WABA awards and forgotten speeches

8 years ago today, WABA gave me an award for whining on X (Formerly known as Twitter). I shared the award with the DDOT Public Space team, largely who I was whining to/about.

I gave a great speech, apparently. I have no recollection of this speech. My wife does not believe I gave one.

Unfortunately, we haven’t really progressed from there in terms of protecting bike lanes. DDOT still does not provide Safe Accommodations when cyclist and/or pedestrian infrastructure needs to be blocked for construction, despite the Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Amendment Act of 2016 telling them to do so.

Oh, well. Maybe in another ten years.

#dc #wdc #washingtondc #DistrictOfColumbia #ddot #metro #dcmetro #wmata #transpo

Heads Up: Buses replace trains on part of the Red Line this Weekend - PoPville

https://www.popville.com/2025/02/heads-up-buses-replace-trains-on-part-of-the-red-line-this-weekend/

> Photo by Bekah Richards From WMATA: "On Saturday and Sunday, the Red Line will operate in two segments between Shady Grove and Medical Center and between Van Ness and Glenmont due to track maintenance. Shuttle buses replace trains between Medical Center and Van Ness. Crews will be working to replace the...

You wanted dynamic parking rates in the U Street corridor?

#DDOT 's got you dynamic, increased, parking rates in the U Street corridor

#NOI: https://ddotwiki.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NI/pages/2645753857/NOI-24-184-TOA

"Dockless bicycles and scooters are often left here by US Capitol staff and visitors because AOC prohibits parking dockless devices on its property."

https://ddotwiki.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NI/pages/2637037570/NOI-24-176-PSD

#bikemore #bikedc #ddot

🚌🚇ICYMI🚇🚌
DMVMoves is a joint initiative by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) to develop a unified vision and sustainable funding model for public transit in the region.

Details🔗 https://dmvmoves.org/dmvmoves-events/taskforce-june10/
#montgomerycountymd #wmata #ddot #maryland #virginia #transportation #transitTooter #metrorail #metrobus #washingtondc #mwcog #DMVMoves

Apparently #DDOT is going to study the Connecticut Ave corridor for bike lane locations - again - with something by 2025/2026. The agency's leadership is doing anything they can to not add bike lanes and make the corridor more safe. Failure of Bowser's leadership.

#bikedc

That Will guy over at #DDOT is trying to build some nice new safe protected bike lanes again

https://ddotwiki.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NI/pages/2518220804/NOI-24-127-TESD

How dare he!

It would be *terrible* if people emailed and told him how much they supported the idea of getting around DC safely on a bike so they don't have to drive places.

#BikeDC #PBLs #urbanism #transit