Far too much often, local jurisdictions oppose state laws regulating housing so it is really nice that my Mayor @alyia4alx.bsky.social, Mayor Hardy and Vice Chair @maureencoffeyva.bsky.social explain why it is necessary! #alx #arl #cfc #housing #virginia

1. Bicycle and pedestrian planner 2. Bikeshare/scootershare planner 3. Auditor 4. Graduate assistant 5. Teaching assistant

Jokes on me, a person driving a large work rear wheel drive van got stuck trying to make space for a parent driving the other way, blocking us all in. Thankfully, they had a metal shovel so I dug them out and a couple of other parents were able to push. I will remember to bring gloves next time

Some genius in a Camero was struck, blocking at the entrance to the street our daycare. For heavens sake, what possessed that person to drive a rear wheel sport cars car down an unplowed street? Sadly no pictures

On brand for a beemer!

One of my neighbors put up all of our wiper blades for reasons? I put mine back down but could not do it all the way due to snow/ice and thought hey, why not try leaving them up a little bit. In scraping my windshield today, I managed to break one of the wiper blades off. Back to team wipes down

Having used my office's bike room for almost four years, I never noticed this 2012 Bike to Work Day poster on the back of the door! #bikeva #fairfaxcounty #bike

Having long advocated that civic associations are not representative of neighborhoods, I never made this connection, thanks @josephfray.bsky.social well-said!

State DOT engineer wants to know why we are proposing protected bike lanes in the year of our Lord 2025. Like as in what is the point #yikes

My eldest asked about voting (he accompanied my spouse to the polls today) so we read this book. I could not get the words out for this page though

Only three people in line to vote at Charles Houston! Our election volunteers like @egilbart.bsky.social have it very well organized as folks were able to move right along #alxvotes

Team chimney goes down in defeat! #alxcityhall

For more than a decade, people walking did not have to push a beg button to cross King/Callahan/Russell Rd intersection. The city rebuilt the intersection and now makes people walking push a beg button to cross the street. I just missed pushing it so it 2.5+ minutes to cross! #begbuttonsarebad

Why yes people have come out to vote! #alx #ebp

Finally finished my post about 2025's new bicycle and trail infrastructure! #bikeva #bikedc #bikemd highspeedfail.blogspot.com/2025/12/ridi...

Delighted to learn one of my last favorite traffic engineers has been promoted out of my way!

My GSD's first Metro ride! Barely fits in the old elevators and was able to go up and escalator with ease after an elevator was broken. Love how the kick stand locks the bike in place so well I don't have to hold a brake, holding it with an elbow for sideways moves #bikedc #bikeva #metro #ecargobike

Post a transit selfie from 2025

Hey #bikedc #bikeva & #bikemd, I am compiling a list of bike lanes and trails that opened in 2025 (see 2024 post below) and am hoping to crowd-source what I missed. Posts by jurisdiction to follow 1/

Working with a new district traffic engineer and learned his personal philosophy is that any street capacity removed for drivers has to be added elsewhere. My projects remove capacity for drivers from overcapacity streets so how does that square with his view (of course they identify as he)?

Fascinating reporting. We have the technology to accurately track aircraft on tablets but instead, Army pilots were told to ignore it and try to see out the windshield like it is the 50's.

Went on a field visit for a bike lane project to assess safety issues and witnessed a rear end car crash! #bikeva

My wife's friend gave me a neat keychain of a Dutch double decker train! #trains #netherlands #ns

This is great! #bikeva #bicycle

Saw the Four Mile Run kayak launch! While I have long launched in a variety of conditions, the out of water ADA platforms are great with kids & easier for adults. Pretty nice although longer models will likely have to be lifted over the railings at the two 90 degree turns #fourmilerun #alx #kayak

Happy holidays except for this Grinch :( #shitinbikelanes #alx

Picked up some things from a train show. Had not planned to buy new railcars but these were too neat to pass up. My little town now has three buildings! Also bought two prints of Safe Harbor trestle and Richmond's triple track crossing #modeltrains #ogauge #trains

Proud that my employee's first grant application was a success! Most of our bike routes to Metro are less than great and this is the latest in our efforts to fix them. #bikeva #fairfax #metro

Put up our snowman on the back of our ecargo bike! #happyholidays #tern #bicycle

@profanity.accountant curious?!

