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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

10/10 title for a published piece of writing.

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Maybe we should let the kids rideshare to school since they are doing it already?

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

One of the myths of car ownership is that users fully pay for infrastructure costs. It’s only partially true, and in DC, it is not particularly true. Especially with the gas tax on the decline, it’s time to consider other options to sustainably fund the costs of building and maintaining our roads.

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

I mean…this says it all, doesn’t it? I honestly cannot tell you who this man wants to be (apart from Mayor?) or what direction he wants to take the city.

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Plans to “pedestrianize” 8th street by using the sidewalk as free parking are clearly coming along!

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

IMHO all of 4th street NE between T street and Michigan should be converted to curbside protected bike lanes, but this is a great down payment (along with a bunch of other sensible improvements for all users in this corner of Edgewood).

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

This should be a national embarrassment, especially for any American politician who calls themselves pro-family. www.nytimes.com/2021/10/06/u...

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Please flag these for DDOT as a "Roadway Markings/Pylons" service"" request via 311: 311.dc.gov/citizen/s/

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Grateful for this single planter on the R street entrance to the MBT. Still dreaming of a DDOT that can take simple steps to protect residents without requiring 3 years of advocacy.

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Bullshit charges against journalists and political enemies that are going to get tossed out of court as quickly as this administration’s other shoddy work. Bondi and her cronies are an embarrassment and should be impeached immediately when the fascists and appeasers lose power.

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Minor injuries sustained in vehicle crashes, which had been flat or slightly up from 2020 through 2024 are at their lowest point since 2017 and are 32% below pre-pandemic levels.

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

In 2025, DC lost 25 souls to vehicle crashes, which while far too high, represents a 13-year low. Perhaps more significantly, the number of major injuries and fatalities (a larger and therefore less noisy n) has dropped 34% since 2017 (the first year that detailed crash data is available).

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

It's not that much more far fetched than the original scoping for the west side alignment!

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Can you resign from a job you never had?

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Next best opportunity to make that less of a shitshow.

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

These impacts are not unusual. Here are the results from the Pennsylvania Avenue project, which introduced rush hour bus lanes and curbside bike lanes. Very similar story: massive reduction in crashes, increase in ped and bike traffic, and reductions in vehicle travel times.

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

DDOT continues to publish before/after analyses of safety projects. The numbers for the 9th street NW bike lanes suggest that we should be doing these projects everywhere we can. Crashes plummeted, pedestrian and bike traffic skyrocketed, and vehicle travel times dropped.

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Today’s reporting reminds me of this recent picture from right outside one of our local high schools. We’re seeing a lot of youth use bikeshare to get to school these days—and in case you missed it, DC’s school attendance crisis is currently grave. Maybe we should be encouraging this!

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Join us Saturday for the @ward5familybiking.bsky.social ride to Eckington Day at Tanner Park!

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Very excited for this @ward5familybiking.bsky.social Halloween bike ride and planting party in collaboration with another Ward 5 gem: Friends of the National Arboretum! Mark your calendars for October 25!!

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Important paper from @rycalder.bsky.social, Rachel Clark, and Claire Summa analyzing 2019-2023 trauma data from DC traffic crashes. They found that injury rates *increased* and that racial disparities exist *for every user type* including pedestrians & cyclists. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41014831/

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

I see that the VERY SERIOUS people trying to persuade more Americans to have children are now telling women they shouldn’t use a safe painkiller during pregnancy.

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Total crashes resulting in either fatalities or major injuries was arguably flat from 2017 to 2021 but been dropping since then.

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Detailed information about injury crashes on our vision zero dashboard only goes back to 2017. Using that year as a baseline, fatalities are down 27%, major injuries are down 32%, and minor injuries are down 31%. visionzero.dc.gov/pages/crash-...

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

If I had an ANC email account, I would probably tell the national guard to google National Park Service parcels in the District if they want to know where there is deferred maintenance. www.nps.gov/locations/dc...

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

To be clear, riding a bike on a sidewalk is not a crime and is not even a civil infraction outside of the central business district!

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

My hottest take from the front lines of fascism is that the Beanie’s Feta sammy at Bub and Pop’s (newly in Ward 5 and MBT adjacent) is easily one of the best sandwiches I have ever had.

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

New poster child for the federal surge: dude with one hand in his pocket (Alanis would be proud), slouching against a storefront. Must be great to serve in the FBI or Secret Service and be told your job is loitering!

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Zoning record is a mess because there have been several related cases filed over the years, but at quick glance, it looks like ART improvements are on the menu.

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

That's what section 740 of the Home Rule Act allows. It does **not** allow the president to "federalize" MPD. That is a term folks are borrowing from the state national guard statute that appears nowhere in the Home Rule Act. dccouncil.gov/wp-content/u...

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Important to be precise here. The home rule act doesn't allow MPD to be put under federal control. It allows the president to "direct the Mayor to provide him, and the Mayor shall provide, such services of the Metropolitan Police force as the President may deem necessary and appropriate."

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

For those curious, here’s the CFO’s analysis of the tax abatements in the proposed RFK deal. CFO concludes that they total $1.48 Billion and are not financially necessary. cfo.dc.gov/sites/defaul...

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

For all sorts of reasons, I would love for all District residents to be within a 20 minute walkshed of a small format grocery store. If you factor in that kind of consideration, Edgewood has really leap frogged much of Bloomingdale and Stronghold. www.urban.org/data-tools/r...

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Almost every bus stop along this 24/7 bus corridor lacked a shelter and also did not have the DDOT design standard **eight** feet of sidewalk that is required at bus stops.

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Great to walk North Capitol St. with Ward 5 Pedestrian Advisory Committee Rep @imgoph.bsky.social. Not great that the entire east sidewalk from Randolph to Michigan is noncompliant with DDOT’s absolute minimum sidewalk width of 4 feet. Thanks to @ddotdc.bsky.social for hosting the road safety audit!

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Not sure from your wording what you mean, but CM Parker was interviewed for the piece.

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

My assumption is that those terms are deployed when we mean non-white (rather than black). The map above looks different from this:

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

I think your answer lies in the amalgamation of these four maps.

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Was not identified as a high priority location during DDOT’s last Cabi planning cycle. Seems due to be updated soon though! ddot.dc.gov/sites/defaul...

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Not complaining but would love to know more about the granite PBL curb stops that just appeared at Dave Thomas Circle/Johnson Plaza. I assume we can thank the Commission on Fine Arts for this extravagance?

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Amid plenty of dumb backpedaling of US government investments in renewable energy, there is some good news: the cost of utility scale renewables is still cheaper than gas and significantly cheaper than coal. www.lazard.com/media/uounho...

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Just circulated NOI for FL/N CAP sadly has much less drug-fighting potential.

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Happy World Pride from inside and outside the Wilson Building!

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Our goal always will always be to push for safer communities, but last year was one of the safest years for DC in recent memory and crime in ANC 5E is down year to date and for last 12 months compared to prior year.

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Conor Shaw @fixcircle.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

4th and M NW! And here’s the program page: tactical2permanent.ddot.dc.gov

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