Matt Friedman

Comms for @novatransit. Adjunct @AU_SOC. Formerly @AP, @GGWash. Logan Circle, DC resident. Urbanist, #BikeDC, gaymer 🏳️‍🌈

[Dan Savage @fakedansavage]

Not the obituary I wanted to read today.

https://t.co/HhwQ10kb3w

[Cuneyt Dil @cuneytdil]

The Gold Line is more ambitious than just a bus lane. It tries to solve a new problem (stadium transit) and a very old problem (no Georgetown metro) — and fix K Street.

And Metro CEO Randy Clarke has a message for a powerful man who loves gold:

https://t.co/dN4bcXU7l7

[baltweet @nilssjobergstan]

Metro is proposing a "Gold Line" center running BRT on H St and Benning Rd for the RFK redevelopment

[Eat DC @eat_dc]

A little nugget in this piece about how Andy's Pizza is using AI software to optimize operations - they're taking over the Sbarro space in Union Station.

[Edward Russell @ByERussell]

WMATA is recommending against a new station to serve the northern side of the RFK redevelopment.

Instead a new "Gold Line" BRT could connect RFK to Union Station along the former DC Streetcar corridor. #washingtondc

[Adam Tuss @AdamTuss]

BREAKING-Metro is NOT recommending building a new station at the RFK site for a new Commanders Stadium. But the transit agency warns, if major improvements aren’t made to the existing station, fans could be waiting 2+ hours for trains and buses after events. @nbcwashington #wmata

[Mike Murillo @MikeMurilloWTOP]

Metro wants a new transit hub at RFK, designed to handle big game-day crowds and connect riders to a new bus rapid transit line. @WTOP

[Mike Murillo @MikeMurilloWTOP]

No new station, but a major upgrade to the one already there. The @wmata report recommends expanding Stadium‑Armory with more escalators, elevators and space to handle game-day crowds. @WTOP

[Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle]

Don’t threaten us with a good time, sir.

[On This Day in Simpsons History 🇺🇦 @dailysimpsons]

30 years ago today, Principal Skinner purchased fast food to disguise as his own cooking at an unforgettable luncheon with Superintendent Chalmers.

#TheSimpsons episode “22 Short Films About Springfield” first aired April 14, 1996. @thatbilloakley @Joshstrangehill

[MLB @MLB]

These new Phillie Phanatic trucker hats 😮

[On This Day in Simpsons History 🇺🇦 @dailysimpsons]

30 years ago today, Bart, Milhouse, Nelson and Martin took a road trip to the Knoxville Sunsphere.

#TheSimpsons episode “Bart on the Road” first aired on March 31, 1996.

[Matt Friedman @MathewFriedman]

This could have been amazing. Flashback to 2016 #dcstreetcar

[Greater Greater Washington @ggwash]

DC Streetcar service ends today. We failed the streetcar as much as the streetcar failed us: https://t.co/pEupg7mp97

[Matt Friedman @MathewFriedman]

The best Metro seat #ifykyk

[Eat DC @eat_dc]

May 2012 vs Today.
Florida Ave and 4th St NE.

[Alex Taliadoros @AlexCTaliadoros]

The DC Council just passed legislation to allow single-stair apartment buildings up to six stories.

Allowing single-stair buildings:
✅ Reduces housing construction costs
✅ Enables housing on narrow city lots
✅ Facilitates more family-sized units

The bill passed unanimously.

[BeyondDC @beyonddc]

People are getting their last @DCStreetcar rides in. Overhearing a lot of wistful sighs. One woman going on about being sad.

[BeyondDC @beyonddc]

Five times in a six year span, planners tried to fix the streetcar. Each time, Bowser or Mendelson axed the fix.
https://t.co/1wWIMWNyHm

[wendell sandico @wendellsandico]

these two runs happening concurrently, incredible stuff