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Eric Dasmalchi

@edasmalchi.bsky.social
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Public transit & data at Caltrans, Treasure Island Development Authority board member (and island dweller!). Opinions here and on treasuredtidings.net are mine alone.

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Eric Dasmalchi @edasmalchi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Thanks for the heads up! Got mine at Kaiser Mission Bay, also quick!
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California Transit Nerd @catransitnerd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Caltrain letting each city run its own grade separations is working out terribly as expected. This should be Caltrain or Caltrans or CAHSR doing this work corridor wide with a standardized design and limited customization www.paloaltoonline.com/transportati...
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As costs rise, Palo Alto scales back rail redesign plans
After more than a decade of designing, debating and dreaming of grade separation at three local rail crossings, Palo Alto’s elected leaders are preparing to narrow their scope and focus their energy o...
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Idothethinking @idothethinking.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
On this day in 1972, America's second generation metro service @bart.gov began service with trains between MacArthur and Fremont Station. After 20 years of planning and 5 years of disruptive construction, thousands of Bay Area locals crowded BART stations with cameras to see these space-age trains.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Thousands of immigrants did the hard, dirty work of clearing rubble and toxic dust and debris from Ground Zero. Many were undocumented laborers sent to work every day with no special PPE, and got cancer as a result. Now some of those same people are living in fear of ICE. www.npr.org/2026/09/11/n...
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They cleaned up ground zero. Now many are hiding from ICE
After 9/11, thousands of rescue and cleanup crews went to work at ground zero. They were exposed to toxic debris and experienced psychological trauma. Today, many say they live in fear of deportation.
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Eric Dasmalchi @edasmalchi.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Wrote a bit about the truck crash that cut off Treasure Island from the rest of the world (by road anyhow) back in June: www.treasuredtidings.net/posts/emerge...
semi truck jackknifed across entire two-lane road, with car pushed into barrier, tow truck, and people standing around.
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Remarkable. In 2025, Japan had the lowest number of crash deaths on record (going back to 1948). Now they're poised to have even fewer.
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Japan halves speed limit to 30km/h on all narrow city streets
Speed limit dropped from 60km/h for around 70% of general roads in the hope of making narrow streets of crowded cities safer
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Eric Dasmalchi @edasmalchi.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Prescribed burns on Angel Island today
White smoke rising from Angel Island, bay water and Treasure Island northwest waterfront in foreground
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League of American Bicyclists @bikeleague.org · 27/08/2026
ACTION ALERT 🚨 Right now, the Senate is considering adding language to the transportation reauthorization bill to restrict bike lanes. Tell Congress: funding for bike safety projects MUST continue! Take action: action.bikeleague.org/page/101946/...
Action alert graphic. A man holds a sign next to a bike lane that says "Everyone deserves safe streets!" Below the image is white text on a black background: "Tell congress: Funding for Bike Safety Projects MUST Continue! bikeleague.org/action-center"Action alert graphic. White text on a black background: "Congress Must Save America's Bike Lanes
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy erased the data that shows bike lanes reduce crashes and don’t cause congestion. Then he asked Congress to defund all bike lanes — and even remove bike lanes from busy roads.

Now, Congress may be listening: the Senate is considering adding language to the transportation reauthorization bill that would restrict what kinds of roads could have bike lanes on them at all. 

We need everyone in Congress to hear us clearly: bike lanes save lives and bicyclists have a right to ride on the roads and get home safely. 

