@beyonddc

Dan Malouff. Urbanism & transportation, WashDC. Planner, professor, longtime @GGWash. Trying for joy rather than doom & dunks; not always succeeding.

 Washington, DC
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We need leaders who would love this for our city, rather than leaders who see it and think "but how will I drive through?"
Anthony LaMesa
@ajlamesaOct 15
Another angle toward the Friendship Archway. Gallery Place-Chinatown could be a lively, safe part of DC — with historic Asian businesses protected from displacement — if District leaders were willing to dream big. The status quo is asphalt, traffic, degradation, and insecurity.
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The S-Line, a higher-speed passenger rail project to connect Raleigh, NC and Richmond, VA, has been obligated $550 million from the Federal Railroad Administration. The money will go toward upgrading ~75 miles of abandoned, formerly CSX right of way. railwayage.com/regulatory/s-…

S-Line Passenger Rail Project Moves Forward

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is obligating $550 million in Federal-State Partnership funding to advance the S-Line Raleigh (N.C.) to Richmond (Va.) Innovating Rail Program. The agency,...

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Polymarket
@PolymarketOct 14
BREAKING: Gasoline-only cars fall below 50% of global new vehicle sales for the first time in history.
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North Bethesda (Rockville Pike) is Maryland's version of Tysons.
TODNewsHub
@TODNewsHubOct 14
BIG PLANS FOR NORTH BETHESDA. Metro is moving toward a deal with Hines to transform 13.9 acres beside the Red Line into “The Nexus,” a massive transit-oriented district featuring: • A new north Metro entrance • 2+ million square feet • 809 homes • 930,000 square feet of life-science space • 100,000 square feet of retail and commercial space • The @UofMaryland Institute for Health Computing Nearly $119 million in public funding has been identified for infrastructure, the station entrance and the institute. This is how you turn a Metro station into an economic engine.
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All this sprawl & traffic in order to avoid having denser infill buildings near the beach is genuinely bonkers. Vastly worse for both the environment and for humans. Rehoboth, DE
Satellite view of Rehoboth, DE with a tiny sparse beach town surrounded by vast miles of sprawl.

ALT Satellite view of Rehoboth, DE with a tiny sparse beach town surrounded by vast miles of sprawl.

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The preindustrial unit of measurement "league" is ~3 miles, based on the distance a person could walk in an hour.
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In LotR when Aragon runs 45 leagues, that's around 135 miles. In 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, it refers to how far the sub traveled while underwater, not depth.
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the sun belt's entire pitch is "we let you build a house." that's the amenity. it's 104 degrees, there's no sidewalk, and people are moving there by the hundred thousand because california wouldn't legalize a fourplex.
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Adorable footbridges in major east coast urban parks. What others ya got?
Bow Bridge, NY Central Park

ALT Bow Bridge, NY Central Park

Boulder Bridge, DC Rock Creek Park

ALT Boulder Bridge, DC Rock Creek Park

Boston Public Garden Footbridge

ALT Boston Public Garden Footbridge

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New York cut the ribbon on a Paris-style school street gate, allowing the street in front of a school to be blocked to cars daily. patch.com/new-york/west-vill…

1st Permanent School Street Gate Installed In Hudson Square

The gate is designed to create a safer street environment during outdoor school programming.

patch.com
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We gonna pair this with increased towing & booting or is it just another giveaway to entitle illegal driving?
Ben Brasch@ben_braschOct 6
Councilmember @RobertWhite_DC said this morning he wants to HALVE parking fines in D.C. (Will propose as an amendment to @BrianneKNadeau's strategic parking enforcement bill. But @ChmnMendelson says it isn't germane.) White: “Inflation is kicking our butts at the grocery store.”
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WUSA9@wusa9Oct 6
Police say a driver got out of her car with a baseball bat and threatened a pedestrian during a confrontation in D.C. Now, investigators are asking for help identifying her. wusa9.com/article/news/crime…
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La Sombrona?
Montgomery County, MD - Dept. of Transportation@MCDOTNowOct 3
🌟 @RideOnMCT riders now have brighter, comfier stops in @MontgomeryCoMD 7️⃣ locations just added Axel benches with solar lighting for better visibility at night & early mornings. ✨🚌 Energy‑efficient & no electrical hookup needed! #RideOn #SolarPowered
View of a bus stop with an axel-style shelter that provides two separate bench areas for seating attached to a pole with an overhang above the benches set next to a sidewalk with cars parked behind in a lot.

ALT View of a bus stop with an axel-style shelter that provides two separate bench areas for seating attached to a pole with an overhang above the benches set next to a sidewalk with cars parked behind in a lot.

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At this point Mendo's record undermining DC transit is very clear.
Alex Koma@AlexKomaDCOct 2
Mendo's comments on the proposed Gold Line BRT to reach RFK were interesting. He sounded open to the idea of dedicated lanes, but also said "I’m not quite sure we should be spending tens of millions on dedicated transit down H Street." Notable given his past streetcar skepticism.
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In another universe, this little sliver of land was going to be the railyard for the Crystal City / Columbia Pike streetcar
The sliver of land that would've been the railyard

ALT The sliver of land that would've been the railyard

Rendering of the Crystal City portion of the streetcar, now the Metroway busway

ALT Rendering of the Crystal City portion of the streetcar, now the Metroway busway

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Have the vote, you cowards. Make them go on record.
Ben Brasch@ben_braschSep 30
Council members and staff have told me over the last 36 hours that the votes are not there to unanimously expel him again.
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Long Bridge construction!
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One of the many problems with a culture of NIMBYism is how constant wolf-crying degrades the value of feedback. When so many proposals are flooded with hyperbolic opposition, legitimate concerns are impossible to discern, and ignoring them becomes justified.
Martin Austermuhle@maustermuhleSep 30
This is a pretty extreme over-simplification of what happened with the old SunTrust Plaza in Adams Morgan. The main issue wasn’t so much opposition to a building as it was a fight over a decades-old easement that some neighbors said protected the plaza from being built on.
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Toll revenue on I-66 & I-395 goes to transit. Do you want to be the person who manages that program? They're hiring. novatransit.org/employment-o…
Signs for the 66 tollway

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After years of insisting it wasn't possible, lo and behold. nbcwashington.com/news/local…

495 express lanes: VDOT expansion plan makes room for Metro along Wilson Bridge

The plan could improve one of the worst bottlenecks in the D.C. region: The Woodrow Wilson Bridge.

nbcwashington.com
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