Chelsea Ritter-Soronen
@chelsearsoronen.bsky.social
Owner/Artist, Chalk Riot • sustainable transportation grad student • USA delegate USJLP 24-25 • effective transit needs engaging art • California Zephyr and front stoop enthusiast • DC
www.chalkriotart.com
www.chalkriotart.com
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Family Biking Matters: Make streets safer with art
This month, Family Biking Matters delves into how art on the street (the actual street) can improve safety and contribute to quality of life.
ggwash.org
Proud and grateful to share my first piece with @ggwash.org today! ggwash.org/view/98106/f... Thanks to my good friends at @hillfamilybiking.org 🫶 Read on to learn more about the surge of pavement murals and arts in the right of way in DC and beyond! Now more than ever, community > everything
Another streatery bites the dust. So depressing. I cannot imagine the negative financial impact this loss of seating will have on Beau Thai and hope they take rigorous notes. These public-facing gathering spaces help make our neighborhood so alive at night, and probably make them safer, too.
December 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Another streatery bites the dust. So depressing. I cannot imagine the negative financial impact this loss of seating will have on Beau Thai and hope they take rigorous notes. These public-facing gathering spaces help make our neighborhood so alive at night, and probably make them safer, too.
I used to live on Flower Ave, and this would truly be so incredible!
🚴TOMORROW🚴
On Wednesday, Dec. 10, at 6:30PM, MCDOT will hold a virtual public hearing to discuss the proposed Flower Ave. Separated Bike Lanes project. The public will have an opportunity to provide feedback and ask questions. ▶️ https://ow.ly/YKkG50XsMTF #bikemoco #mocobikes
On Wednesday, Dec. 10, at 6:30PM, MCDOT will hold a virtual public hearing to discuss the proposed Flower Ave. Separated Bike Lanes project. The public will have an opportunity to provide feedback and ask questions. ▶️ https://ow.ly/YKkG50XsMTF #bikemoco #mocobikes
December 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I used to live on Flower Ave, and this would truly be so incredible!
Frightening!
The Bay took over the highway during this morning's #KingTides in Marin.
December 9, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Frightening!
Why Holocaust education and talking about real antisemitism with high schoolers is important: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
It’s the shamelessness of it that I find the most unsettling.
It’s the shamelessness of it that I find the most unsettling.
Community outraged after California high schoolers form a human swastika
A student at a San Jose high school posted a photo of eight students lying in the shape of a swastika on a football field
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Why Holocaust education and talking about real antisemitism with high schoolers is important: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
It’s the shamelessness of it that I find the most unsettling.
It’s the shamelessness of it that I find the most unsettling.
My entire grad school class this quarter has highlighted this specific problem: AVs do and will continue to only INCREASE vmt. It is a majorly concerning step backward in the progress away from car dependence.
@davidzipper.bsky.social: "The real reason to fight robotaxis are the ways in which they increase vehicle miles traveled and lock cities into a car-dominated future."
December 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
My entire grad school class this quarter has highlighted this specific problem: AVs do and will continue to only INCREASE vmt. It is a majorly concerning step backward in the progress away from car dependence.
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“Statistically, pedestrian bridges are demonstrably not safer for pedestrians. Because the bridges give drivers a sense or perception of exclusive and unbridled access to the road, they are less likely to be mindful of pedestrians or cyclists.”
itdp.org/2024/02/29/p...
itdp.org/2024/02/29/p...
December 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
“Statistically, pedestrian bridges are demonstrably not safer for pedestrians. Because the bridges give drivers a sense or perception of exclusive and unbridled access to the road, they are less likely to be mindful of pedestrians or cyclists.”
itdp.org/2024/02/29/p...
itdp.org/2024/02/29/p...
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New prints in the shop from Meredith Stern and Saiyare Refaei/Thea Gahr! Everything is 20% off with code EVERYONE. justseeds.org/shop/?js-ord...
December 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
New prints in the shop from Meredith Stern and Saiyare Refaei/Thea Gahr! Everything is 20% off with code EVERYONE. justseeds.org/shop/?js-ord...