Tell your elected representatives: vote NO on any transportation reauthorization bill that would restrict the ability of federal funding to be used on bike safety projects. bikeleague.org/action-center"
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Ryan Cavanaugh @searyanc.dev · 07/08/2026
I think we really need a mindset shift around e-bikes. The main point is not than an e-bike can replace a car. Cars are useful and our cities are still designed around them. Most households will still have one. The main point is that an e-bike *trip* can often replace a car *trip*.
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Eric Dasmalchi @edasmalchi.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
TI ferry didn’t run the 7:30am for a mechanical issue, but I’m on the Muni 25 trip that rescued the ferry riders. Strangers chatting a bit, great to see the bus building community (and important to have some alternative options!)
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Eric Dasmalchi @edasmalchi.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
100%. Streamed a lot of this while on vacation there (wish it was available here), mainly because it was refreshing to see traffic enforcement taken seriously.
Screenshot of streaming website for danish show "Vanvids Bilisterne"
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Infrastructure Weak @infrastructureweak.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I've just published this article, Part 1 of 4 about the choices that will enable San Francisco to finally build a Geary metro. medium.com/@infrastruct...
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Plan the Geary metro right, right now
Part 1: Strong corridor; tight station spacing; frequent trains
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/07/2026
shoutout the chucklefuck pundit who insisted once that “environmental racism” was a nonsense term
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A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
"Just getting politicians and planners on the bus -- so few of them know what it is not to just take the bus when it's convenient, but to truly rely on this. To have it be your first, third and last option." Catch Una Fonte on @nondriverpodcast.bsky.social podcast www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K_8...
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Nick Andert @nickandert.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
youtu.be
The REAL Story Behind the LAX People Mover Fiasco
YouTube video by nandert
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
if you haven't seen any photos of what the US used to look like before the clean air/water acts, you should take 30 seconds for a quick image search
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Eric Dasmalchi @edasmalchi.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
This was our family hauler too! SF to LA, Spokane, WA, even Yellowstone -- with 3 adults, 2 kids, luggage, and so on. Easily did it all and with better visibility and a safer hood height for everyone else on the road.
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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
There is a crucial distinction to be made: mandatory "fees," often revealed late in the process, are basically fraud and should be illegal. But fees for options add ons, e.g. parking or storage, if disclosed upfront, are good in that they give renters options. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US renters call for action to combat surge of ‘take it or leave it’ apartment fees
Tenants push for tougher rules against unfair add-on charges. Industry players argue against policies that they say could limit the ‘effective use of fees’
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 26/06/2026
I just signed an executive order to support faster, cheaper, and easier public transit across California. I'm directing state agencies to prioritize key local transit projects by enforcing clear deadlines, modernizing arrival data and payments, and expanding employee benefits.
Governor Newsom signs executive order accelerating new tech, services for California's local transit & passenger rail networks
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25/06/2026
Sam Alito: It is the worst kind of discrimination to create majority-minority congressional districts and so we are going to kill the Voting Rights Act. Also Sam Alito: There is nothing we can do if the president cancels legal status because he thinks the United States is a white country.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Please speak up. Record your objection. This is crucially important.
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Eric Dasmalchi @edasmalchi.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Got it to ingest Metrolink (and opened a ux issue 🙂) github.com/markegge/gtf...
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When viewing stop trips, default to a service pattern serving that stop · Issue #46 · markegge/gtfsx
Thanks for the tool! Trying it out on this 2024-10-23 Metrolink feed from the Mobility Database and was initially confused why trips weren't appearing when browsing from a stop. To reproduce: Open ...
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Great work of explanatory, visual, & public-interest journalism by Michael Keller, Eli Murray, Danielle Ivory, Irineo Cabreros of @nytimes.com, on thousands of needless deaths caused by monster-ization of US vehicles. (Image: Chevy Silverado 1998 vs 2021) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Comparative pictures of "small" Chevy Silverado of 1998, vs huge monster-truck Silverado of 2021.
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Eric Dasmalchi @edasmalchi.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
1/10? On my way to LA from SF via bus-Gold Runner-bus. Stocked up on a sandwich and snacks at Safeway plus brought a cup of ice from home— should be well prepared for the Gold Runner snack situation. Supposed to leave Salesforce Transit Center at 9:40 and ultimately arrive LA Union Station 19:15.
Banana, packaged tuna sandwich, and hummus snack cup on a bench
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Eric Dasmalchi @edasmalchi.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
So glad to see LA-area agencies joining others large and small across the state in offering tap to ride!
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Eric Dasmalchi @edasmalchi.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Excited to share that I've been appointed to the Treasure Island Development Authority Board of Directors by the Mayor of SF! Looking forward to serving and helping implement the ambitious transportation and development plans for the islands. Say hi if you see me on the bus, ferry, or bridge path!
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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Bringing back this map I first drafted a year or two ago to show how mindblowing fast the D Line Extension is going to be. Time to start adjusting your mental model of LA because she's shrinking Stations are spaced on a grid where each 'tick' represents one minute of travel
A map of the LA Metro transit system that shows the travel time between stations visually by distancing the stations on a grid by each minute traveled. The D Line extension in shown, and it is very small because the line will be very fast
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Dr Grace S Peng @gspeng.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
It is so thrilling to pull up and watch the bike detected blue light go on. No pushing a beg button far away on the sidewalk. No waiting for a car to trigger a green light for me. Redondo Beach at Artesia and Rindge
Pole on sidewalk before an intersection. Green rectangular sign on pole had a circular blue light that goes on when a bicycle rolls up.
