David Alpert @alpert.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Hey DC airplane flyers, you gotta throw your sodas in the garbage, or else 060
David Alpert @alpert.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Anyone know why large numbers of Lime bikes and some Veos get abandoned along the 14th St bridge path and Boundary Channel trail? 110
David Alpert @alpert.bsky.social · 06/08/2026@alexkoma.bsky.social is so talented that by hiring him, @51st.news is "tripling" their reporting capacity! He indeed is worth several times his weight in journalism. Congrats Alex and The 51st! 51st.news/alex-koma-th...51st.newsAlex Koma joins The 51st as a Senior ReporterThe 51st is tripling our reporting capacity and deepening our political coverage. 240
David Alpert @alpert.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Super cool! Maybe it would be helpful if they made a version at 10x or something (and then you can even make it 2x of that if you want) 020
David Alpert @alpert.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Listening to the AV hearing. @cmcharlesallen.bsky.social is questioning the Tesla rep who said that their cars may speed if "for safety" but it sounds like she's saying if it's going much slower than other drivers, all speeding, it may speed then "for safety." Allen doesn't like that (neither do I) 010
Reposted by David AlpertAdam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I'm so disillusioned, I almost don't even care who gets the FIFA Peace Prize next year 268239983246
Reposted by David AlpertGordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I don’t understand all the FIFA rules, but I believe our loss to Belgium today means we are required to adopt their street design standards 181002168
David Alpert @alpert.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Just got an email from my green energy supplier that a DC Council budget proposal would "effectively eliminate the ability for District residents to choose an alternative electricity supplier." I can't easily find actual facts about what this is. Anyone know? Why is it a budget matter? 321
David Alpert @alpert.bsky.social · 19/06/2026@janeese4dc.bsky.social was strongest in high density areas (especially Ward 1), which show up smaller on geographic maps than their actual importance. I made a cartogram that scales each precinct by its actual vote total: 3357
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David Alpert @alpert.bsky.social · 04/06/2026RSVP here: partiful.com/e/7LRhXe3DRz...partiful.com🚲✨The Great JLG Bike Partay! 🚲✨ | PartifulWe are turning the block fest into a moving block party. Kids are not only welcomed but encouraged to participate! Decorate your bike. Build your crew. Ride through the neighborhood with music, JLG f... 000
David Alpert @alpert.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Come bike and have pizza with me and @janeese4dc.bsky.social on Sunday! 100
Reposted by David AlpertAlex Koma @alexkoma.bsky.social · 25/05/2026New: @janeese4dc.bsky.social just released an internal poll showing her up by 14 in the mayoral race: her lead stays at 12 even when they run a RCV simulation. This is quite the change from the public poll of the race, but I will say I’ve heard rumors of private polls with similar results. 1248
David Alpert @alpert.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Also turned out this ONE driver was causing most of the traffic just by being stopped here. 330
David Alpert @alpert.bsky.social · 19/05/2026I could have taken the bus or (more circuitously) Metro. There’s no incentive to use the bus when it’s stuck in traffic as much as anyone else. 100
David Alpert @alpert.bsky.social · 19/05/2026I was driving up 16th yesterday to Columbia Heights. These buses were stuck in major traffic. We need to manage the road so the buses are always gliding through reliably and quickly. 150
David Alpert @alpert.bsky.social · 11/05/2026They now have said they will post 1st round votes only, not run the tabulations of later rounds. So the DC mayor’s race might be callable if it’s not super close. Races like Ward 1 or at large maybe less likely. 100
David Alpert @alpert.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Has there been a good explanation of why DC Board of Elections can’t compute RCV results when the mail in ballots aren’t all in yet? I mean with classic voting, you get results but if it’s close it could change later. Why isn’t that the case with RCV also? Or is it? 211
David Alpert @alpert.bsky.social · 06/05/2026The mailer says "DON'T BELIEVE IT? CHECK THE FACTS." I did. And you shouldn't believe it. Check the facts for yourself. moderatesforjaneese.substack.com/p/willie-hor...moderatesforjaneese.substack.comWillie Horton-esque mailer attacks Lewis George for something McDuffie agrees withAmid the 1988 presidential campaign, a PAC ran a cable advertisement flashing multiple pictures of a black man, who it dubbed “Willie” Horton. Horton had been in a Massachusetts prison and released on... 020
David Alpert @alpert.bsky.social · 06/05/2026This 1988 ad set off a generation of racialized fear-based crime discourse in our politics. It's been called "the 1.0 version of Trump’s relentless tweets and comments about African-Americans." And last week, DC got its own fearmongering mailer from a McDuffie-affiliated PAC. 120
