BeyondDC

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

[BeyondDC @beyonddc]

Bike Friendly Communities awards status to bike friendly communities.

Walk Friendly Communities awards status to walk friendly communities.

Kind of weird there's not a Transit Friendly Communities organization to... y'know.

[Washington Business Journal @WBJonline]

The Transportation Department is making a significant investment into D.C.'s Union Station, though the rail hub's longer-term expansion remains in limbo. https://t.co/thdKsdoR95

[BeyondDC @beyonddc]

@TODNewsHub I'm not plugged into it but am sure there will be some programming

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Kansas City beat DC to the punch on the "entertainment bridge" idea.

Behold KC's Rock Island Bridge: https://t.co/fj3FQOO0Ye

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@TODNewsHub I am worried a bridge park surrounded by water instead of dense neighborhoods will empty out after the novelty wears off, and DC will end up converting 11th to more of an event space anyway. Hopefully not. We will see.

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It's more of an event venue than DC envisions for the 11th Street Bridge Park: https://t.co/PKwQMasXl1

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Anyway some family members are in Branson, doing this celebration of suburbia, texting me photos left and right, and it's very clearly all they've ever wanted from a vacation.

I'm not going to yuck their yum, but it is anthropologically fascinating.

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Branson is a theme park for suburbia the way Main Street Disney is a theme park for small town USA.

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This week's Junctions puzzle includes one of my all time favorite misdirections. Can you spot it?
https://t.co/paCvdxawYo

[Tim Sloan @TimSloanDC]

The west portal of the @PurpleLineMD Plymouth Tunnel. Located between Plymouth and Arliss Streets, at 2/10th of a mile in length it features a horseshoe-shaped profile measuring roughly 35.6 feet wide by 29 feet high. #bikeDC #PurpleLineMD #LightRailTunnel @purplelinenow

[Hometown Virginia 🏗️ @arlvabikelanes]

FOUR DC AIRPORTS ✈️

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AVs are going to turn driving into a subscription service. Calling that now.

[The Hill is Home @theHillisHome]

Hey @wmataGM -- how about we get some of these for the Gold line?

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Want to buy a @DCStreetcar? Could be yours for $35,000 via this link:
https://t.co/sH8W0CAV8Y

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@IMGoph It's been ten years. Do you remember?

[Goseg Train Thread @wvistheduck]

Fountain's back on at Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park and fully accessible all fences down, it's been so long, still as breathtaking as ever 🤩

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This person rode only regional rail & local buses from DC to Boston. Took them 22 hours and cost $110.
https://t.co/kJtjvb6KQg

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@alexsands_ Such carefully selected angles! Almost like they really want you to think a certain thing.

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Free webinar on the future of NoVA transit!
Lots of smart local speakers!

https://t.co/8k9Em6gsbf

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@humantransit Solving problems & achieving goals does require putting the pencils down after awhile and doing the thing. 💯

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Someone recently asked me what makes a good city planner vs a bad one. Here's my answer:

Good planners value working with people to solve problems & achieve shared goals.

Bad planners hide behind process to make themselves petty lords of a tiny fiefdom to gatekeep prosperity.