Greg Billing

Before-After Project Evaluations DDOT website sharing information about Before/After project evaluations.

Complete street projects reduce crashes and injuries, increase bike riding and walking rates, has little overall impact on vehicles speeds. See data for three DC project here: before-after-evaluations.ddot.dc.gov

Metro facing $200M loss, layoffs if Congress forces DC budget cut Metro could lose over $200 million in funding from D.C. if Congress forces the District to cut spending of the city’s own funds. As the Friday deadline for a federal spending deal approaches, Metro is...

It’s not just the District that Congress will be hurting if they pass this CR & DC budget cut. It’s the entire DMV region, it’s every worker who make transit run, it’s every visitor from around America coming to visit DC and can’t get around. $200M cut to Metro: www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/t...

“Centrally isolated” #proudithacan

Dozens of Clinical Trials Have Been Frozen in Response to Trump’s USAID Order The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care.

The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...

While investigators and experts work to determine the causes of this deadly aviation crash and work to improve safety, I hope we can direct the same level of attention to saving the roughly 40,000 Americans who die on our roads every year.

My heart breaks for 67 people killed in yesterday’s plane cranes. Statistically, 78 people were also killed in traffic crashes today, yesterday, the day before that and likely tomorrow and every day going forward unless something changes.

Derrick Ward, beloved News4 reporter and DC native, dead at 62 Ward, a DC native, reported on his hometown on NBC4 for two decades.

My thoughts are with Darrick Ward’s family and friends. I was interviewed by Darrick numerous times over the years. He was a dedicated, kind, fair, and professional journalist. www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/d...

Happy New Years! Not going to get to the @mayorbowser.bsky.social Fresh Start 5K start line this morning (kids…) but I got the kilometers in. Hope everyone has a great run. #beatyesterday connect.garmin.com/modern/activ...

This is great news! NYC is in great hands. Congrats @bfurnas.bsky.social!

FAO Schwarz flagship toy store in NYC

FAO Schwarz cardboard display in Target

How it started….
How it ended….😭😭😭

Slow clap.

Any chance of a native iPad version of Bluesky? Asking for a squinting friend.

An old small Toyota Tacoma pickup truck being followed a massive modern Ford F-550 pickup truck.

Pickup trucks use to be a reasonably sized.

Pulled up the sweet potato harvest last week from the backyard raised bed including a 9” 4.3lb giant. This has to be DC State Fair blue ribbon contender.

Required reading for Thanksgiving Day in America. A gutting personal narrative of the daily trauma, harassment, cruelty, and lack of humanity of a person experiencing homelessness.

“a society speeding along as it disintegrates”

A photo of a mini Wegmans grocery story inside of the Museum of Play in Rochester NY

A photo of a racing arcade games inside of the Museum of Play in Rochester NY

A photo of a mini Sesame Street inside of the Museum of Play in Rochester NY

This my semi-annual resounding endorsement for the Nat’l Museum of Play in Rochester, NY. It’s the best children’s museum with days of things to explore. There are three arcades, a Wegmans grocery store, Sesame Street and much more. It’s worth the trip to Upstate NY on its own.

When did passing stopped cars on the left over the double yellow line to make a right turn on red become the newest dangerous move? And can we stop it now? I’ve seen it twice today.

Yes! It’s disorienting with north on the right. 🧭

Follow-up — found big selection of nips with reasonable prices at ABC in VA. Went across the river for piñata shopping and stopped in a nearby location.

Textbook definition of failing up.

Crowdsourcing — any place in DC or nearby where miniature liquor bottles can be purchased in bulk? Making a piñata for a 40th birthday party.

Top Maryland, Virginia and DC Transportation Officials discussing regional challenges. VA Sec Miller is brutally honest about their administration lack of willingness to invest more in WMATA.

Randy Clark bringing the energy and vision for a bigger and better transit future. “We operate transit as a federation and need to be more united”.

Attending the Capital Region Transportation Forum at MLK Jr Library today. Hosted by Greater Washington Board of Trade and Greater Washington Partnership #CRTF2024

I’ve been on a social media posting break for a few months for a couple of different reasons. So I likely be pretty quiet for a bit longer. That being said, the general tone on Bluesky is far, far better - like that other place used to be. Let’s keep it up!

Hello to all the new followers! I see the migration from the bad place to here is picking up. Bring your friends. I’ll be here much more too.

Yikes. We had DDOT go back and change the lights to mast arms to make them more visible. The stop bars will help.