David Alpert @alpert.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Yeah, he's the first person that came to mind and probably the one I'll use for this analogy. 010
David Alpert @alpert.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Who’s been a very effective centrist local executive recently whose not in DV proper (either in the region or elsewhere in the US) on housing, transportation, general government efficiency, economic development, etc? Like who’s the mirror opposite of Marc Elrich? 311
Reposted by David AlpertAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Incredible. DOJ, in court, tells Judge Reyes "no closure notice has been issued" for the East Potomac golf course. Moments later the judge is handed a note saying that closure signs are on parts of the golf course today. There's a reason the presumption of regularity is gone. 542311707
David Alpert @alpert.bsky.social · 04/05/2026If Fairlington is on the border of Arlington and Alexandria (not Arlington and Fairfax) why isn't it called Alexington? 231
David Alpert @alpert.bsky.social · 29/04/2026I don't know all the reasons DDOT does what it does and maybe it has a point, but I'd like to see DDOT more willing to try to do quick things for WMATA and just say improving buses is a priority. Let's just make the default "yes" for WMATA ideas. 110
David Alpert @alpert.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Vincent Orange would be a terrible mayor but he had a good swagger-y answer to how to go in and talk to Trump once mayor. 210
Reposted by David AlpertDavid Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 28/04/2026In Seattle's Pike Place Market, vendors claimed that removing cars would cripple them. Nope. Sales actually rose. Remember: Studies show that biz owners consistently exaggerate how many customers drive and undercount those who walk, bike, or ride transit. Info: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...theurbanist.orgPike Place Market Pedestrianization Pilot Boosts Sales and VisitsAll signs point to Seattle's pilot program limiting car access to Pike Place being a success: sales were up 6.5% in 2025 compared to 2024, and the number of local visitors jumped by 5.6%. As the City ... 843051775
David Alpert @alpert.bsky.social · 29/04/2026I respect all the long shot candidates but we are unfortunately having very little time to hear from the person/people most likely to be elected. 150
David Alpert @alpert.bsky.social · 29/04/2026I’m watching the “Future of Safety and Justice in DC“ mayoral forum to hear what candidates really will do about crime. 7 candidates are here, though McDuffie skipped it. 261
David Alpert @alpert.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Ronald Reagan made everyone (even Democrats) cynical about government. We can make big plans again and then achieve them to attract new residents, grow the economy, and build the next generation. We have to. moderatesforjaneese.substack.com/p/where-did-...moderatesforjaneese.substack.comA city that stopped dreamingWhere did DC's civic ambition go? 010
David Alpert @alpert.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Yes, I agree. I've been told that forum question was very confusingly worded and so we probably shouldn't take too much from this - but I'd love someone to ask a clearer question at an upcoming forum so the candidates (after having time to reflect on this one) can give more thought-through answers. 020
David Alpert @alpert.bsky.social · 28/04/2026And (as you know but not all readers), the last person listed is generally the person who wrote the brief; here that is Stanley Woodward whose resume is, shall we say, not that distinguished (but typical of Trump). www.justice.gov/asg/staff-pr...justice.govMeet the Associate Attorney General 020
David Alpert @alpert.bsky.social · 28/04/2026I'm noticing how the brief is not signed by the career staff who typically write and sign these, but political appointees. 120
Reposted by David AlpertPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 28/04/2026This is how the United States Department of Justice writes now. 3914184987
David Alpert @alpert.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Ah, got it. Yeah, definitely! Decongestion charge also in the AV study (Scenario D) and is the only thing that found VMT going down. 110
David Alpert @alpert.bsky.social · 28/04/2026People who now prioritize more aggressive policing and such things can disagree with left candidates, but the urbanist movement made a pretty deliberate effort to bring the big business skeptical left into the coalition and it‘s worked. 010
David Alpert @alpert.bsky.social · 28/04/2026I guess the at large Dem candidates, who aren’t housing experts, all waffled a lot at that Ward 3 forum, but activists on left and right are pretty solidly pro housing and that wasn’t the case 10 years go. 210
David Alpert @alpert.bsky.social · 28/04/2026I’d also note for some perspective how marginal the left-NIMBY faction is in this race. There are still left NIMBY activists suing things and getting some philanthropy and appealing to old homeowners, but don’t have a mayoral champion. This is not accidental. 130
David Alpert @alpert.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Don’t know why they deleted and reposted that video. Here it is. bsky.app/profile/jane... 000