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Carter Lavin @carterlavin.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
And if you're 18 or older, you can help save Caltrain (and the rest of transit in the Bay Area) by gathering signatures with us! We've got lots of events coming up that you're invited to luma.com/connectbayar... It's surprisingly easy and lots of fun.
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Connect Bay Area | Stronger Muni for All · Events Calendar
View and subscribe to events from Connect Bay Area | Stronger Muni for All on Luma. Gathering signatures to get Connect Bay Area (our 5-county transit funding measure), and San Francisco’s Stronger Mu...
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Eric Dasmalchi @edasmalchi.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
You know your parking enforcement problem is bad when the construction crew decides to park their bulldozer in a no-parking zone to avoid getting blocked from their site by cars parked in the no-parking zone…
Asphalt road in foreground with a car and bulldozer parked on a wide curb among cones and no parking signs. In the background, a dirt construction site and the San Francisco Bay towards the Golden Gate Bridge
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Jeffrey Tumlin 🏳️‍🌈 🌁 @jeffreytumlin.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Caltrans was an unexpectedly excellent partner while I served in SF govt. They're doing good work to reinvent themselves, and they need great leaders to continue that work. Apply: www.linkedin.com/posts/caltra...
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#caltrans #hiring #transitandrail #leadership #publicservice #sustainablemobility | Caltrans
🚨 Caltrans is hiring a statewide mobility leader! 🚨 We’re recruiting a 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝘂𝘁𝘆 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁 & 𝗥𝗮𝗶𝗹, a new executive role created to help deliver California’s bold new Transit Policy. This leade...
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 07/03/2026
Imagine all the cool, fast trains we could have with the billions we spend on bombs.
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Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
In The Netherlands, if you hit a kid under 14 with your car, it is automatically presumed to be your fault.
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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
If Metro can do this, BART should be able to too! Station retail is one of the things I worked on for many years as a BART director but never accomplished. I think we would have made progress without the pandemic. After the Connect Bay Area measure passes, I hope BART brings back station retail.
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Carter Rubin @carterrubin.com · 02/03/2026
Nice work by CM Katy Yaroslavsky to get coffee kiosks in all the new Metro D Line stations opening in May! cdn.mc-weblink.sg-mktg.com/weblink/MTc3...
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Eric Dasmalchi @edasmalchi.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Props to Seattle for having clear guidance on mobile wallet (virtual) card numbers in their tap to pay rollout -- necessary imo if fare verification relies on riders knowing or sharing those: support.myorca.com/hc/en-us/art...
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Finding Credit or Debit Card Numbers in Digital Wallets
Showing proof of fare payment aboard transit looks different when you tap to pay your fare with a credit or debit card in a digital wallet. During fare inspection, you will need to show fare inspec...
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Not taking away the driver's license of someone permanently who annihlated an entire family is...I have no words. In a city like SF too where the perpetrator could take public transit. www.sfchronicle.com/crime/articl...
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S.F. driver accused of killing family of 4 in West Portal crash likely to avoid prison time
The woman prosecutors said killed a family of four after ramming into a bus stop with her car in San Francisco’s West Portal neighborhood will avoid jail time after changing her plea in court.
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clipless baddie @urbanistbarbie.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
If you can based on your state (IL is included) opt out now: www.clearview.ai/privacy-and-...
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Privacy & Requests | Clearview AI
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David Weiskopf believes in you @dave.bzky.team · 24/07/2025
This graphic alone is like a fucking dissertation. Incredible stuff. Master class. Blows a massive hole in every govt's excuse that their level of gov't has no control over freeway spending.
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tschuy 🏳️‍🌈 @tsch.uy · 06/02/2026
California's great outdoors is more transit accessible than you think -- I've added trailheads all across the state to Hiking by Transit, ready for your outdoor adventure! Check it out: hikingbytransit.com
map showing trailheads all across California by what kind of transit access they have
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Eric Dasmalchi @edasmalchi.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Chipped in what I can, donation links in the thread. They won't win.
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Jacob Wasserman @jacoblwasserman.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
@cityofsantamonica.bsky.social Big Blue Bus becomes the 1st agency in the state to add yield signs to buses, saving time at every stop. Thanks @caltransit.bsky.social for sponsoring the state bill authorizing and @electdanhall.bsky.social and @nzernitskaya.bsky.social for moving this locally for me!
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YIELD 
RIGHT 
OF 
WAY 
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Alfred Soto @sotoalfred.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
It doesn't embarrass me to admit that Bernard Sumner ranks among my favorite lyricists. Somehow he offers universal truths in the most banal language. Luckily the rhythm section and synths help. Happy birthday. humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com/2018/08/20/r...
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Ranking New Order albums
During the early Bush II years I watched as my favorite became embraced for the values that had raised suspicions during his father’s era: the cultivated, surly anonymity; the resolute commit…
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/01/2026
if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.
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Eric Dasmalchi @edasmalchi.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Sharing a transit success story - got from TI to Point Reyes trails in just over 2 hours last Saturday morning. Quick transfers from Muni 25, to Golden Gate Transit 101, to Marin Transit 68 (which ran a high floor bus!). The latter 2 buses were pretty full - including a big group of trail runners.
Screenshot of Apple Maps public transit trip planner and map for a trip from Treasure Island, San Francisco to the Bear Valley Visitor Center at the Point Reyes National Seashore. The trip takes 2 hours and 15 minutes using Muni 25, Golden Gate Transit 101, and Marin Transit 68
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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents border patrol officers at the National Border Patrol Council, calls on Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to resign or be fired
Following the killing of AFGE Member Alex Pretti and the subsequent slanderous rhetoric that followed from top Trump administration officials, AFGE National President Everett Kelley issued the following statement:

