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Jessica Hart

@jlrhart.bsky.social
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Allison’s mom. 🩷 Safe streets advocate with @safestreetsdc.bsky.social

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Jessica Hart @jlrhart.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We’re coming up on the heart-breaking 5th anniversary of Allie’s death. She should be in 5th grade. Ride with us. 🩷
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Jessica Hart @jlrhart.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
If you’ve been personally affected by traffic violence and want to channel your hurt and rage into *something,* please reach out. @safestreetsdc.bsky.social can use your help…and might be able to help you, too. 💛
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Jessica Hart @jlrhart.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
This child should have been able to walk, bike, or scoot in what is essentially their home’s parking area without being hit by a speeding driver. A driver who has shown clear disdain for the law and is a danger to others.
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Jessica Hart @jlrhart.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Proud of Allie’s grandpa (aka “GP”) for speaking out about the importance of this bill in saving lives so there aren’t more families like ours, forever missing someone. 🩷
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Bryan Hart @bryanhart.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Join us tomorrow (May 20, 6:30pm, Freedom Plaza) for the Ride of Silence to remember the Allie and the many other cyclists who have been injured or killed doing what we all try to do every day - just get around safely. Details here: ggwash.org/calendar/eve...
Allie assisting me in an ill fated pandemic experiment with tubeless tires.
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Jessica Hart @jlrhart.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
A birthday haiku for Hilda the HSD on her 2 year / 4000th mile birthday: Rain, snow, heat, perfect. Joy, explore, friends, bops, flowers. Daily adventure. (I 🩷 this bike!) @ternbicycles.com @thedailyrider.co
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Jessica Hart @jlrhart.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Never would we have had so much fun in a car. Watching for Metros, taking imaginary photos, greeting everyone on the trail with an enthusiastic “hey bro!” If only Allie were here for the laughter. 💖
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Jessica Hart @jlrhart.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Truly no better way to share our city than by bike! Thanks to @wababikelibrary.bsky.social, we made it to the National Zoo, playgrounds, ice cream x2, mini golf, the Wharf, the Mall, ate a sushi boat, and made some CORE cousin memories!
Two kids and dad on a yellow cargo bike. Family with bikes by Washington Monument. Mom and two kids in yellow cargo bike on 9th Street NW. Two kids on bike with National Cathedral in background.
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Hill Family Biking @hillfamilybiking.org · 14/02/2026
This is an afront to family biking across #BIkeDC! Stay tuned for planned action. And tell your friends outside of DC to call their Senators offices on Tuesday to alert them to this action that will hurt everyone that visits the National Mall
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Jessica Hart @jlrhart.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
For NE DC parents, tonight is the School Lottery Mixer! Come talk schools with veteran and newbie parents. Don’t miss it!
School lottery mixer, Tues, Feb 10 from 7 to 9 pm at Lost Generation Brewing. School lottery mixer, Tues, Feb 10 from 7 to 9 pm at Lost Generation Brewing.
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Jessica Hart @jlrhart.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
A bit of light: beloved infant teacher Ms Irma, who was struck by a driver in Nov 2024, continues to fight for recovery. She needs your support. Please consider giving and sharing. 🫶🏻 gofund.me/2e71a2ca1
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Donate to Support Ms Irma’s Recovery, organized by Jessica Hart
Irma Bonilla is a beloved mom, wife, friend, coworker, and teacher. As an early childhood teac… Jessica Hart needs your support for Support Ms Irma’s Recovery
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Washington Area Bicyclist Association @waba.org · 06/12/2025
We join Sam, a DC hit-and-run victim, in calling on Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie to move B26-0057, the Motor Vehicle Insurance Modernization Act. It's time to update DC's 40-year-old insurance minimums.
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Washington Area Bicyclist Association @waba.org · 05/12/2025
Brooke & Reid from @ward5familybiking.bsky.social shot a video about DC Ward 5 bikeway priorities and the Tuesday, Dec. 9 @ddotdc.bsky.social Strategic Bikeways Plan Ward 5 workshop, 6-8 pm. Visit waba.org/2025/12/03/d... for a WABA priorities write-up and a link to workshop info. #BikeDC
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Collin Pearsall @cpearsall242.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
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Jessica Hart @jlrhart.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
TODAY. See you at 11am outside Foggy Bottom Metro.
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Jessica Hart @jlrhart.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
One week until we walk to honor and remember those killed and injured in traffic violence. @safestreetsdc.bsky.social Who do you walk for? RSVP here: dcfamiliesforsafestreets.org/2025/10/12/w...
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World Day of Remembrance 2025: Safe Speeds Saves Lives – DC Families for Safe Streets
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Jessica Hart @jlrhart.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
I’m back in your screens, talking about Allie 🫶🏻 and the importance of doing real things we know can save lives, like using tech and street design to slow drivers. 🚗 It’s why we’re walking on Nov 16 to honor victims and call for slowing down. #StopSuperSpeeders www.wusa9.com/article/life...
