It’s still incredible to be that anyone has the audacity to call bikers “militant” given the comparatively obscene behavior when people get behind the wheel of a 2 ton death machine.

It’s not just the underwater part for vehicle values (all financed new cars are underwater once they are driven off the lot), but it’s that people who are underwater with eight year loans are trading in cars they are still paying for. In any event, auto ownership is unsustainable with these costs.

It’s true! Let’s make something crazy together!

We have a ride scheduled for May 10 (Mother's day). Feel free to join and spread the word. If you wanted to park along the street, that would be fine too alexandriabpac.org/2026/03/29/a...

Missed the Duke Street Land Use Plan meeting this week? No stress! You can still have a say. 👇 More chances to join in: 📅 In-Person May 28: Housing & Health 📅 In-Person and Virtual June 17: Parks, Transportation & Sustainability 🔗Online all the time: alexandriava.mysocialpinpoint.com

Going to Braddock road later, really nervous about where to park!!!!!!

Got to grab a new frisbee too.

Plant bike!

Today!

Every year the preschool class plants grass seeds to learn about nature, & the kids take home a little jar of them Apparently this year L insisted everyone also plant an acorn, so today the kids all went home with a little oak sapling 😂 Couldn’t be more proud 🌳

I was trying to contextualize the City Council election results for myself and found this an interesting comparison This was a primary so doesn’t include Republican voters, but still got a pretty similar result to Tuesday

Sitting in my front garden, drinking a Summer Shandy, watching the girls run around, & laughing at precinct level local election data Pure bliss

"Only one candidate for city council said no to this plan... and he lost" is like the clearest possible expression of what people in this city want

Today, I led 4 off-campus rides from Jeff-Houston on bike paths, lanes, and sharrows. By far, the most dangerous place were the two blocks between Commonwealth and West on Braddock. A car passed us - a line of 15 neon yellow and orange clad kids- only to discover construction equipment parked…

Starting now! Looking forward to seeing what staff have proposed in their initial framework, and will try to 🧵 some key points here

There's a Duke Street Land Use Plan meeting tonight! 🗓️ New to the process? This quick overview video is a great place to start 👇 youtube.com/watch?v=XKfJUXNB0Ew Want to connect online instead? Head to alexandriava.mysocialpinpoint.com for all our Duke Street engagement opportunities!

Some special guests dropped by Beatley's Reading Garden this morning to wish us a Happy #EarthDay! If you see them, please do not approach them, but feel free to take pics from our windows! 🌎🦊

Earth Day is a great reminder that small choices add up. These Jefferson Houston seventh graders cycled off-campus today, enjoying fresh air, community, and safe streets in action. Here’s to pedestrian and bike infrastructure that makes sustainability a lived experience. 🚲🚲🚲

Happy Earth Day! 🌎🌍🌏 I asked the girls (4,2) how they help Earth: - ride bikes and buses - pick up trash - plant trees and flowers - give earth hugs - eat waffles (bc they are round like Earth) - astronauts - sing a save the day song - stomp feet

I hope the TES staff who’ve spent month getting berated by a small number of very loud and rude Alexandrians are having a nice evening

YIMBYs of NoVA official statement congratulating @sandymarks.bsky.social on her victory tonight 👏 We look forward to working with you! drive.google.com/file/d/1bGoY...

Pro multi modal candidate wins in Rosemont inject it straight into my veins.

yes.

It’s that time again

Gerrymandering is bad and I honestly wavered on the Virginia vote on general principle until this ancient wisdom came to mind and realized this is where we’ll be in a few months after the TX, NC and MO redistricting goes through with none of the same hang-wringing about fairness

Vote for housing, vote for Sandy!

Hey, neighbors! If you haven’t voted YES on the referendum, today is the day to do that. Find your polling place: www.elections.virginia.gov/casting-a-ba...

Contractor was mobilizing on Holland Lane to begin milling of the road, paving to follow, and then bike lanes and marked crosswalks. Most of the pedestrian curb cuts, and islands had been previously installed. A safer corridor for all will soon be at hand. Thanks to city staff for this improvement.

One day i'll remember how threads work and stop burying the most important piece by adding on a million replies afterward 😅 Vote for Sandy tomorrow!

Okay okay i've been way out of the loop since E was born and not at all on top of housing stuff. That changes [temporarily] now! A new 🧵of upcoming housing actions in Alexandria:

One of the under-rated aspect of living in a walkable community is the side-quests. E.g., just today, I helped an octogenarian I'd never met before open a 311 ticket to pick up her yard waste! Every walk through the neighborhood is a little adventure. I've got no idea what I'll find, and it's fun!

some things about becoming a parent are radicalizing in ways I expected - e.g being reminded viscerally how screwed we'd all be if childcare and other care work disappeared. but other things are radicalizing in ways I didn't - like experiencing constant spontaneous solidarity in ways big and small

Justin has won the trust of a nesting mother goose. Off the charts levels of charisma here 🦫

A beautiful morning to knock doors for @sandymarks.bsky.social!!!

LET’S GOOOOOOO! Rep Beyer, Sen EBP, Ldr Herring, Del McPike, Jon and Sandy and the whole Dem team are out this morning, knocking doors and talking to voters! We’re voting YES! For the amendment—and for housing affordability, public schools, climate action, protecting our immigrant + LGBTQ neighbors!

According to my children, the best playground in Alexandria is my sleeping body.

Advocacy for road safety improvements is exhausting and demoralizing sometimes when your neighbors are against you But this is what we're doing it for

I'd say that this applies to anyone traveling in a car in any city. Being in a car versus walking, riding, or taking transit fundamentally changes how you view a place and your relationship to it. I wish more leaders set this kind of example. www.npr.org/2026/04/16/n...

www.alexandriava.gov/transportati... A potentially very important project on the west end. Feedback due by the 19th.

We’re focused up, eyes on the prize, hydrated, and ready to go over here at Sandy for the City! Onward! LFG! Come out and knock with us—9am on Sat @ Evening Star w Beyer, EBP, Herring + McPike! Sun @ 9:15 with Beyer + Wes Moore! Or sign up to work the polls at AlexDEMS.org

She thinks she’s Princess Donut, but really she’s more of a Mongo

Today I: - took 3 kids to the park 🚶 - took 1 kid to the bookstore for bday gifts 🚌 - took 2 kids for groceries 🚶 - took 1 kid to grab dinner 🚲 - dropped off library books on my dog walk 🚶 Density + multimodal infrastructure turns “running errands” into an idyllic day full of lovely little outings✨

I mean, come on Alexandria

Mural on the affordable housing getting built by witter field 😍 Cybertruck 🙄 Dog in the cybertruck 😍

Brief survey on bike/ped improvements for the segment of Van Dorn nearest the metro station Due tomorrow 4/16! www.research.net/r/Alexandria...

Picnic. About #housing and transportation. With dogs! Lawn games. Food! April 25th. At Virginia Highlands Park in Arlington.

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.

I wasn’t in Alx yet but I know this project was controversial in 2019. Shoutout to the 4 electeds who voted for it: @justindotnet.bsky.social @ebpforva.bsky.social @canekforcouncil.bsky.social and Del Pepper

Preschool dropoff line, brought to you by the Seminary Road bike lanes

I never post, but when I do, it’s of cute babies and pretty settings like Holmes Run at golden hour. 😍 @alexgoyette.bsky.social