Bowser not seeking another term 🚨🚨🚨

Top destinations for Amtrak riders @ DC Union Station in 2024: 1 NY 2 Phila 3 Balto 4 Newark Penn 5 Wilmngtn 6 BWI 7 RVA Stples Ml 8 Metroprk 9 Trentn 10 Norflk 11 New Havn 12 Stamfrd 13 Charlottsvlle 14 Boston South 15 RVA Main St 16 Chicago www.bizjournals.com/washington/n...

@caseybanderson.bsky.social, a person who knows from public meetings, issues this treatise on why public meetings don't work and how they can work better

Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.

Forgive my foaming, but y'all, you can see the #PurpleLineMD trains outside the Glenridge railyard.

Updated for 2025: timeline maps of every metro system in the world transit-timelines.github.io

Transport yourself with this week's Junctions word puzzle:

Am I insane or does ~~Newark, NJ~~ just not have a bus system map?

The per capita density of Teslas affixed with anti-Elon stickers in Takoma Park has got to be highest in the world, don't you think?

Nerfing the scooters & ebikes with software-imposed speed limits is completely fine with me. Now let's do cars. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

This morning's bike lane leaf sweeper is the least objectionable vehicle to ever block my bike lane.

SF Muni saying goodbye to its iconic Breda trams www.sfmta.com/blog/bye-bye...

Algorithm based feeds are toxic are tiring and nobody wants to see them after awhile. This has been obvious from day 1 but every platform has insisted on it anyway.

Staring into the void of an empty Moscow metro train with its open gangways. 📸 u/Mediocre_Ebb_1133 www.reddit.com/r/transit/co...

Nice dedicated median busway in [checks notes] Provo, Utah. DC's still waiting on a mayor who's willing.

Found Waldo in Loudoun County

Have you played GGWash Junctions, the urbanist-themed browser game? Take 10 minutes and give it a try. ggwash.org/view/101191/...

Just listened to some car lobby dude say transit is a "22nd century solution" bc it takes a long time to build, which is an interesting shift from the usual tactic of calling it a 19th Century solution because it was invented before cars.

Aw, I was on #WMATA railcar number 3001 just now. Second oldest one remaining. Presumably it's married to 3000 but I didn't check. 🫶

The way we normalize killing people with cars in this country is genuinely insane

One of the mental games I play sometimes is "What would Boulder look like today if it hadn't spent 50 years trying to avoid changing" and I think the answer is something between Madison and Portland.

"Controversial Apartment Complex to be Redeveloped as Single Family Home with Anti-Racist Reflecting Pool" “A large plaque will be installed outside the property's porte-cochère reminding passersby that they are on stolen land." www.marinlately.com/p/approved-c...

Feds propose arch on Memorial Circle: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Todays #WMATAad is AI for warplanes, which will definitely not go horribly wrong. Second through fourth pictures are unrelated.

Hello to the entire sorority that just boarded my Metro train. Also hello to the dozen or so dudes who all sucked in their guts at exactly the same moment.

A bittersweet farewell to our 2000-series! 🚇   Today, we removed the final one from Greenbelt Rail Yard. These trains were first introduced in the early 1980s, operated nearly 200M miles, and carried more than 775M passengers.   Now, we’re making way for our 8000-series! 👋

Early 2000s-era proposal to narrow the Anacostia River and use the new land for hundreds of blocks of new development. Read more in this 2009 story from @jgbollard.bsky.social: ggwash.org/view/3158/mc...

One of the all time branding screw ups is that Townsville City, Australia--a real place, perfectly named--calls its bus and ferry systems "Kinetic" and "SeaLink" rather than "Bus" and "Boat."

Baltimore's bigger Howard Street freight tunnel opened today, doubling capacity through that corridor. A big win for sustainable freight! And also it's kind of a shame that on the exact same route, LRT trains for humans don't get a subway, and sit at red lights on the street directly above.

At 365' this would be among the ten tallest highrises in the DC region. Tallest is the 470' Capital One tower in Tysons. www.alxnow.com/2025/09/25/a...

We should absolutely not change our zoning to let McDonalds enlarge a ton of drive-throughs all over town. Hell no. www-bizjournals-com.dclibrary.idm.oclc.org/washington/n...

#WMATA if Tylenol caused Autism

Junctions 18 is here! Group words and phrases to test your knowledge of urban and Washington region themes.

The Senate subway has platform screen doors. www.reddit.com/r/trains/com...

Roughly 2 million people live inside the Washington Beltway. This is up from about 1.6 million in 1990. skyscraperpage.com/forum/showpo...

How many hours ago was the stadium deal approved? www.axios.com/local/washin...

In this week's Junctions, Hitachi, Shirlington, CDMX, and more:

Looking at this narrow tram stop, I ask myself the forever question of design: "Is it ok to settle for something that improves over the previous conditions (on-street boarding) but does not meet the full standard for proper accessibility?"

TIL parking restrictions date back to 700 BCE. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parking...

WMATA looking to replace parking lots at Twinbrook station with urban development & a plaza. www.wmata.com/about/news/M...

Why's there a Denver RTD bus sitting under I-695 in DC? 😆

Phrasing, people 😂

IDK who in #bikedc needs to hear this, but if you **call the police** on kids minding their own business sitting in the shade on a trail, you are the baddie. Story: www.reddit.com/r/bikedc/com...

Sign a letter to @OZinDC to support alley homes! actionnetwork.org/letters/alle...

Mockup of Metro's 8000 series railcar with the winning livery. 📸 @wmata.com

During Silver Line planning circa 2007 there was an option to run the line as a subway under Tysons, rather than an el. Sadly it didn't work out. Here's how it might've looked.

Play!

Holy cripes I was riding the now-crashed Lisbon funicular two weeks ago. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Neat! 30 million riders/year on my 5 minute DC-to-Chicago model.

Broke: Subsidize a new football stadium. Woke: Maybe don't? Bespoke: Subsidize a bigger Rennfest that doesn't immediately sell out for the whole season.