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Do you know about Leqaa Kordia? She has been detained by ICE ever since protesting the Gaza war on Columbia’s campus, and hardly in the news. Chalk Riot is partnering with @amnesty.org this week to help bring attention to her case and encourage the letter campaign. She wants to write you back! (1)
December 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Do you know about Leqaa Kordia? She has been detained by ICE ever since protesting the Gaza war on Columbia’s campus, and hardly in the news. Chalk Riot is partnering with @amnesty.org this week to help bring attention to her case and encourage the letter campaign. She wants to write you back! (1)
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🚨The video recording of the AI and the Politics of Extraction panel is now live! Watch this fascinating 1.5 hour discussion with @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @profwhw.bsky.social, @mysdick.bsky.social, and @profhvdv.bsky.social as they explore the risks of unfettered AI implementation.
AI and the Politics of Extraction | Centre for Climate Justice
YouTube video by Centre for Climate Justice
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:59 PM
🚨The video recording of the AI and the Politics of Extraction panel is now live! Watch this fascinating 1.5 hour discussion with @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @profwhw.bsky.social, @mysdick.bsky.social, and @profhvdv.bsky.social as they explore the risks of unfettered AI implementation.
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1. Cars are the biggest source of climate pollution in the country.
2. Transportation is the biggest household expense after rent/mortgage.
2. State and local gov't could cut these numbers by about 25% in five years without any federal policy.
Somebody solve this for me, what should we do? 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
2. Transportation is the biggest household expense after rent/mortgage.
2. State and local gov't could cut these numbers by about 25% in five years without any federal policy.
Somebody solve this for me, what should we do? 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
Trump Returns to Gasoline as Fuel of Choice for Cars, Gutting Biden’s Climate Policy
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
1. Cars are the biggest source of climate pollution in the country.
2. Transportation is the biggest household expense after rent/mortgage.
2. State and local gov't could cut these numbers by about 25% in five years without any federal policy.
Somebody solve this for me, what should we do? 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
2. Transportation is the biggest household expense after rent/mortgage.
2. State and local gov't could cut these numbers by about 25% in five years without any federal policy.
Somebody solve this for me, what should we do? 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
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DDOT continues to publish before/after analyses of safety projects. The numbers for the 9th street NW bike lanes suggest that we should be doing these projects everywhere we can. Crashes plummeted, pedestrian and bike traffic skyrocketed, and vehicle travel times dropped.
December 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
DDOT continues to publish before/after analyses of safety projects. The numbers for the 9th street NW bike lanes suggest that we should be doing these projects everywhere we can. Crashes plummeted, pedestrian and bike traffic skyrocketed, and vehicle travel times dropped.
🚨 MARYLAND mayor on the eastern shore takes bigoted action to cover up rainbow crosswalks, joining Florida, Texas and Idaho in their attempts to erase public displays of lgbtq pride. Write to the Salisbury Mayor’s Office and City Council to let them know your disgust www.advocate.com/news/marylan...
Maryland community outraged after ‘bigoted’ early morning rainbow crosswalk removal
“If you don’t want to be called a bigot,” Council member Michele Gregory said to Salisbury Mayor Randy Taylor, “don’t do bigoted things.”
www.advocate.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
🚨 MARYLAND mayor on the eastern shore takes bigoted action to cover up rainbow crosswalks, joining Florida, Texas and Idaho in their attempts to erase public displays of lgbtq pride. Write to the Salisbury Mayor’s Office and City Council to let them know your disgust www.advocate.com/news/marylan...
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Home Alone could've had a very different ending if it was made more recently.
November 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Home Alone could've had a very different ending if it was made more recently.
Let’s bring it home Buckeyes!!
November 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Let’s bring it home Buckeyes!!
Chalk Riot’s proud to have signed on to the FreeDC pledge ✌️ a no-brainer. Great to see so many of DC’s lovely fellow small businesses gathered in one place for a good cause. I also look forward to checking out all the great holiday markets soon! Shop local!
If you're scrolling right now, we don't need to tell you what day it is.
Fight back against the e-commerce giants with @freedcproject.bsky.social's shopping guide, which features dozens of local businesses that have pledged to support D.C.'s autonomy.
Fight back against the e-commerce giants with @freedcproject.bsky.social's shopping guide, which features dozens of local businesses that have pledged to support D.C.'s autonomy.
Shop local with Free DC's holiday shopping guide
A new shopping guide features dozens of places that have pledged to support D.C.'s autonomy.
