Just 41 years after the Bethesda Metro station opened, we are getting a WMATA-standard sign to show people approaching on foot from the west where the station is.
Benjamin Ross
@BenRossTransit
- 1.1K Followers
- 292 Following
- 3.5K Posts
Transit advocate. Social Democrat. Author of Dead End: Suburban Sprawl and the Rebirth of American Urbanism. Searchable.
@jadapstevens This is mostly on the county, not on WMATA. The county had a sign directing cars into the station, but since Woodmont Ave is 1-way there, it only faced north. Years ago, after getting stopped on the sidewalk by someone who asked me where the Metro station was, I contacted Chevy Chase Land Company who owns the building & they quickly painted a "to the Red Line" message on the south side of the sign in front of the building.
Key takeaway is at end of this article [gift link].
Sales of new exurban houses are falling, but there's unmet demand for urban infill. If cities & inner suburbs repeal offstreet parking mandates & cut minimum lot sizes, builders will keep building.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/business/housing-market-builders-demand.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hk8.QJVW.-vaetwO_mMSv&smid=url-share
Sales of new exurban houses are falling, but there's unmet demand for urban infill. If cities & inner suburbs repeal offstreet parking mandates & cut minimum lot sizes, builders will keep building.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/business/housing-market-builders-demand.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hk8.QJVW.-vaetwO_mMSv&smid=url-share
The AFL-CIO has called a solidarity march for tomorrow (Thursday), meeting at 4:00 pm in Dupont Circle. I will be there. Can you? https://act.aflcio.org/events/solidarity-season-labor-day-2025-rally-march?source=direct_link&
@drtcombs @jcriecke The purpose of the offset is to force pedestrians to slow down, look at oncoming traffic, and stop if they see it. As if they wouldn't otherwise.
The effect is that the oncoming driver sees a pedestrian who does not appear to be moving, or may even appear to be moving away from their side of the road, and fails to stop.
The effect is that the oncoming driver sees a pedestrian who does not appear to be moving, or may even appear to be moving away from their side of the road, and fails to stop.
@philipncohen.com I would not make any assumptions.
20-30 years ago I worked with an expert on detecting non-target chemicals in environmental samples. In landfill leachate we ran into a lot of hard-to-identify-exactly compounds not in the Merck Index, that looked like some sort of degradation product of organic matter, that looked structurally like they could have endocrine effects.
This paper may give an idea. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6584.1993.tb00853.x
20-30 years ago I worked with an expert on detecting non-target chemicals in environmental samples. In landfill leachate we ran into a lot of hard-to-identify-exactly compounds not in the Merck Index, that looked like some sort of degradation product of organic matter, that looked structurally like they could have endocrine effects.
This paper may give an idea. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6584.1993.tb00853.x
Signs on Capital Crescent Trail next to Kenwood. (Neighborhood that led successful fight to partially reverse road diet on Little Falls Parkway, road where prior to road diet cyclists & pedestrians crossing on trail were repeatedly hit, one killed, by drivers.)
US gov vehicle with no agency ID on cap crrscent trail north of Fletchers boathouse. white pickup. drove away when I stopped & took out camera
Historic preservation is bad for affordability #296903.
Parking lot preserved as historic landmark (yes, this is not the Onion) in Cleveland Park, DC raises price to $26 for parking less than one hour -- even less than 15 minutes. https://www.popville.com/2025/08/cleveland-park-park-and-shop-parking/
Parking lot preserved as historic landmark (yes, this is not the Onion) in Cleveland Park, DC raises price to $26 for parking less than one hour -- even less than 15 minutes. https://www.popville.com/2025/08/cleveland-park-park-and-shop-parking/
“Anyone else experience the new parking scheme at Sam’s Park n’ Ride?” - PoPville
"Dear PoPville, I wanted to write to you to see if anyone else has experienced the new parking scheme at Sam's Park n' Ride in Cleveland Park. I went to pull into the lot the other day, and it said "just pull through" with no ticket to pull. I did so, and it looks like
Fairfax County expands its bikeshare network to 94 stations, with more to come. While Montgomery County has been shrinking its 77-station network, despite having urbanized areas more conducive to bikeshare use than anywhere in Fairfax. https://www.ffxnow.com/2025/08/08/capital-bikeshare-expands-to-herndon-area-huntington-metro-station/
