In other news: the draft FLUM is embarrassing. @opindc.bsky.social wants rents to be even higher & displacement to get even worse. they want our art scene to be off-duty consultants at a cocktail hour Presented by Mayor Muriel Bowser. Revive DC Punk--abolish parking minimums & allow 6plexes anywhere

all 4 of you who follow this account: I'm giving a walking tour of Lanier Heights w/ @dcyimbys.bsky.social in April. Join us! There'll be lemonade and maybe a prize or two: actionnetwork.org/events/dc-yi...

in @ggwash.org: DC's traffic camera program is way better than the alternative: cops writing speeding tickets research from @transportist.org among others (shout out to @tjl.bsky.social, who responded w/ thoughts & papers after i published a piece on this topic in 2024) 1/2

gr8 research by @pewtrusts.org (@alexhrwtz.bsky.social + Seva Rodnyansky), Bethel Cole-Smith + Daniel Muhammad, @evan-mast.bsky.social, Limin Fang + Emi Kim + @justintyndall.bsky.social Building housing ⬇️housing costs 4 people across the income spectrum (ty @tinysnekcomics.bsky.social 4 the comic)

Actual research and reporting from @peterodrigue.bsky.social, and a rant from me, about the likely end of the District's streateries, which is closely related to the fact that it is basically impossible to close a street to cars here: ggwash.org/view/101524/...

The District Department of Transportation has released concepts for the Columbia Heights crosstown bus priority project. Riders and residents should weigh in before December 5.

in @ggwash.org, Nora Brown (planning student at VaTech), my mom (landscape architect), and I imagined what Lanier Heights could look like in the future. Thanks to @imagineterrain.bsky.social & @dchistorycenter.bsky.social for sharing some neat neighborhood history. ggwash.org/view/100140/...

in @ggwash.org Deep dive on the history of my neighborhood, the choices some (predominantly wealthier) residents made to curtail new housing construction, and the way those choices have shaped Northwest DC. (Ty @imagineterrain.bsky.social for adding addt'l local history) ggwash.org/view/99768/h...

While the District’s population went up by 15% between 2010 and 2020, Lanier Heights’ population increased only 3%. A downzoning is a big part of the reason the neighborhood hasn't grown.

Adams Morgan was great. Thanks to new bus and bike lanes, it's even greater.

Columbia Rd Bikeshare stations seeing a 49% increase in ridership compared to they system's overall 35% increase is so validating. Columbia used to be so sketchy but the new bike lanes are a game changer for cross-town trips and heavy usage reflects this.

Jourdie stopped me on the street while i was doing a little transportation survey and several months later we cowrote this