I have spent the past 2 weeks and will spend the next 2 doing BITS at Minnie. Most kids know how to ride but we are teaching skills. We have taught 3 students how to ride. One of them loved the wind coming down the hill. Another wants to buy a bike because cars are expensive. Kids will ride!!!!

Tabling with Mike who is an amazing mentor at the Boys and Girls Club. Happy BTWD!!

In cities, building is continuous We can build for cars or we can build for people To save democracy, we need to center people I don't vote for politicians who support cars over people Ever Build for people: betterbraddock.org Read more: grassrootsalexandria.org/our-children...

Come visit me, BPAC, and Alexandria Spokeswoman at Carlyle! BPAC will also be at Town Hall and Del Ray in the morning and at APTA off the Potomac Yard trail in the afternoon.

I went on a whim and I am so glad I did. A powerful moment honoring Sandy, women’s suffrage, women leaders, esp. the amazing ones on our Council.

Come out and say hi to BPAC's table at the Del Ray Farmers Market! #bikeva #alx Take my Better Braddock Rd Quiz for a prize @elenah.bsky.social @nradshaw.bsky.social

It's wild that one side of a political debate is like "Hey how about we make the world safer", and the other side is like "but where will my servants park", and that there's even a question. Is it always like this? Is this worse or better than other local disagreements?

Families at Naomi Brooks, Mt Vernon Community School, and Patrick Henry Elementary showed up for Bike to School Day Riding together helped reduce emissions and traffic. Small actions, big impact for Alexandria. #ecocityalx #lexandriavagov #biketoschool

If you know a young person, age is 14 to 18, please encourage them to come to my next Mayoral Youth Forum, which is taking place on Saturday, May 9th! This month we are talking about health disparities and community inequities.

My map of our off campus ride numbered with challenging spots especially the 0.2 mile section on Braddock where drivers passed us only to be pushed back into us. Sent off with 5 pages of comments to council.

This is what makes a place vibrant and liveable and connected. The mural is painted on the soccer field side not just the Duke St side. Maybe even the trains passing through can catch a glimpse.

@oconnell.bsky.social You did this. The youth are playing pickleball. All hours of the night.

Things I learned at the Polk/Patrick Henry fun run! Yoga classes starting now or soon on Duke. A parent from Polk set up this great sensory tent for kids to have space.

Burning bay leaves with wishes.

Today, one of my bike buddy volunteers from the Old Town area supported BITS at the George Mason swing space. They had “never been to a gym on the third floor” which is FT Day’s reality. And he had never seen a playground space in a parking garage.

Good morning from Holmes Run!

Pop-up poster party! Come by to Gustave’s now until 5:30 to make posters or write postcards for Braddock Road Safety Improvements.

April 24 Bike Bus with the Naomi Brooks zoo. #BikeBus

Shoutout to @nradshaw.bsky.social and the Biking in the Schools crew for leading successful off-campus rides this week! Thank you for helping ACPS students build lifelong skills while spreading joy and growing confidence along the way. 🚴🚴‍♀️🚴🚴‍♀️

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…

Virginia First Gentleman Adam Spanberger clipped into his pedals at the front of the pack Friday morning and rolled through Rosemont alongside dozens of Alexandria families — the biggest turnout the Brooks Bike Bus has ever seen.

Had a blast riding with the best party on wheels, the Brooks Bike Bus, @ibikedhere1.bsky.social, many other volunteers and Adam Spanberger, VA's first First Gentleman! #bikebus #alx #va #bicycle

Please be gentle with yourself and others whenever you can be. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. There is also an online chat at 988lifeline.org

One of my most galvanizing experiences as a young reporter was going with @beyer.house.gov to meet an undocumented family in Arlington. To be honest, I was privileged and stupid enough that immigration issues weren’t really at the top of my mind, but that changed it-

OR, if you want to hear what the Deputy Fire Chief, who runs EMS and actually assessed this thinks, his assessment is here, in the Traffic and Parking Board Docket! www.alexandriava.gov/sites/defaul...

Today, I taught a young Afghani girl to ride a bike. I talked with some Afghani boys who speak Dari about Tik Tok, AI, and alphabets. I evaluated 10 bikes for repairs. And now, I am headed to a yoga retreat in Canada!

We really are through the looking glass when the mode of transportation that requires you to purchase a vehicle that costs tens of thousands of dollars, routinely put gas in it, and pay to maintain it, is the “non-privileged” mode.

We got neighbors over here workin in some of the east end’s favorite spots. To get to work, most take bus, some take scooters or bikeshare, especially if there are bus delays or they trying to make their bus.

We are straight up tired of people in this town that refuse to see our people needing safe ways to walk, bike, scooter - especially our brown, Black, and Afghan neighbors who we keep getting told only drive and … we live here, we know who drive and who don’t.

When a street - ANY street - is unsafe, this is what the neighbors least likely to have a yard for a sign or show up to a meeting are dealing with. Traffic safety failures hurt those of us already most burdened with living on the edge.

Really feeling my French literature experience of Ionesco recently. “C’est pas par la! C’est par ici!” Over and over again.

His and hers.

OMG!!!!!

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...

❌👑 NO KINGS IN THE USA 🇺🇸

Alexandria sees sharpest crime drop in the DMV region as Chief McGuire provides public safety update to city council

Eid Mubarak to the many in our community celebrating today. And Nowruz Mobarak to our friends and neighbors bringing in a new year at this particularly difficult moment.

I arise today, through The strength of heaven, The light of the sun, The radiance of the moon, The splendour of fire, The speed of lightning, The swiftness of wind, The depth of the sea, The stability of the earth, The firmness of rock -- from The Breastplate of St Patrick prayer 🍀

Today I finished reworking a pair of too small jeans by adding side panels of fabric from a dress my sister had made in Africa 20+ years ago. Size is not perfect but they are done!!

"If you take away one key fact from this presentation," researcher Tracy Hadden Loh told City Council on Tuesday, "I would ask that it be that the counties of Northern Virginia and the city of Alexandria produce almost 50% of the state of Virginia's GDP." www.alexandriabrief.com/brookings-ec...

LAZY BOYS!! WTF CAPS?!?

Had a blast riding in the St Patrick's Day parade with the Brooks Bike Bus! Hope to expand them to all of the elementary schools! #alx #bikebus Rode with @yimbyalexandriaken.bsky.social @caseykane.bsky.social @nradshaw.bsky.social and many more

Stopped by Windmill Hill Park today to check out some of the decorating for tomorrow's St. Patrick's Day Parade. Be sure to keep an eye out for the Alexandria Bike Bus families! 🍀 #AlexandriaVA #StPatricksDay #BikeBus

Registration opens for Bike to Work Day as event marks 25th anniversary

A compelling case of advocacy affecting policy, Lersundi Kalea is Bilbao’s first pedestrianized “school street”. Rather than a top-down initiative, it was a product of years of activism by families from nearby Colegio Público Cervantes concerned about safety, pollution, and quality of public space.🧵

Theogony: Still Divided? Alexandria’s Institutional Segregation actheogony.com/11781/news/s...

For all my peeps who ride in DC, they are threatening to close the 15th St. bike lanes and @waba.org is planning a protest ride. Join the fun on Friday to show your support. www.eventbrite.com/e/15th-stree...

La Double Vie de Veronique

Rosemont v. Del Ray throwdown.

Parking is a hardship!!