"Bike infrastructure is wheelchair infrastructure" @wdncnu.bsky.social

Working through "What Dispatch Heard in May" and an 8 year old girl on a bike was struck in Potomac Yard by an Amazon truck last Friday. Hit and run (kid ok/driver caught). Bookend kid strikes in May. Plus Dash bus v. vehicle and Police car v. vehicle both on the E Braddock project corridor #data

Truly is there a more gorgeous way to get to school? We ❤️ our Holmes Run Trail and everything it means to not just our #BikeBus but our #WestEndALX community.

Widget is the #transitcat of the day and I couldn't be more proud! But he has a sister too - meet Nyxie!

I was the one who got the video of this near collision. I use @dashcam.bike and recommend it. It is an app that makes your phone into a dashcam, and although the quality isn't great, any video is good evidence. Data, even @abdelelnoubi.bsky.social

PSA betterbraddock.org is pivoted for round two: 2braddock2furious. Sign Up for the newsletter if you haven’t already to do this all again, near Minnie Howard this time!!! 🫠

@alexandriabrief.com is legit local journalism and is worth the subscription cost.

Woke up with an immense feeling of solidarity after yesterday's Braddock vote and the coalition that made it happen. Currently rewriting this classic tune for our cause - I present "Will The Bike Lane Be Unbroken." 🚶🚲🚸 www.youtube.com/watch?v=axmf...

"Big picture process-wise, we can't do this again. We can not do this again." - Justin Wilson, 6.5 years ago.

I'm not voting for her again, very disappointed.

Preach!

Very relevant today!!!

The swag from the Carlyle bike to work day pit stop might be the best I've ever had. Last year the Carlyle Council was trying to veto the Holland Ln bike lanes, so is this how they're saying sorry? (Cat's name is Widget - he was not disturbed)

Bike lanes are very popular and we deserve a full build out of Staff's recommendations for Braddock Road.

🚨ALL HANDS ON DECK, ALX: the speaker signup form for the Council public hearing on Saturday is live - apps.alexandriava.gov/SpeakerSignup/ Braddock Road bike lanes are docket item #12

A lot of people turned out for the Ride for Braddock Rd! #alx #bikeva #braddock

Pretty infuriating that while we haven't touched the negative signs they've posted all over the neighborhood, bike lane opponents have gone around tearing down our supportive fliers and thrown them in the trash

I'll be watching Council votes closely. Whoever votes to make our streets safer will earn my vote next election; whoever doesn't will lose it. @alyia4alx.bsky.social @greenejacinta.bsky.social @abdelelnoubi.bsky.social @canekforcouncil.bsky.social @sarahbagley.bsky.social @sandymarks.bsky.social

Nine claims about the Braddock Road Corridor Improvements Project — and what the record shows

Six months of running The Alexandria Brief next week. The lesson that keeps repeating itself: at half the events I cover — especially after 5 p.m. on weekdays or on weekends — I'm the only reporter in the room. That's not a flex. That's the assignment. (1/3)

And here we have @ryanbelmore.com who as a one man team continues to cover every angle of every issue factually and with nothing misleading. Just facts. Continues to crush it.

Cargo bike smugposting is mandatory during a Costco run. I apologize

Read together, they reveal a race that is competitive in name but dramatically unequal in resources — and three donor coalitions that could not look more different from one another.

Come for a bike along Braddock Rd to build momentum for the City Council public hearing! #bikeva #alx #braddockrd www.eventbrite.com/e/ride-for-a... more details about the hearing alexandriabpac.org/2026/03/29/a...

Will Botgate take its place in Alexandria infamy like Scroggins! has?

City Council schedules May 16 hearing on Braddock Road appeal as opposition organizing intensifies

Yup.

If you are, in fact, a neighbor who supports a safer Braddock road, come show the world we exist (please?) Takes 2 mins. Betterbraddock.org

An online petition opposing the Braddock Road bike lane project has gained more than 140 signatures in three days, though the petition contains several factual errors about the Traffic and Parking Board's decision. www.alexandriabrief.com/opponents-ci...

An organized unsubscribe campaign is targeting The Alexandria Brief over Braddock Road coverage. This is what happens when people encounter actual journalism instead of advocacy. Fair coverage isn't biased just because you disagree with the outcome.

Every few years, a biking and walking project causes people to completely lose their minds (remember King St or Seminary Rd). We need your voice (in-person or virtually) at the Feb 23 Traffic & Parking Board meeting to help counter this insane overreaction! #alx alexandriabpac.org/action-alert...

An interesting article

One of my party facts is that according to polls, Americans believe foreign aid is about 25% of the federal budget and on average that it *should* be about 10%. The actual number is less than 1%. Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.

In this essay I compare state DOTs to the aliens from Independence Day.

An example of a #sneckdown at Wilson Blvd & N Highland St:

"Looking at dollars and cents, highways are a poor economic investment. They occupy nearly 25% of U.S. urban land—an area equivalent to West Virginia and valued at $4.1 trillion—yet their supposed benefits don’t justify these enormous costs."

Reducing speeds by just 1 mph can cut crashes by 5%. Small changes in avg speed save lives. Learn how to bring meaningful speed management strategies to your community: visionzeronetwork.org/preventing-u...

Now that it's four days post snowstorm, don't forget to catalog the number of cars parked on the street with smooth, uncleared snowdrifts. Each illustrates the waste of giving over so much public space for car storage. Imagined images of protected multimodal infrastructure in their place helps.

Not too worried about the snow when I can just walk to either grocery store or take a bike or Metro etc. Density is synonymous with resilience.

Driving defensively and obeying the rules of the road is the most radical, rebellious and anti-social thing you can do in a car.

Hardened centerlines save lives, pass it on Thrilling to see my city making common sense, low cost efforts like this 👏 👏 👏 Read all about it (and follow) via @kerriana.bsky.social www.realhartford.org/2024/12/14/h...

@thewaroncars.bsky.social w @drtaragoddard.bsky.social is full of examples of how biased reporting is toward traffic violence Did that child “dart into the road”? Are people on bikes “risk takers”? Or are headlines written in “exonerative tense” to forgive the sins of car drivers & road designers?

"Cyclists and pedestrians contribute significantly more to city centre spending than commonly thought. In short, they represent an underestimated group for the economic vitality of city centres." @dutchcycling.nl dutchcycling.nl/knowledge/bl...

The problem with telling cyclists to ride "assertively" is that, while I don't dispute that it is the best advice if you have to share the road with motor vehicles, it does basically mean "use your soft human body to try to shepherd something that weighs several tonnes and can do 70+ mph."

Alexandria this could be us but you playing

A casual reminder on what brings in the coin for businesses 👇

Someone has dumped a stolen car on the corner of our street. Amazing how tightening up the corner = people are driving below the speed limit for the first time ever. Car speed is so often a function of road layout

My residential, 1/4-mile long street has become a Waze-enabled, high-speed, large vehicle cut-through between two arterials. There are 3 young families on the street and recently woman was run over two streets over. I would pay for this signage myself if our car-brained city would allow it.

Introducing yourself with a plea for donations is not a good look.