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[Metro Forward @wmata]

Ridership is taking off! 📈 Tuesday, June 2 marked our busiest 8-9 a.m. rail rush hour since 2020, with over 71,500 customers entering the system!

Plus, @Dulles_Airport achieved a record-breaking day on May 22 with more than 7,500 customer trips! ✈️ Thanks for riding with us!

[Craig Horlbeck @craighorlbeck]

Best (and probably only) cameo of my life!

[NeoTraditional Architecture Memes @VicctorianChad]

Except we do

RAMSA has been whipping up one of these bad boys every couple months for at-least 20 years.

[dylan matthews 🔸 @dylanmatt]

This is a good moment for very boring, traditional capital gains hikes
- return the estate tax to 2000 levels
- end step-up basis and treat death as a realization event
- treat carried interest as earned income
- raise the top rate from 23.8% to 30%

[Build more homes @john102414]

just across the border in va they’re permitting 3,375 units per month, while we’re permitting 25 units per month.

13X the population but 130X the new housing.

just look at those trends. housingmogged by va.

[City Cast DC @CityCast_DC]

We are thrilled to announce that @jackiepeiser is joining City Cast DC as business, development and transit reporter! 🥳 She joins reporters @alyssafowers @EmmaUber7 @Kaela_CS.
More here — and follow along for more to come on our expanding newsroom! https://t.co/0AyScqupfO

[Igor Bobic @igorbobic]

The best Union Station reno is that they laid brick over the part that was always dirt near the Metro entrance. Would get horribly muddy in summer and icy in winter

Amazing what happens when you fund government

[Max Tani @maxwelltani]

Capital Weather Gang, the weather blog that has been a part of the Washington Post for almost 20 years, is becoming an independent site and rebranding as Capital Weather.

Per a note to WaPo staff today, the site will still contribute to WaPo during major weather events.

[Green Light with Chris Long @greenlight]

Ryen Russillo has sold his boat, per sources

[Alex Taliadoros @AlexCTaliadoros]

No rest until they finally fix the fountain at the Khalil Gibran Memorial on Massachusetts Avenue.

[Matthew Adler @mattadler81]

Im a bit behind on posting but here are some spots I’ve really been enjoying in and around DC the last couple of months:

Excellent dinner at Marcus DC a couple weeks back!

[Eat DC @eat_dc]

Chicago chain Giordano's is now open at 600 14th St NW. Lots of hours to eat lots of cheese:
Sun-Thurs: 1030am-11pm
Fri & Sat: 1030am-12am

[Barred in DC @BarredinDC]

6 out of 7 DC mayoral candidates responded to the Barred in DC questionnaire.

Thanks to @kenyanmcduffie @RiniSampath @goodweather4dc @Janeese4DC Hope Solomon @VincentOrangeDC.

One random q specifically for you DC govt office workers

Link below

[Mark R. Brown, AICP, CNU @CompletedStreet]

The Rochester, NY highway removal was able to reclaim 6.5 acres of land, leading to $229 million in development and millions in new tax revenue for the city.

We need more urban highway removals.

[aziz gilani @TexasVC]

Fascinating study from London School of Economics pretty convincingly shows that "Work From Home" is the real culprit behind the decline in youth hiring, not AI.

[Ben Peters @NewsmanBen]

Scoop: The CFTC is weighing whether to call off its existing headquarters relocation plans and instead move in with the SEC near Union Station.

Would be another in GSA's push for agencies to co-locate.
https://t.co/VH2cTnCZXa

[Urbanize Atlanta @UrbanizeATL]

Cox Enterprises head honcho and prominent board member blasts #Atlanta Beltline rail as "pollutive, antiquated" concept. https://t.co/AXiOVq9W5D

[rachel • dc foodie🍒 @chefilicios]

We are so blessed as DC residents. I’ve lived here almost a decade and yet I discover new things everyday. Today, I realized how massive the National Museum of Asian Art is and how little time I’ve spent inside it. The fact that we have this for free is just incredible.

[◥◤Kriston Capps @kristoncapps]

A social housing mandate for 1/3 extremely low income, 1/3 very low income and 1/3 market-rate, with ground-floor retail going to progressive-aligned options like daycare — would likely mean zero housing being built. My understanding is this couldn't pencil anywhere in the DMV

[Randy Clarke @wmataGM]

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