“Yesterday, AFGE brought together labor and faith leaders from Minneapolis and across the nation to mourn our fallen brother from Local 3669, Alex Pretti. We honored his life and legacy and lifted up his family, his friends, his union, Minneapolis, and our nation in prayer.

“Today, we demand accountability.

“In the immediate aftermath of Alex’s killing, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem betrayed the public trust by slandering the good name of our union brother and calling him a “domestic terrorist.” Alex Pretti was a patriotic ICU nurse at a VA hospital who devoted his life to serving America’s veterans. That claim was reckless, defamatory, and unsupported by the facts. Noem was preceded in this false statement by Stephen Miller, Deputy White House Chief of Staff, who is also the architect of the chaotic and failed immigration policy in Minnesota.

“Our demand is clear: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who was responsible for carrying out the policy that led to Alex’s needless killing, and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, the architect of that policy, must resign immediately. If they refuse, President Trump must dismiss them.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Can ICE enter a home to make an arrest with only an administrative warrant? @orinkerr.bsky.social says DHS’s new policy is probably unconstitutional. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/can-...
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Can ICE Enter a Home to Make an Arrest With Only an Administrative Warrant?
A tentative take, on both the rights and the remedies.
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Eric Dasmalchi @edasmalchi.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Wow. My bad FlixBus experience where we drove around Hollywood for 45 minutes is nothing compared to this...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19/01/2026
i think this MLK day the thing to focus on is the strategic focus and tactical brilliance of the civil rights movement and the way it was laser focused on a set of achievable goals
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Anson Stewart @ansonstewart.com · 15/01/2026
When people say transportation research should get "back to basics," what do they mean? 🙃 This exhibit comes to mind – on the 4th Fl of the MLK Library, just a few blocks from #TRBAM #CrossroadsConvening
Poster: "White Man's Road... thru Black Man's Home!"Map of proposed freeway alignment through Washington DC's urban gridMuseum exhibit entitled "D.C> Says No Freeways!"

Including a binder with project plans, subtitled "Would your home be spared?"

Posters including "DC is not LA! Stop Freeway Blight!"
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