Nick Sementelli

The Vegas Loop carried 16,400 passengers per day during the expo.

For context, London’s Elizabeth Line carries ~800,000 per day.

Even Victorian steam trains in 1860s London moved 3–4× more people per hour than Elon.

In case you didn’t already know: cars in tunnels aren’t the future of transit…

Military triumph parade inflation was a real thing in the Roman Empire as increasingly unaccomplished but egotistical emperors insisted on portraying relatively small or manufactured conflicts as victories equivalent to the Roman greats to secure their vanity charity rides.

Part of Trump’s mass appeal (and of why he’s so dangerous) is that he really seems to share Joe Barstool’s worldview that there are no complex problems: Everything has a simple brute solution, which previous leaders were somehow too stupid or weak to deploy.

Cosmically, there is something very darkly funny about spending an entire decade of American politics obsessed with repudiating the mistakes of the Iraq War, and then immediately doing it again at the first opportunity, but with even less justification, planning, strategy, or foresight.

Journey of a bike advocate. Goes on bike ride - smile emoji Experiences the danger - shocked emoji Approaches city council - straight face emoji nothing changes angry enoji person throwing a molotov cocktail Dreams of ending car culture

It all happened so fast.

@thebikinglawyer.bsky.social

No Kings also means no hereditary succession, guys

I believe the phrase for this is “eating the seed corn.”

San Francisco now devotes its scarce affordable housing dollars to housing people, instead of cars. As a result, recently-built affordable housing projects, like Kapuso, produce fewer car trips and more transit trips.

Every generation of Republican thinks they control the hose of propaganda and it works as they expect for a while then the next wave of Republican lunatics come along and suddenly they don't control it any longer and out they go.

there are a large number of ways in which the republican party is learning, apparently for the first time, that your adversary gets a vote

there's a thing I like to call "load-bearing assumptions", that you don't notice until they're suddenly gone (e.g the air you breath has oxygen in it).

the post-ww2 order is a load-bearing assumption for basically the entirety of american life. trump took a sledgehammer to it in the last 90 days.

But because of their suffocating conviction that everything is always Fundamentally Normal, that America is a place where nothing ever really happens or changes, those same people are incapable of recognizing the enormity of what we’re doing, when we’re the ones doing it.

The trend shift in adults per family household is so insane.

its even more insane that every important policymaker and economist thought we were slowly soaking up a glut of homes even into the 2010s.

And it’s even more insane that there are still supply-crisis skeptics today.

For decades, NYC has run one of the largest, most unacknowledged welfare programs in its history, for suburban car owners.
By giving away 3 million street parking spaces of expensive public real estate for free, it’s a multi-billion dollar annual wealth transfer that drives up city debt

The Story Behind Those Expensive Exxon Gas Stations Wolf Blitzer Loves To Tweet About | DCist CNN’s Wolf Blitzer loves to tweet about the expensive Exxon gas stations closest to him, setting off heated debates about the state of the national economy. But in most cases, they’re abnormally expen...

Since gas prices seem to be increasing, a reminder for people who want to make a political point in D.C.: That Exxon station not far from Union Station and the Senate always has way higher gas prices than almost any other station in town. dcist.com/story/21/11/...

And the answer is simple: it’s because his beard and muscles and aesthetically blue collar oyster job make dweebs in Dem politics feel tough. Irresistible to men desperately insecure about their own masculinity because they subconsciously embrace MAGA’s core gender politics

What does he actually believe, in a sustained and demonstrable way? What motivates him? Why do we think he’d be good at the job, other than saying those things you want to hear? Why support him, instead of other people who say those things? Is it just because he has the aesthetic he has?

The most handsome dog you have ever seen is looking towards an intersection, surrounded by a bunch of orange construction barrels. In the distance are construction equipment, and men working.

it’s been 10 months since a driver hit my dog and I and this morning @mcdotnow.bsky.social is installing a crosswalk at that intersection. I am deeply grateful. that said, people shouldn’t have to beg Montgomery County for basic pedestrian amenities, and that needs to change.

