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Mike Larkin @mlarkin85.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

@montgomery4all.bsky.social is live at the Takoma Park Folk Festival and we have a line!

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Action Committee for Transit 👣🚲🚇🚍🚊🧑🏻‍🦽 @actfortransit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A hearty "Well done!" to D16 Del. Marc Korman for asking about: *Why MD has fallen behind VA in its financial commitment to WMATA. *When will Crescent Trail along Purple Line open? Staged opening was promised. *What kind of P3, specifically, is Gov. Moore proposing for 495/270? Please tell! Bravo!

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Action Committee for Transit 👣🚲🚇🚍🚊🧑🏻‍🦽 @actfortransit.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Too many planners see cycling as purely recreational and point to trails. But bikes are transportation for many people, and, yet, getting biking infrastructure on primary arterials is still rare. Look at Wisconsin Ave /355. If drivers go there, perhaps people using other modes want to, too.

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Parking Reform Network @parkingreform.org · 11/09/2026

A cleaner vehicle can still have to travel a very long way. Where we build housing, how far apart destinations are, and whether people have real transportation choices all matter for climate. Cleaner technology + better cities. www.urbanclimatesolution.org

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It is blatantly unethical for politicians to cultivate clubby, back-scratching relationships with media personalities who don't work for the New York Times.

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Matthew Lewis -- living in the era of cults and consequences @mateosfo.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The most depressing thing about the USA is there's literally no political will to care about kids. Across the political spectrum, the response to children's brains and lungs being damaged by car pollution, or worse, being killed or injured by drivers, are collective shrugs. "Thoughts and prayers."

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Montgomery for All @montgomery4all.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

We are deeply disappointed to learn that County Executive Elrich once again baselessly plans to veto the appointment of dedicated and experienced affordable housing professional James Hedrick to the Planning Board. We call on the Council to overturn this veto, as they did unanimously in 2023. (1/2)

bethesdamagazine.com

Elrich to veto Hedrick’s appointment to Montgomery Planning Board, again

County Council could override veto with vote of nine members

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Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

As bus service declines, demand does not vanish. Expensive but unpaid ride-giving fills the gap.

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Action Committee for Transit 👣🚲🚇🚍🚊🧑🏻‍🦽 @actfortransit.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

3/3 *"Installation of the full traffic signal with the BRT." This process will likely take YEARS. In the meantime, it's a longer walk to get to a bus stop, which punishes pedestrians.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

One of the things I most hate about Washington culture is how people quote “best and brightest” obviously never heaving read Halberstam’s book. The phrase was ironic. It worked out very poorly; the Best & Brightest led us into Vietnam and then couldn’t figure out how to get out of the war. To wit:

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Joyce Park @troutgirl.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Remember, South Korea has multiple times removed their Presidents and also imprisoned their richest citizens.

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Stewart Schwartz @stewartcsg.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The GM talked about the Red Line bus bridge which is improving. Great to see the dedicated bus lanes on Wisconsin Avenue to speed the buses! Let’s make them permanent!

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Mike Larkin @mlarkin85.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Needing to catch and get off a bus along US 29 should not be a death sentence.

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Action Committee for Transit 👣🚲🚇🚍🚊🧑🏻‍🦽 @actfortransit.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Hanna Wegayehou, 61, was a 20-year public servant and the mother of the 2019-2020 Student Member of the Montgomery County Board of Education. There is a $20,000 reward for a tip leading to the identification of the person who hit & killed her on June 19, 2026, then drove away.

A smiling woman wearing a formal dress and holding a purse, standing outside in the courtyard of a building.

A young man wearing a tie and college graduation robes, flanked by his mother wearing a red dress and holding onto his left arm, and a man wearing a jacket, standing on the steps of a college building.

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Carrie Kisicki @cmkisicki.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

🚨 NEW from Montgomery Planning: - Friendship Heights Sector Plan working draft now up online - Planning Board hearings tentatively set for Sep. 10 (in-person/virtual) and Sep. 14 (in-person only) - Hearing signup opens on Aug. 3

Screenshot of an email reading:

Working Draft at the Planning Board

Next Thursday, July 16, Montgomery Planning staff will present the Friendship Heights Sector Plan Working Draft, the first full draft of the plan, to the Montgomery County Planning Board.

The staff report and the Working Draft are now available on the Planning Board’s website.

Staff’s presentation will guide Planning Board members through all of the plan’s draft recommendations. At the end of the presentation, staff will request that the Planning Board designate the Working Draft as the Public Hearing Draft and set the public hearing schedule.

Staff will recommend that public hearing be held in two parts:

Part 1: Thursday, September 10: a daytime hearing at 1:30 p.m. at M-NCPPC Wheaton headquarters (Second Floor Auditorium, 2425 Reedie Drive, Wheaton, MD, 20902). The hearing will allow for testimony in-person and virtually via Microsoft Teams.