51st.news
November 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Chalk Riot’s proud to have signed on to the FreeDC pledge ✌️ a no-brainer. Great to see so many of DC’s lovely fellow small businesses gathered in one place for a good cause. I also look forward to checking out all the great holiday markets soon! Shop local!
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A very readable, deeply-informed piece by Naomi Klein that combines genocide, the Surrealists, fascism then and now -- and Mamdani.
www.equator.org/articles/sur...
www.equator.org/articles/sur...
Surrealism Against Fascism • EQUATOR
A century ago, artists who survived the trenches captured humanity’s capacity for destruction. What can they teach us about confronting the far-right in a new age of genocide?
www.equator.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:34 AM
A very readable, deeply-informed piece by Naomi Klein that combines genocide, the Surrealists, fascism then and now -- and Mamdani.
www.equator.org/articles/sur...
www.equator.org/articles/sur...
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Perhaps the smartest #ClimateAction investment in cities is in public transit. While others make excuses, Paris is building a WHOLE NEW METRO NETWORK CONNECTING SUBURBS.
“…the Grand Paris Express, a new 200km system with 4 new lines & 68 new stations.”
#ActionStartsHere
@mayors4climate.bsky.social
“…the Grand Paris Express, a new 200km system with 4 new lines & 68 new stations.”
#ActionStartsHere
@mayors4climate.bsky.social
Paris is getting a whole new Metro network. And it’s huge | CNN
The Grand Paris Express will add four lines, 68 stations and 200 kilometers of track to the French capital’s 120-year-old Metro system, providing vital suburban links – just not quite in time for the ...
www.cnn.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Perhaps the smartest #ClimateAction investment in cities is in public transit. While others make excuses, Paris is building a WHOLE NEW METRO NETWORK CONNECTING SUBURBS.
“…the Grand Paris Express, a new 200km system with 4 new lines & 68 new stations.”
#ActionStartsHere
@mayors4climate.bsky.social
“…the Grand Paris Express, a new 200km system with 4 new lines & 68 new stations.”
#ActionStartsHere
@mayors4climate.bsky.social
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The Department of Transportation wants tougher rules for commercial driver's licenses after a deadly crash involving a trucker from India. Critics say it's an immigration crackdown by another name. n.pr/3KeJ21a
The DOT says it wants to make trucking safer, but some see an 'immigration raid'
The Department of Transportation wants tougher rules for commercial driver's licenses after a deadly crash involving a trucker from India. Critics say it's an immigration crackdown by another name.
n.pr
November 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The Department of Transportation wants tougher rules for commercial driver's licenses after a deadly crash involving a trucker from India. Critics say it's an immigration crackdown by another name. n.pr/3KeJ21a
This will undoubtedly increase the number of miles I bike tbh www.masstransitmag.com/alt-mobility...
WMATA launches first part of updated bike parking program
New bike lockers are now available outside the Foggy Bottom and Eastern Market Metrorail stations.
www.masstransitmag.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This will undoubtedly increase the number of miles I bike tbh www.masstransitmag.com/alt-mobility...
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
Basically
when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
November 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Basically
In learning about UHIs it’s actually so crazy that we had to get to the point of no trees, to realize “wow, maybe we should …. Plant more trees” 😵💫
November 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
In learning about UHIs it’s actually so crazy that we had to get to the point of no trees, to realize “wow, maybe we should …. Plant more trees” 😵💫
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A driver hit an elementary school student with a car, 500 ft from Tulip Grove ES in Bowie, after school. The crosswalks at the intersection are unmarked. The principal asked parents to "discuss safety precautions with [their] child" & reminded "all families to please drive slowly & carefully."
Elementary school student struck by car in Bowie
Elementary school student struck by car in Bowie
An elementary school student was hit by a car while walking home from school in Bowie on Friday.
wtop.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:16 AM
A driver hit an elementary school student with a car, 500 ft from Tulip Grove ES in Bowie, after school. The crosswalks at the intersection are unmarked. The principal asked parents to "discuss safety precautions with [their] child" & reminded "all families to please drive slowly & carefully."
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Better than totally empty space. Now add a daily hot dog, snack, and refreshment cart on the mezz. 😎
It's not a coffee shop, but it's something.
November 22, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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