Both Colorado and Minnesota have seen declines in freight due to the end of coal. Is anyone tracking this and are there other places where passenger rail could benefit from reductions in competing traffic?

No need to delay: Not only did the Board of Elections clearly state that they are ready and capable of implementing ranked choice voting, but the voters already told us how they "assessed the need" by overwhelmingly passing it at the ballot box.

Does anyone know if WMATA has committed to putting the MTA purple line on its map?

Perhaps our grandchildren will live to see it complete

Looking forward to level boarding platforms being a component of the next generation streetcar plan which we will never fund.

It’s amazing the excuses DOTs will invent to shut you up

Baca is dead on. Bowser sees any pedestrianization as a special hazard. It’s not that hard!

I was thinking again about how medical lingo in English is typically rendered in Greco-Latin that the common people does not comprehend. Considering that every single person interacts with the medical system... why the gatekeeping terms?

With modern metro-like trains and better organizational integration we could have a DC-Baltimore metro. The MARC Penn line infrastructure is good enough already. No new track or stations needed.

Maryland needs to adopt this attitude of modernization to deliver better service. A new Bronze line metro could use MARC Penn line infrastructure and deliver metro-level service between DC and Baltimore buildthebronze.org

MARC should be jumping to get in on this for the Penn line

Baltimore miles ahead of DC on this

Interesting model for the Camden line which terminates at a light rail station already

Testing underway for the next-generation streetcar

Daylight savings time ending is a prank played upon parents of young children

“Reports of atrocities by paramilitary group in Sudan’s Darfur region: State of the World from NPR” Wrenching and important work. And why it’s so important we support the last US free-to-air broadcaster with a bureau in Africa. www.npr.org/2025/10/29/n...

Early reporting was that the fees are high enough to discourage most restaurants from participating

And this is a global phenomenon

@mark-sussman.bsky.social Galaudet has a disc golf course!

Charm city leaning DC in the dust

How does Maryland not have one of these state-supported intercity bus networks?!

DMV moves has a regional rail meeting summarizes both MARC and VRE plans. No plans for integration across the state systems or multiple unit trainsets.

The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast' 10/10 response, no notes

With even lots of BRT projects coming only every 15 minutes I think automated buses are under discussed

💯 I think a uniquely American problem that so much policy is made by people who have never lived in an apartment or a walkable neighborhood and can’t really comprehend one.

Our farm policy is total garbage and farmers are the real welfare queens.

Lelac is a great ambassador for bunch trikes if you’re interested in trying one in DC

What are the chances she’s paying for the trip and her tickets?

I don’t know if this ddot pilot is the reason but I’ve definitely seen a shift from motos to E-bikes in the last few months. Either way it’s a big improvement!

I am serving on the Workgroup on the Reorganization of the Maryland Transit Administration. Why do I seek reform? This is why. Maryland’s commuter rail is not living up to its potential and we can do better. Just check out our neighbor.

Guys not again!

Orioles-Nats games should have a special MARC run before and after game

DC bus shelters are managed in a thoughtless way that ignores riders

Support housing at the Chevy Chase library!

Breaking News! The DVRPC has changed the classification of the Roosevelt Boulevard line from Surface Line to High-Capacity Transit!

Not happy we’re subsidizing this stadium but glad there is at least some money and vision to minimize the parking crater here.

Yes look at Alexandria just tying themselves into knots over single block extensions on King St. what is the horrible disaster everyone is afraid of here?

@ddotdc.bsky.social we’re really hurting for the H street transit lanes

Well don't I feel stupid

Not only is DDOT dragging their feet on the PLAZA act but also crushing the totally successful streetery experiment with excessive fees. Why does the Mayor chose drivers and parking every time? 30 of 33 AdMo streeteries to close November 30. Likely similar citywide. @cmcharlesallen.bsky.social

WMATA should absorb the core Penn line service with all day 10-15 minute frequencies as a bronze line

Do it all the way to the metro you cowards! Union St also.

Reading “Great Society Subway” on the great society subway

I mean good luck with that

There’s so many places in DC that would benefit from becoming pedestrianized. Plaza act is a decent start but there are probably 20 streets that could use this rather than three.

It's very noticeable how much worse they made Dupont by shutting down the popular pedestrian streets around CT off Q St. What were once pleasant activated neighborhood spaces are now actively hostile instead.

The Office of Planning will be at this event next Saturday taking comments on DC's new comprehensive plan. Come out and let them know you want more housing!

“Faster Progress on the NoMa Tunnel: The pedestrian tunnel connecting the NoMa Metro to Union Market and Florida Avenue will now break ground three years earlier than planned” what the baseline @cmcharlesallen.bsky.social refers to here? Is groundbreaking in ‘26?

The team just admitted that the 2036 completion date for the housing was never serious; they don't think they can deliver any faster than 2040. That's the date the Council budget office said is when the NON-stadium proposal would deliver by. So now the stadium provides no acceleration.