Even the cozy coup has car bloat, it is now in truck form. One of my kids daycare friends had one out today and am so glad he avoided it #carbloat #tuckfrucks

Guilty as charged, made it about 26 hours before being banned! @kaylahornbrook.bsky.social thank you, this is great! #alxskeets #alx #bibabanned

There is so much stupid stuff in transportation. Between the 2009 (left) and 2023 MUTCD (right), the FHWA flipped the names of two signs. It is confusing and f#$king pointless. #transportation

A more accurate headline would be Lawbreakers Caught Creating Multiple Safety Violations. #bicycle #bikelane www.wpxi.com/news/local/r...

Obviously some horrifying stuff in the Epstein emails but Mr. Rich Pedo puts these silly notes at bottom of his Gmail account. Occasionally I see these on other pompous emailers and smile but it warms my heart that Mr. Rich Pedo thinks they did any good

They fucked around and found out lol! #GOPoops www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYQI...

Did not get all of the road diets I wanted this year but Annandale Rd from Galanis Dr to Medford Dr in Annandale, VA was a pleasant surprise. With about 14,000 cars per day, I believe this is the highest volume street VDOT NOVA District has approved thus far. #fairfaxcounty #bikeva #annandale

For a few weeks, I have been waiting for my agency director to sign off on $1.2 million purchase order. Meanwhile, ICE Barbie tried to buy 10 engineless Boeing 737's from an airline that has not owned 737's for more than a decade (owning 1 for few months in 2012) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Really enjoyed meeting folks at the YIMBYs of Alexandria social! Please tag yourself if I missed you! #alx #yimby @alexgoyette.bsky.social @stephelms.bsky.social @elenasor.bsky.social @materialsdan.bsky.social @jonathankrall.bsky.social yimbysofnova.org/alexandria/?...

@maureencoffeyva.bsky.social @takiskarantonis.bsky.social I appreciate the work of County staff but this is frustrating, especially as they used technical jargon to state the current condition rather than say no. Can you please ask staff to make ped signal automatic instead of requiring beg button?

Rode through Arlington's new Army Navy Dr cycletrack! Street was formerly a 6-lane stroad. Overall, this worked pretty well. Busiest intersections have bike signals and the many driveways are narrower with green paint. Plenty of people biking including @yimbyalexandriaken.bsky.social #bikeva

Was talking to someone at a social last week about why highways come down. A key reason is the city has to be at the head of the table, especially as no state DOT lead will consider whether a children can safely ride their bike from one end of the project to another, let alone consider it a success.

From Rails to Trails. I wonder if the Draisine was the origin of NYC's ban on bicycles from the sidewalk #bikenyc

Off to @betterdcregion.bsky.social via @bikeshare.bsky.social and @wmata.com #bikedc #social #smartergrowth #dc

Last Chance! SGS is THIS THURSDAY! We have a scary surprise guest, and we are 🐝BUZZING🐝 with excitement. Can you guess who it is? We are ready for an evening of inspiration, friendship, and commitment to the fight for our communities. secure.everyaction.com/9tRhMhLZM0-a...

Last time the Democrats held the Virginia trifecta, they enabled local govt workers to unionize and now four years later, 99.9% of my coworkers ratified our first union contract! Thanks @adamebbin.bsky.social @ssurovell.bsky.social and all those who voted for that legislation! #union

#OTD The Erie Canal, completed 200 years ago, transformed America's economy, explains a historian. Although the canal idea was widely criticized as impractical and against “God’s will”, within a few years, shipping rates from Lake Erie to New York City fell by over 90%. buff.ly/crXWkth

I can't believe #HotGirlsForCuomo made a website. You've got to see it! 🤣😂🤣😂 hotgirlsforcuomo.com

Surely someone in Maine can run for Senate who is not too old or has a Nazi tattoo? Democrats have some bench strength there right?

Can confirm this approach works well! Neat to see so many families out and about on cargo bikes