I hope they can put out something new. DC is a leader in bus priority which is such a huge transit equity issue and I hope in his campaign and if he becomes mayor he can see that.
…when as I’m sure you know, 70-80% of bus riders are non-white and a majority are poor. It also explicitly mentions that parking for church goers should take precedence over all else. I hope you understand why I would be concerned.
I appreciate that perspective and respect why you are choosing to support. I find it difficult re: buses because my concern is not coming from my experience with him as a Councilmember but from his questionnaire which among other things links bus lanes to displacement…
I think that is fair re: bikes, but his position on buses and by extension bus riders is pretty similar as played out in his questionnaire answers.
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After months and months of solicitations and extensions, @ddotdc.bsky.social has cancelled the solicitation for a new bus shelter agreement. I am very confused as the Director testified last week that this was moving forward. The expansion of shelters that bus riders needed are long overdue.
Have you tried Cosmograph? Free project meant to visualize some of this kind of stuff. Disclaimer: I haven’t used it but it’s on my list
cosmograph.app
So worth it if you can. Changes the experience of getting around
I hate that I know that this bit may have started with this barber in New Jersey doing the same thing and spread. Hilarious that it hit the DMV
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Let’s show our buses some love, so our buses can love us back.
Vista Del Mar
2017: City installs then removes safety improvements
2021-2025: More people die
Pershing Dr
2017: City installs then removes bike lanes
2026: Pregnant mom killed
Westwood Bl
2015: Koretz removes Westwood from Mobility Plan
Today: 3 killed
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Every city that I know of that’s established an in-house team to deliver ‘missing middle’ small-capital projects has had huge success.
I’m really sorry! You have done really amazing work at the post
DDOT this morning announced 2 public meetings—one online, one in-person at Shaw Library—for the 11th St NW bike lane project later this month.
If you saw that, hopefully you also saw this afternoon's correction: the online meeting is TUESDAY, Feb 17.
In-person remains Wednesday, 2/18. Both at 6pm.
Saw that provision - to be clear I’m talking about more generally where proactive disclosure is far and few between. I don’t know the last time any substantive FOIA reform was considered but if the Council is looking for recommendations, I know there are plenty of things to borrow from other states
One might wonder if the Council could finally undertake reform of DC FOIA law to require proactive public disclosure 🤷♂️
And they reduced the height from earlier proposals IIRC. It should be 10 stories!
The same law means the Sanitation department has to do SEQRA (and CEQR) environmental assessment for every neighborhood where they want to put trash into containers which dramatically slows down rollout. An environmental assessment of the impact of putting trash in trash cans 🤷♂️
To put a slightly finer point to it: LLMs industrialized nonconsensual nudes. @santi4dc.bsky.social and I found in May that AI nudifiers make as much as $36 million/year.
As with many other online harms, what X has done is shifted the Overton window to make more shitty behavior acceptable.
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There are dozens of “nudify” websites and bots trying to cash in on creating harmful images of women. It’s very deliberate.
Analysis by @mantzarlis.com and @indicator.media has estimated nudifiers may be making tens of millions per year
IIRC the most recent iteration of this proposal would have left the pricing up to the city. Which again would never have any elected official propose that much.
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Can confirm that is the way it is in DC where they have residential permits (RPP) for $50 a year. Any safety projects on RPP designated blocks become instant battles. If permits were priced at market rates it would be different but no car centered politician is gonna do that
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After we reached out to the owner of these deepfake porn sites, they were removed offline and he deleted his socials.
Each time a site goes down, it's a win for me. Hopefully this guy never tries to get them up and running again.
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I really appreciate a candidate paying attention to what some would call the small stuff but what really is a big part of bus riders experiences: bus shelters!
View of Adams Morgan Day, where people walk in the streets closed to vehicular traffic
Yesterday, while my bill to require standards for safe and effective road barriers was heard, the City Administrator released a new order that establishes a Task Force on Vehicular Terrorism Prevention. The task force takes inspiration from my legislation.
Today on Indicator: 2025 has been a banner year for AI nudifiers. I found another 9,000 ads on Meta since my last report, bringing the total for this year to 25,000. The top 10 nudifying websites got 10 million views in October.
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Is there legal recourse provided under HLA after the Board of Public Works appeal or is this the end of the line?
