I need a meeting with @beyonddc.bsky.social to discuss this one, I’m outraged 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟩 🟦🟪🟪🟪 🟪🟦🟪🟪 🟪🟦🟪🟪 🟦🟪🟦🟪 🟪🟦🟪🟪 🟪🟦🟪🟪 🟪🟦🟪🟪 🟪🟦🟪🟪 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦

Being right online? That’s nothing compared to my preferred strategy, talking to people in person. On the train to the place where I can spend time with the housing and transport people who love to do BOTH. ggwash.org/event/ggwash...

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Team DC working on the future of transit. The amount of smarts in this photo is so heartening and it’s not coming from me 😂 #DMVMoves #DC #YourMetro It’s an honor to spend time with this crew whether it’s underground or on board the bus.

Could have been so much worse, I was operating by feel 🟪🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟩🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩

“You can tell the country is free because everywhere you look, there is less and less evidence that slavery ever happened.” 🔥 @petridishes.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

On my way home from a great @ggwash.org board meeting. Topics: election strategy and congestion pricing, among others. There’s pressure on my time these days, I struggle to manage but I have never been more proud of what we’ve built here at home. I find myself most interested in how to do even more…

Will I see you there? ggwash.org/event/ggwash...

Fun fact: WMATA has more bus riders than pre-pandemic. The future is here: 🚍

Arriving in Boston for the @apta-info.bsky.social conference. From the plane to a Silver Line @mbta.com bus in less than 20 minutes from seat to seat. Nice. Vehicle is packed on a Sunday afternoon, seems like the demand for better frequency is there.

The National Park Service has a free learn-to-bike class in Alexandria, VA. My 6 yo kid just went from “can’t bike” to riding around in 45 minutes. Highly recommend. www.nps.gov/gwmp/planyou...

I was NOT wrong twice. There is an overlapping thing that fits two categories. 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟦🟨 🟨🟨🟦🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦

There is beauty in state of good repair. #YourMetro

Amid the darkness of 9/11, so many Americans demonstrated what is best about our nation. People saved lives, gave blood, helped one another, signed up to serve.

This looks like a 3rd grader’s school photo

The House member who wants to let Trump appoint D.C.'s attorney general (currently elected by residents) mistakenly says it was the city's AG who didn't prosecute two-thirds of arrests in D.C. That was actually the U.S. Attorney for D.C. – who *is* appointed by the president.

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This advice is a breath of evergreen fresh air www.brookings.edu/articles/to-...

There is a bottomless pool of capital available to those willing to entertain and promote the idea that the views of the wealthiest, most privileged people in America are, in fact, unfairly underrepresented in the discourse. Our guy is dropping $200m on an “investment” with no real expected returns.

There's lots to be said for the "abundance" movement but it says too little about distressed places. Interesting take from @timbartik.bsky.social @dkthomp.bsky.social @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social @yappelbaum.bsky.social @andreperryedu.bsky.social @brookings.edu @upjohninstitute.bsky.social

Did you miss your chance to vote in our last contest? Get in on the action and festivities now by picking the design for this year’s holiday sweater! ❄️🐼 Voting will close at 11:59 PM on Friday, September 5. 🗳️ Vote here: wmata.questionpro.com/a/TakeSurvey...

What To Know About ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ https://theonion.com/what-to-know-about-kpop-demon-hunters/

Friday mental cleanse 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪

❤️ this: “all forms of abundance aspire to attenuating zero-sum conflict by fighting rent-seeking and building state capacity.” This roundup is missing my particular abundance niche, Hyperlocal Abundance, but it’s otherwise a very sharp and illuminating read. www.niskanencenter.org/abundance-va...

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National Guard soldiers called into service for President Trump's law enforcement surge in D.C. have been assigned to spread mulch at federal monuments. Normally the Park Service does that, but the administration laid off the workers. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

This was a very good read - this is a hot topic in several cities that I've worked in recently, and it's just not as simple as "Step 1: make ATV illegal; Step 2: enforce." ATVs/dirt bikes aren't going away, and could even have a positive public safety impact with collaboration and creativity.

The Declaration of Independence: "He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures." www.archives.gov/founding-doc...

Watching this war happen on BlueSky today has been fascinating, because the same point also applies to a lot of the state and local incentives that flow to real estate development. There very clearly should be public equity.

Parents of DC school children who are smartphone-age/ready! Put their school transit card on their phone ✅

Always @justupthepike.bsky.social gets me with the poetry: “Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.”

Atlanta has tried much harder than most other cities to use the jail as a holding pen for people who actually need rehab or mental health treatment. As a result, a lot of people have died. Americans want better care for people in need than that. www.justice.gov/usao-ndga/me...

These Governors pulling their National Guard troops away from their full-time jobs and their families, just to have them standing around being hot and bored for a photo-op is wild.

Here with your Friday retail real estate/dead mall read - another delightful story...about the power of profit-sharing leases. :) Placemaking 🤌 www.oregonlive.com/retail/2025/...

Today I visited part of the Green Line that is currently shut down for maintenance/modernization work as part of my role on the @wmata.com board. Summer/winter shutdowns are part of a new approach to track access for work that I wanted to understand better, as shutdowns are also painful for riders.

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Good summary of DC’s situation. Other US cities have limits on their ability to raise revenue and govern imposed by state legislatures, so #DC is not alone. The dark truth is some at the state level don’t want cities to be well managed, they want a dog to kick. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/u...

Redecorated my office strictly to improve my Zoom background feng shui...OK and also to show off a little something I got from @wmata.com

One of the (many) dumb things about this is that the Natl Mall is *already* one of the most policed areas of the entire country—more than a dozen agencies cover it. Using fed special agents for line police work here is asking the Lakers to skip the NBA to staff high school games as ball-boys.

The community at this event is incredible. I always have fun, but the information exchange, problem solving, and networking on this night give off a glow I’m pretty sure must be visible from space.

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Just got my electricity bill and SCREAMED out loud. Fortunately @51st.news has a $*#^$ing explanation for me about what the heck happened. Not that information will pay my bill, but at least I don't have to feel like I'm going insane. 51st.news/dc-electrici...

Placemaking 🤌 www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/n... With Labubus and a Cat Cafe, a Shopping Mall Thrives in New York City - The New York Times

Great piece juxtaposing two San Francisco malls, both where Nordstrom closed locations, and their divergent paths. A downtown mall focused on luxury consumption died, but aggregate retail demand is stronger than ever - who can step in after a loss and create a win? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/u...

Let’s go @nationals.com!!! @wmata.com gets you (and me) there. #YourMetro

Trump’s first BLS Commissioner, Bill Beach, calls today’s firing groundless and dangerous. www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025...

I don’t recognize this Brown University. I wrote my admissions essay about how reading Albert Camus changed my life. In “The Stranger,” a book about a murderer, he wrote:

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I spoke to the daughter of one of the ppl quoted here bc I could tell she didn’t have the right info. The #BetterBus network does not cut her off. She has a new, shorter route to Metrorail. We got her hooked up! Check the wmata.com trip planner for YOUR route www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

#BetterBus #wmata 10:46 PM on the D20 on a Saturday. My daily experience continues to lead me to believe the potential of frequent service, even on weekends and late at night, is underestimated by many.