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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 9h

Speaking of Capital Bikeshare being stronger than ever, September saw 676k rides (+8% Sept '25 / +2% Sept '24), the 5th highest month all-time!

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fakesharrows @fakesharrows.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

lol

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Janeese4DC @janeese4dc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

TAKE THE BUS! 🚌 It’s Week Without Driving. Join me and my friends from @ggwash.org in getting out of our cars and choosing public transit. Don’t forget to take the People’s Survey and tell us how we can make our public transit system even better!

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In light of the recent discourse on how DC can better regulate the use of dockless scooter and ebikes (Lime/Veo/Hopp) it's worth looking at how CaBi's Aug 2025 price increase strengthened the network by better incentivizing riders to end trips at stations much much more below:

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I remember going to an outreach event for the Georgia Ave bus lane in 2023 and asking DDOT staff if there was any chance the construction timeline could get moved up because 2025 felt so far away

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The DDOT public space committee has approved Streatery Design Permits for Marx Cafe and Beau Thai! As of now, no other Mt Pleasant establishments have outstanding permit applications

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A quick, totally normal, very justifiable 7 months later and the protection has finally been restored to the L St PBL

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This project will be a good litmus test for JLG’s attitude towards bike lanes: it’s short (<0.5 mi), it fills a key gap in the network, and it has strong ANC + WABA support BUT it would require removing ~64 parking spaces (by my count) in one of the densest parts of the city

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

little Wayback Machine discovery: back in 2015 as part of WMATA's Connect Greater Washington Plan they modeled the benefits of a $5 congestion pricing zone around downtown DC and Arlington...the whole PlanItMetro archive is a treasure trove web.archive.org/web/20200617...

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

By popular demand, you can now go to "rank my rides" and see where all of your CaBi rides rank all-time (I'm very slow, don't judge): cabi-kom.netlify.app/rank fyi it'll take a couple minutes since you need to log into your CaBi account on desktop and scrape the ride history

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Are you overly competitive? Do you treat red lights as yield signs while biking? Introducing CaBi KOM: Capital Bikeshare station-to-station speed records: cabi-kom.netlify.app

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Two months in, WMATA's surge of fare enforcement on Metrobus is having a clear effect: fare evasion dropped from 73% to 63% from May to June Overall ridership has fallen slightly over the past two years, but paid rides hit a new post-pandemic peak in June

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

quick rundown on the happenings at Amigos Park over the last week: -city puts up fencing -city paints happy little artwork on the fence -Amigos Park Coalition (APC) puts up protest signs over the artwork -the wall comes down!!! (due to wind) continued below....

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pete rodrigue @peterodrigue.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

new from @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social & me, a back of the ✉️ estimate in @ggwash.org: 🚌&🚲lane projects save 1-2 human lives per year, & create societal savings of $88-$111M/year, just in avoided crashes. We don't capture every project or ancillary health benefits, so this could be an underestimate.

Chart showing DDOT’s bike lanes have had gigantic safety benefits, reducing total crashes by 40% and injurious crashes by 60% on the corridors where they are installed. These 24 bike lanes have saved an estimated 1-2 human lives per year.

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

1000 people for a non-binding vote to advise the elected committee members choosing an interim DC councilmember?!? Sure, what the hell, why not? This is the most fun option

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

"OP’s proposed FLUM is so half-hearted that it would be illegal elsewhere"

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

the cast vote record for the 2026 DC Primary has been released! so much data!! below are some takeaways from playing with the data all afternoon:

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

29 streatery permits approved this year, avg wait time for approval: 188 days (longest: Wonderland, 363 days; shortest: Maydan, 74 days) 28 permits still pending, avg wait time: 208 days

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I guess someone at DDOT reads Popville...Wonderland's streatery permit was approved yesterday, 363 days after they submitted it

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

funny enough, my first ever project as a transportation planner was an active transportation study for this parking garage! absolutely cursed area from a land use perspective, made a bunch of recs to eliminate slip lanes and add sidewalks, no idea if they got implemented

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

every BRT project be like: $1 billion price tag, 20 year timeline, 15 min peak headways, mixed traffic segments, oh also we're adding car lanes and let's throw in bike lanes and re-do all the utilities while blaming transit for the disruption, at least the stations were designed by a local artist 🙂

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McKay: Route 1 BRT remains on track despite less-than-requested regional funding | FFXnow

Fairfax County will receive less regional funding than desired for its planned Richmond Highway (Route 1) Bus Rapid Transit system, but a top elected official says that won't derail the nearly billion...

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

DDOT has chosen a concept for the Columbia Heights Crosstown bus priority project: app.box.com/s/c045btuyxr... They've selected curbside bus lanes throughout the corridor, except for offset lanes on Irving (14th to 11th St only). My thoughts below:

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Columbia Heights Crosstown Bus Priority Concept Selection Letter.pdf | Powered by Box

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Purple Patch’s streatery is coming down 😔 We’re losing one of the best places in the city to eat outside or enjoy a Nido wine tasting to make room for about 4 parking spaces

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Capital Bikeshare saw 656k trips in June, down just 5% YoY, the best we've seen since the Aug 25' price increase More broadly, total DC micromobility (MM) ridership is booming! Ride Report's private MM (Lime, Veo, etc.) data shows 1.75m trips in June, a 37% YoY increase 1/

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

on one hand, this is annoying and shady, but on the other hand, being added to this newsletter was how I learned that Marc Elrich is a long time DSA member!

