by paramilitary group in Sudan’s Darfur region: State of the World from NPR”
Wrenching and important work. And why it’s so important we support the last US free-to-air broadcaster with a bureau in Africa.
www.npr.org/2025/10/29/n...
Wrenching and important work. And why it’s so important we support the last US free-to-air broadcaster with a bureau in Africa.
www.npr.org/2025/10/29/n...
The Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan Deepens : State of the World from NPR
The Darfur region of Sudan because known to the world as the site of a genocide twenty years ago. The U.S. and U.N. say there is a genocide happening in Darfur again and now the violence there has re...
www.npr.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:07 AM
“Reports of atrocities by paramilitary group in Sudan’s Darfur region: State of the World from NPR”
Wrenching and important work. And why it’s so important we support the last US free-to-air broadcaster with a bureau in Africa.
www.npr.org/2025/10/29/n...
Wrenching and important work. And why it’s so important we support the last US free-to-air broadcaster with a bureau in Africa.
www.npr.org/2025/10/29/n...
Early reporting was that the fees are high enough to discourage most restaurants from participating
Thursday, Nov. 6, the Committee on Transportation and the Environment will hold a public oversight roundtable on the District's Streatery Program. If you haven't heard, new guidelines take effect Nov. 30, when all *temporary* streatery permits are set to expire. (1/2)
October 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Early reporting was that the fees are high enough to discourage most restaurants from participating
And this is a global phenomenon
Everybody's talking about Dem strategy, so here's something to add to the mix.
I start with this premise: The best and most reliable indicator of whether someone will vote red or blue is the density of the place they live. More dense, more likely to be blue, & vice versa.
I start with this premise: The best and most reliable indicator of whether someone will vote red or blue is the density of the place they live. More dense, more likely to be blue, & vice versa.
October 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
And this is a global phenomenon
@mark-sussman.bsky.social Galaudet has a disc golf course!
Family Biking Matters: Halloween ride recap
Costumed bicyclists rode 4 miles in the third annual Hill Family Biking Halloween Ride and Costume Contest, which featured a lantern fly, Buzz Lightyear, the Popemobile, and more.
ggwash.org
October 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
@mark-sussman.bsky.social Galaudet has a disc golf course!
Charm city leaning DC in the dust
Attention: for all you housing lovers along the Northeast Corridor - Baltimore’s City Council just passed single-stair reform AND repealed residential parking minimums AND reduced setback requirements one-after-another this evening
October 28, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Charm city leaning DC in the dust
How does Maryland not have one of these state-supported intercity bus networks?!
Major service expansion planned for GoBus in Ohio
The Ohio Department of Transportation and the Hocking-Athens-Perry Community Action Program announced a major expansion of Ohio’s GoBus intercity transit network, increasing mobility options for rural...
www.cleveland19.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:16 AM
How does Maryland not have one of these state-supported intercity bus networks?!
DMV moves has a regional rail meeting summarizes both MARC and VRE plans. No plans for integration across the state systems or multiple unit trainsets.
dmvmoves.org
October 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
DMV moves has a regional rail meeting summarizes both MARC and VRE plans. No plans for integration across the state systems or multiple unit trainsets.
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The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
October 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
With even lots of BRT projects coming only every 15 minutes I think automated buses are under discussed
“The politics of transit construction are ‘all about minimizing disruption. That mentality leads to expensive choices.’”
The U.S. only has to look as far as Canada for an example of how to build transit, via @benschneider.bsky.social.
The U.S. only has to look as far as Canada for an example of how to build transit, via @benschneider.bsky.social.
Why automated metros are the future
High-tech transit can be cost-effective transit. Just look at Canada.
benjaminschneider.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
With even lots of BRT projects coming only every 15 minutes I think automated buses are under discussed
💯 I think a uniquely American problem that so much policy is made by people who have never lived in an apartment or a walkable neighborhood and can’t really comprehend one.
Soemthing that is always notable to me about Americans is that they struggle to find the right language to discuss transit or cities at all. You often hear them say things like “build bus lines” or call things light rail when they definitely are not.
A line that stuck out to me (and I think nobody else) in yesterday's NJGov debate: Ciattarelli (GOP nominee) describing the turnpike as a "mass transit system."
October 20, 2025 at 1:41 AM
💯 I think a uniquely American problem that so much policy is made by people who have never lived in an apartment or a walkable neighborhood and can’t really comprehend one.