Part 2: Monday, September 14: an evening hearing at 6 p.m. at the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center (805 Edgemoor Ln, Bethesda, MD 20814). The hearing will allow for in-person testimony only.

Both parts of the public hearing will be livestreamed and recorded for on-demand viewing.

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Coalition for Smarter Growth @betterdcregion.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

When you look at expansive suburban neighborhoods, you probably don't think of these as a form of subsidized housing. But the math doesn’t lie: spread-out suburbs generate far lower tax revenues per acre than our compact urban downtowns. Our older urban neighborhoods are subsidizing new suburbs.

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James Hedrick (he/him) @housingjames.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

The rational market is a very useful economic theory, in the scientific sense, and utter hogwash on a day-to-day basis. Political economy on the other hand…

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Action Committee for Transit 👣🚲🚇🚍🚊🧑🏻‍🦽 @actfortransit.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Cost of moving the northbound bus stop on Georgia Ave/97 at Aspen Hill Rd to the side with a marked/signalized crosswalk: two lives. We should not have to pay for safe streets with blood.

Satellite image of a giant, oddly-shaped four-way intersection. The seven-lane stroad, which is Georgia Avenue, goes conceptually north south. Aspen Hill Road is on the west side. There is a large slip lane for drivers going south on Georgia to west on Aspen Hill. On the east side, there is the driveway to the cemetery. The cemetery driveway also runs conceptually north south. The west, south, and east legs have marked crosswalks. The north leg crosswalk is unmarked. There is a pair of bus stops on the north side of the intersection. The bus stop for going north is just north of the cemetery driveway. The bus stop for going south is further north, at a shopping center driveway. The bus stop for going north is supposed to get moved to somewhere on the south side of the intersection.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 11/06/2026

When James Dolan cancels the watch party outside MSG, we bring the watch party to you. Thanks to the @nba.com, Knicks Game 4 is now playing on dozens of LinkNYC screens across our city. LGK.

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d. reed, crisp & juicy enjoyer 🦀🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇾 @justupthepike.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

montgomery county's ambivalence towards making it so young people and working people can afford to live here is killing the county. budget problems are just the start

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Coalition for Smarter Growth @betterdcregion.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Join us TOMORROW, May 28th, for our second of two County Executive Candidate forums! 7 PM @ Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Ctr 4805 Edgemoor Ln, Bethesda, MD RSVP and submit your questions: bit.ly/GOPforum26 with @montgomery4all.bsky.social, @actfortransit.bsky.social, @waba.org, MCCPTA

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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

My neighborhood in action! (Each week a group of folks agree on a new / renewed message.)

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Mike Larkin @mlarkin85.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

And we were also at the Silver Spring Metro handing out scorecards. Big thanks to all the volunteers getting up very early to take on this task. My friends and colleagues @carolynl222.bsky.social and @tonybyrne.bsky.social worked with me today.

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Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

True, a military budget of $1,500,000,000,000 in money we don’t have, borrowed from future generations who could not vote about it, and who can never repay it, is far more dangerous to the national security than any threat from abroad. But there’s still a lot of enthusiasm about it.

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d. reed, crisp & juicy enjoyer 🦀🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇾 @justupthepike.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

blue states must do better than Idaho, a state that this spring passed a starter home bill similar to bills that failed in Maryland and Connecticut—but unlike Idaho, we didn’t also make it illegal for trans people to go to the bathroom www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

washingtonpost.com

Why wide-open Idaho is mandating houses on the smallest lots in America

A new law in Idaho will force cities to allow homes on 1,500-square-foot lots, with the goal of bringing down home prices and preserving agricultural lands.

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Stewart Schwartz @stewartcsg.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Meanwhile, @cherylcort.bsky.social is planning a DC bike/walk tour, and @cmkisicki.bsky.social is planning a MontCo MD candidates forum.

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Action Committee for Transit 👣🚲🚇🚍🚊🧑🏻‍🦽 @actfortransit.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Our local election scorecard is here! TRANSIT SCORECARD - WHERE THE CANDIDATES STAND ON TRANSIT ISSUES www.actfortransit.org/scorecards2026

First page of our transit scorecard. See link in post to the scorecard with the candidates, the ratings, and the key.

Second page of our transit scorecard. See link in post for a direct link to the scorecard with the candidates, the ratings, and the key.

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Action Committee for Transit 👣🚲🚇🚍🚊🧑🏻‍🦽 @actfortransit.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Nothing says leisure class like waiting in the beating sun for a bus, next to acres of hot black asphalt parking lot!* *a post for the people who say that walking/bicycling/transit are bougie and working folks drive cars.

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Action Committee for Transit 👣🚲🚇🚍🚊🧑🏻‍🦽 @actfortransit.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

What if the road-repaving budget also covered sidewalk-fixing (Including ADA compliance), every time a road was repaved?