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Greater Greater Washington @ggwash.org · 23/06/2026

You might be able to blame cars, or more specifically underground parking garages, for creating year-round mosquito sanctuaries.

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Mosquitoes, already? Blame cars

View this post on ggwash.org

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Huge congrats to @aparnafordc.bsky.social Even though Miguel didn’t win I’m still super excited for where we’re heading - shoutout W1 for having some of the best candidates citywide. I loved how in every questionnaire Aparna/Miguel/Rashida were deeper in the policy weeds than anyone else

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Ward 1 RCV results are live! The BOE animation isn’t great so here’s how the votes split: Terry (920 votes): Aparna: 15.7% Miguel: 21.7% Rashida: 16.0% Jackie: 22.9% Exhausted: 23.8% Jackie (1748 votes): Aparna: 18.5% Miguel: 29.5% Rashida: 24.0% Exhausted: 28.0%

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

A good reminder that JLG is going to have the chance to implement some transformational bus priority projects (Georgia Ave, U St, 14th St) in her first year! The promise of a competent DDOT director and no mayoral interference was the biggest reason I was all-in on JLG from day 1

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Friday night election news: JLG was found in violation of campaign finance law and fined $16k for four different offenses related to coordination with unions/PACs and improper spending procedures by campaign staff Safe & Affordable DC was also fined $4k ocf.dc.gov/sites/defaul...

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

the real winner here is the YIMBY movement

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

In the light of her OCF violation, here's a couple more points on Jackie's fundraising that stand out: Just over 50% of her donations were made in cash but they've been making up a progressively larger share over time The four other Ward 1 candidates collectively have less than 10 cash donations

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Locking in my first-round DC election predictions for every race: MAYOR JLG: 47% McDuffie: 33% Goodweather: 8% Rini: 6% VO: 5% Johnson: 1% DELEGATE White: 57% Pinto: 29% Kinney: 8% Jaczko: 2% Holbrook: 4%

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Final May-June Ward 1 fundraising report: Miguel: $5,285 ($5035 DC)!! Rashida: $2,527 ($1957 DC) Aparna: $1,065 ($849 DC) Jackie: $820 ($320 DC) Terry: $450 ($225 DC) That’s what I call running through the finish line!

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

hosted an impromptu election forum last night with some friends and there was broad agreement on at least one candidate…the Miguelmentum rolls on into June!

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

I had to survey every bus stop in Arlington county a couple years ago and it broke my heart every time I encountered an otherwise perfect bus stop with a landing pad cross slope of 2.3%, let’s say, and knew that I was lighting $10k+ of taxpayer money on fire by marking it ADA noncompliant

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

With ballots arriving any day now, it’s a good time to highlight one of the best reasons to support @miguelward1.bsky.social There are 40 ANC Comms. in Ward 1 (not counting Miguel or Rashida) 25 have donated to at least one candidate 21 have donated to Miguel! (11 to Rashida, 2 to Aparna)

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

The Miguel Momentum is rolling into May with $4,350 from DC donors between 4/10-5/10, his highest total since the first reporting period Rashida: $2,350 Aparna: $1,335 (she's maxed out matching funds) Terry: $175 Jackie still hasn't filed her report

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

this is a tough one! printed info is valuable, but only if it's up-to-date and with thousands of stops, that's a lot of labor any time there's a service change. I personally think going all-in on QR codes with printed info only at key transfer points and high-ridership stops is a good compromise

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Praying that White wins in a blowout

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Miguel for Ward 1 @miguelward1.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I’m turning (gasp) 40! Can you help me celebrate my birthday tomorrow by donating today? Tonight is a big fundraising deadline for our campaign — it’s our last chance to have donations matched 5 times by the city before Election Day. That means every dollar really counts!

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

JLG had over 1k more donations from DC residents over the last month than McDuffie did, 1,919 to 836! Only raised $10k more than McDuffie though which speaks to the type of donor each candidate is attracting

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Capital Bikeshare saw 605k rides in April, down from 664k a year ago. That's a great sign! We had been seeing ~20% YoY drops in ridership, but April was only down 9%. Coupled with all-time highs for dockless micromobility, more people are biking than ever and CaBi is on better financial footing!

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Everyone should come canvass with @miguelward1.bsky.social! Ward 1 is full of the best people, the best lunch spots, and lots and lots of undecided voters

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

CaBi ridership has been down since the August price increase but DC is biking (and scooting) more than ever! Combining CaBi data with Ride Report's dockless micromobility data shows that we're still recording monthly all-time highs, but the share of those rides on CaBi is decreasing

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Miguel for Ward 1 @miguelward1.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I’m thrilled to receive the support of @dcyimbys.bsky.social #1 rank in their Ward 1 endorsement! I strongly believe housing is a human right, though we can’t guarantee access to housing that does not exist.

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Miguel for Ward 1 @miguelward1.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

It’s official — we’re making history! As @citycastdc.bsky.social reported, “Two Ward 1 candidates are teaming up in an unusual alliance — and urging voters to rank them both — in one of the clearest signs yet that ranked choice voting is reshaping D.C. campaigns.” dc.citycast.fm/dc-politics/...

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Two D.C. Council candidates form alliance in historic first - City Cast DC

The partnership shows how ranked choice voting is reshaping traditional campaign strategy.

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Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

it's all fun and games until Governor Kathy Henderson weaponizes the Woodridge National Guard against her political enemies

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