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After losing her 5-year-old, a DC mom builds a legacy of safety for others
After her daughter Allie was killed crossing the street, Jessica Hart turned heartbreak into advocacy for safer roads nationwide.
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Jessica Hart @jlrhart.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Join @safestreetsdc.bsky.social on 11/16 as we walk to remember and honor the lives lost and forever changed by traffic violence and then rally at the Lincoln Memorial with the Ride for Your Life. RSVP: dcfamiliesforsafestreets.org/2025/10/12/w...
Walk in 11/16 starting at 11am outside Foggy Bottom Metro. Walk from Foggy Bottom Metro to Lincoln Memorial 11/16
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Nicole McEntee @nikkimcentee17.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
If I knew nothing else about Mamdani and just read these quotes from him about cars I'd still adamantly vote for him if I lived in NYC.
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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 12/10/2025
If he gets elected mayor, Mamdani’s support for banning parking near intersections citywide could undo a bureaucratic knot at the Department of Transportation, whose leaders have vigorously pushed back against the movement fighting for the safety measure.
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Likely Mayor Mamdani Supports Daylighting as DOT Digs In Heels - Streetsblog New York City
The next mayor will have to overcome a deeply entrenched bureaucracy opposed to the common-sense policy.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Trigger warning. “In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.” Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
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David Roederer @dcroederer.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
If you disagree with Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy who said: "I do think you see more congestion when you add bike lanes and take away vehicle lanes. That's a problem." let him know! www.votervoice.net/Shares/BEEIg...
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Action Center | League of American Bicyclists
The League of American Bicyclists is proud to support actions at the federal, state, and local level to build a Bicycle Friendly America for Everyone. In our Action Center you…
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DC Families for Safe Streets @safestreetsdc.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
🧵 (1 of 6) Community members recently placed memorial ghost bikes in honor of friends and loved ones. This includes new memorials for loved ones who were killed while bicycling sometime in the past year and a half, plus previous memorials that were in need of care and replacement. ❤️‍🩹 #BikeDC
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Jessica Hart @jlrhart.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
With a track record like this, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that VIP plate 632 in @mayorbowser.bsky.social’s DC didn’t stop when I was in the (4-way stop) crosswalk with my kid this morning.
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Jessica Hart @jlrhart.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Gotta modernize my kid’s fleet. @wmatagm.bsky.social, waiting on the D8 to to Better-Bused!
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Bryan Hart @bryanhart.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Please sign & share for someone like me who loves our public lands & does not want them sold off, but who also lacks a voting congressional representative (& as a bonus, here’s a photo from a trip I took last year to the Indian peaks wilderness area): action.outdooralliance.org/a/reconcilia...
Gourd lake at sunset in the Indian peaks wilderness area
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Christy Kwan @christykwan.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
The circumstances of this fatal crash are absolutely horrific and heartbreaking. I read every MPD press release on fatal traffic crashes, and this is one absolutely broke me. 💔😭
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Katie Jones @katiejonesmpls.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Car crashes are the second leading cause of death of American children. And it's entirely preventable. Education and behavior change alone won't stop it. A major problem is road design. I'm so glad the issue is reaching more mainstream conversations. www.sciencefriday.com/segments/kil...
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The Lack Of Science In Road Design Is Deadly
Are traffic engineering decisions based on evidence-based research? Not as much as you might think.
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Jessica Hart @jlrhart.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Looking for advice for a crash survivors family member re: insurance. Docs say short term acute care needed, insurance won’t cover…
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
"IIHS findings show that vehicles with hood heights over 40 inches are approximately 45% more likely to cause pedestrian fatalities."
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Sharing the Road: Research shows bigger, taller vehicles are more dangerous to pedestrians
Take an in-depth look at how vehicle design affects safety on and near roadways. Also, see the potential solutions that could protect everyone.
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Bryan Hart @bryanhart.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Tomorrow is the @ward5familybiking.bsky.social ride. Meet at 10:30 at north Michigan park rec.
May 17 ward 5 family bike ride. Meet at north Michigan Park Rec Centrr (1333 Emerson st and) at 10:30am
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Bryan Hart @bryanhart.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Reminder that the Ride of Silence is next week on Wednesday, May 21. Join me in remembering Allie and other cyclists that were killed or injured in dc. More details here: ggwash.org/calendar/eve...
Allie and me on a hike
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Jessica Hart @jlrhart.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Heading to Munich soon and excited to do one of my favorite things: ride a bike near water and go to a Biergarten! Looking for allllll the Munich recs! Me biking in 2006 in Berlin 👇🏻
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Bryan Hart @bryanhart.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Join me and others for the Ride of Silence on May 21 at 6:30pm at Freedom Plaza to honor and remember cyclists who have been killed or injured. More info here: ggwash.org/calendar/eve...
Image advertising DC Ride of Silence. May 21, 2025; meet at 6:30pm at Freedom Plaza (1350 Penn Ave NW). The ride will leave promptly at 7:00pm. The ride ends at Canal Park (250 M St SE). No bike? Use Bikeshare. There are docs at the start (14th & D, 15th & E/Penn) and end (3rd & M, M& NJ Ave).