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Ben Ross @benrosstransit.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

A full write-up on the transit oriented development law just passed by the Maryland legislature. Includes the amendment proposed by @actfortransit.bsky.social which exempts mixed-use development on WMATA-owned parking lots from most local land use restrictions. ggwash.org/view/103392/...

ggwash.org

Maryland unlocks thousands of potential homes near transit

With the Transit and Housing Opportunity Act, the Maryland state government wrests control over some aspects of land use from local governments near certain rail transit stations.

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Action Committee for Transit 👣🚲🚇🚍🚊🧑🏻‍🦽 @actfortransit.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Join us for our May monthly meeting! Who: Brian Wivell, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 What: Transit Workers' Vision for the Future of Metro When: Tues May 12 7:30 pm Where: Silver Spring Civic Bldg Why: ATU 689 represents WMATA workers, MetroAccess contractors, & MTA Commuter Bus contractors

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Mike Larkin @mlarkin85.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

RIP John Sterling, the voice of the NY Yankeees. Many memorable calls, but this one sticks out for me. NY lost the 2001 World Series, but for a couple nights anything was possible and Sterling was the narrator of baseball's version of the Neverending Story. youtube.com/watch?v=hpBS...

youtube.com

2001 WS Gm5: Brosius ties the game in the 9th

YouTube video by MLB

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

In 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...

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Pike Place Market Pedestrianization Pilot Boosts Sales and Visits

All 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 ...

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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

For #MoCo neighbors, @montgomery4all.bsky.social hosted a candidate questionnaire for council member and county executive aspirants. The answers are quite illuminating! Check them and get educated before you vote #housing #transit www.montgomery4all.org/2026-candida...

montgomery4all.org

2026 Candidate Questionnaire — Montgomery for All

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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

When you invite regular folks at community festivals to tell you about what land use and transit futures they want, this is what they say. @montgomery4all.bsky.social #MoCo

Community survey results showing broad support for YIMBY policies.

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Action Committee for Transit 👣🚲🚇🚍🚊🧑🏻‍🦽 @actfortransit.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

THIS EVENING! Come hear what the Democratic candidates for Montgomery County MD county executive have to say about transportation topics, including housing near transit, transit priority over roads, and people who aren't in cars.

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Ben Ross @benrosstransit.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Plan must be approved by Maryland DOT & must include housing. (As 1st proposed by Gov Moore, this applied only to state-owned parking lots.) This is the first yimby legislation I know of that entirely eliminates density limits rather than loosen them. 2/2 mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/L...

mgaleg.maryland.gov

Legislation - HB0894

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Ben Ross @benrosstransit.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Maryland legislature last night passed @govwesmoore.bsky.social's Transit Oriented Development bill with amendment proposed by @actfortransit.bsky.social. The ACT amendment exempts mixed-use development on @wmata.com station parking lots from all local zoning rules that limit density & use. 1/2

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Action Committee for Transit 👣🚲🚇🚍🚊🧑🏻‍🦽 @actfortransit.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Join us at the Democratic Primary County Executive Candidate Transportation Forum, Tuesday, April 14, 7 pm, at Planning, 2425 Reedie Dr, Wheaton! Register & submit questions here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1FVJ... With @betterdcregion.bsky.social, MCCPTA, @montgomery4all.bsky.social, and @waba.org.

Graphic with the following content.
Moving Montgomery Forward
Democratic Primary County Executive Transportation Forum 2026
April 14 at 7 pm
2425 Reedie Drive
Wheaton MD 20902
What is the future of transit?
Will they build more sidewalks?
How will they make it safer to walk, bike and roll?
Register and submit questions.
Logos from: Coalition for Smarter Growth, Montgomery County Council of Parent Teacher Associations, Montgomery for All, Action Committee for Transit, Washington Area Bicyclist Association.

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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

“This is not just a regional crisis. It is a stress test of the nuclear system itself — and the system is failing.” Our Danny Hall breaks down why the Iran crisis exposes the inherent failure of deterrence. Preventnuclearwar.org/the-iran-war-is-a-stress-test-and-the-nuclear-system-is-failing

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Civil Eats @civileats.com · 22/03/2026

"Redirecting even a fraction [of subsidies] toward agroecological transition, renewable energy on farms, and local food infrastructure would reshape the landscape,” writes author, filmmaker, and research professor Raj Patel in an op-ed.

civileats.com

Op-ed: The Persian Gulf Oil Crisis Is a Food Crisis

The fertilizer shock hasn't even hit yet, but the fossil fuel industry is still betting its future on our dependency.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Imagine the reaction in the US if ~175 schoolgirls had been killed by a targeted Iranian missile. (Or anyone's missile.) This is an atrocity.

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Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Through its actions in Caracas and in Tehran, the White House has signaled and confirmed its conviction that a head of state who is corrupt, authoritarian and dangerous may be removed by other states by any means necessary. Other national governments may find this position attractive too.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Getting the US into avoidable disaster in Iraq took months and months and months. In Vietnam, it took years and years and years. We are just three days into this totally unnecessary, one-man's-whim fiasco.

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