Taylor Street Protected Bikeway Concept Open House (WASHINGTON, DC) — The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) will host an open house to share conceptual designs and alternatives considered for a protected bikeway that will improve safety and operations along Harewood Rd NW, Fort Drive NE, and Taylor Street NE from Rock Creek Church Rd NW to South Dakota Ave. NE. For more information about this project please visit: bikelanes.ddot.dc.gov/pages/taylor-street-ne or contact the project manager Anne Welch, anne.welch@dc.gov. WHAT: Taylor Street Protected Bikeway – Concept Open House WHEN and WHERE: Tuesday, March 31, 2026 Woodridge Neighborhood Library 1801 Hamlin St NE Washington, DC 20018 TIME: 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM (This open house is accessible to the public at any point within this timeframe.) TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING: Come to the location listed above between 5:30pm and 7:30pm to learn more about DDOT’s concepts for a protected bikeway on Harewood Rd NW, Fort Dr NE and Taylor Street NE. Provide input to DDOT staff about the concepts and alternatives considered. Your input will inform a conceptual design for a protected bikeway that improves service and safety on Taylor Street NE.

Can't Make the Meeting? Materials from this meeting will be made available at bikelanes.ddot.dc.gov/pages/taylor-street-ne within 48 hours of the conclusion of the meeting. Can’t Make a Meeting? Materials from this meeting will be made available on the study website within 72 hours of meeting conclusion. Those who would like to leave a comment about the study can do so by leaving a comment on the project website. Do you need assistance to participate? [DDOT] is committed to ensuring that no person is excluded from participation in, or denied the benefits of, its projects, programs, activities, and services on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, age, or disability as provided by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the [ADA] and other related statutes. In accordance with the D.C. Human Rights Act of 1977, as amended, D.C. Official Code sec. 2-1401.01 et seq. (Act), the District of Columbia does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived: race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, familial status, family responsibilities, matriculation, political affiliation, genetic information, disability, source of income, status as a victim of an intrafamily offense, or place of residence or business. Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination which is prohibited by the Act. In addition, harassment based on any of the above protected categories is prohibited by the Act. Discrimination is a violation of the Act and will not be tolerated. Violators will be subject to disciplinary action. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): If you need special accommodations or Sign Language interpretation, please contact Xavier Davis, American Sign Language ADA Coordinator, at xavier.davis@dc.gov or the Equity and Inclusion Division at ddot.ada@dc.gov at least 72 business hours in advance of the meeting. ADA accommodations will be provided free of charge.

DDOT to hold an Open House to present the Taylor Street Protected Bikeway Concept, March 31, 2026, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM at Woodridge Library (1801 Hamlin St NE at 18th & Rhode Island Ave) #bikeDC

Materials to be posted at bikelanes.ddot.dc.gov/pages/taylor-street-ne after (some already have been)

I'm a connoisseur of left-nimbyism & performative leftism. This is the weirdest take I've ever seen.
Guy who calls himself Marxist-Leninist Communist with hammer & sickle in his profile says planned rail line shouldn't be built because it will require land expropriations.
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A good reminder that police can choose actions that make us safer, or choose to be reckless action-movie-wannabes, and they too often chose the second one, with predictable results.

What we could have had if we hadn’t spent $8 trillion on war since 2001.

🚨The designation of the Washington Square West Historic District by the Philadelphia Historical Commission has been reversed by the court🚨

Proliferation of historic districts has really gotten out of hand in Philly (and other US cities) so great to see some judicial scrutiny.

The average weekday Metrorail entries for the stations that will be shut down this summer were nearly 20,000 in 2025.

MCDOT tells Council that amount of transit money promised as part of toll lane project was cut 48% because length of planned toll lanes went down 48%.
But amount of money to be spent on the toll lanes did *not* go down 48%. It hardly went down at all, if I remember correctly.

I do appreciate that this administration is too incompetent to manufacture even the thinnest pretext for this, so we don't have to relive that 2002-2003 run when opposing an obviously idiotic war basically made you feel like the one sane person in a Twilight Zone episode.

Oxford Street pedestrianisation plan gets final official approval City Hall hopes to stop traffic from using the street by September.

Delighted to announce that following the consultation, I'm giving the green light to make Oxford Street traffic-free.

great replacement except they want to import racists

If you are an elected Dem and your reaction to this is "Let's downplay DC statehood," let me suggest an alternative:

Do Your Job.

You have 3 years to build support for an institutional reform agenda that clearly must include DC statehood. Stop cowering in fear of a toss-up issue and get to work.

This is why you do stunts.
This is why you do stunts.
This is why you do stunts.