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Jessica Hart @jlrhart.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
We may be living in a dumpster fire, but at least I can help make a few blocks a little less trashy. Join me and ANC5b03 commissioner Jingwen Sun this Saturday!
Flyer promoting a neighborhood clean up on May 10.
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Bryan Hart @bryanhart.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
My family has recently been impacted by Alzheimer's. That's why I'm joining the #RidetoEndAlz in May. We need to fund more research so we can have as much time as possible with our loved ones. Please consider donating here to help: act.alz.org/goto/bryanhart
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Bryan Hart is participating in the Alzheimer's Association Ride to End ALZ
I am inspired by science and driven by determination to end Alzheimer's. Donate today and help advance research toward the first survivor of Alzheimer's.
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Bryan Hart @bryanhart.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Armstrong Mbah, Shalom Joy’s father, “No parent should have to bury their child & then watch the person responsible walk away without real consequences.” My heart breaks for Sky’s & Shalom’s families today. It’s incredible painful to have so much taken away & see nothing change. wapo.st/4cHpQml
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She killed two children with her van. She will spend at most 4 months in jail.
Olga Lugo Jiminez, 52, was originally charged with two counts of manslaughter, but agreed to plead guilty to lesser offenses.
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Jessica Hart @jlrhart.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
I’ve been saying this since 2021, when Allie was killed in a crosswalk and the driver got a ticket (I think. I haven’t heard it definitively from MPD). Here we are, 4 years later…
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Jessica Hart @jlrhart.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Whenever I hear someone say they *need* a big SUV, I think of all the things I’ve hauled in our Honda Fit: flooring, furniture, so much mulch. Today: cargo bike.
Cargo bike fits inside a Honda Fit.
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Bella Chu @isabellachu.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Twice as many children die in car crashes than from all pediatric cancers combined. This does not count the long term health effects of breathing exhaust, brake and tire particles or the loss of physical activity and independence from living in a world hostile to traveling outside of a car.
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Jessica Hart @jlrhart.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
State legislatures are considering bills that would require speed limiters be put in the vehicles of repeat speeders - just like what we have for DUIs. Speed is a major reason why 40k people die on US roads every year - people like Tammy’s son Conner. Please sign…for Conner. chng.it/4jDQyLMfN8
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Stop Super Speeders: Help us Save Lives!
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
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Sava Tshontikidis @tshontikidis.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Moving to the suburbs because of safety? Make sure to never leave your car!
Map of the DC metro area with areas of pedestrian death highlighted, majority being in the northern Virginia region.
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
“If you had to guess the leading cause of death for children and young people around the world, what would you say? Malaria perhaps? Pneumonia? Suicide? They’re all high up there, but no, it’s road accidents.”
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If road deaths were a virus, we’d call it a pandemic. Safer transport helps us all – and we need it urgently | Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Jean Todt
Deaths on the road costs countries up to 5% of GDP. Centring transport around people, not cars, can propel development
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
In January NHTSA quietly released a comprehensive lit review about car bloat's impact on pedestrian safety. Key finding: SUVs & pickups "cause higher levels of injury severity to pedestrians than smaller passenger cars in collisions." Available online (for now): rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/79221
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Jessica Hart @jlrhart.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Bigger is NOT better…for anyone.
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Jessica Hart @jlrhart.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
2024 was the 2nd year of record-high traffic fatalities in DC: 52 people. We need the leadership and political courage to stop these preventable tragedies. My testimony on behalf of @safestreetsdc.bsky.social at today’s DDOT oversight hearing. 👇🏻
DC traffic deaths are on the rise. This is unacceptable. We need the political courage to hold DDOT to the policies & plans it has already adopted.
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Jessica Hart @jlrhart.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
In November, one of my son’s daycare teachers was struck by a driver of a truck as she crossed the street. The driver didn’t stop at the 🛑. Perhaps more infuriatingly, the city of Hyattsville had recently re-designed the intersection & identified the need for a crosswalk but didn’t install one. 🧵
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Jessica Hart @jlrhart.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Fellow Brookland/Ward 5 parents! Come chat, learn about area schools, share your experiences at the Feb 3 school mixer at Brooklands Finest! Please register so we can get an idea of what schools will be there.
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Jessica Hart @jlrhart.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Allie was 4 years old for what would be her last Christmas. She got a new-to-her Felicity doll and pink hair paint. This year, I agonized over which pink flowers to get for her, on our 4th Christmas without her.
Little girl with doll smiles at Christmas Vivid pink Gerber daises in a vase
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Bryan Hart @bryanhart.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Mayor Bowser wants to cut daycare teacher pay to give handouts for billioners’ stadiums. The fund has been essential to improving quality of care. A recent NPR report found it had 23% ROI. Way higher than any analysis of public funding of stadiums has EVER found: www.npr.org/2024/12/12/n...
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How D.C. tackled a child care crunch through a tax hike on the rich
In Washington, D.C., a tax on residents earning more than $250,000 a year is boosting the wages of child care workers. Two years in, it's proving to be a great investment.
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