Reposted by @sturgeondc.bsky.socialNeil Flanagan 🧱🗃️ @jgbollard.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Is the key to making Buzzard Point work a roof at Audi Field or does it need a bus and a grocery store? We polled the folks at MGM Sportsbook, 091
sturgeondc.bsky.social @sturgeondc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026@cmcharlesallen.bsky.social is there any reason VA could not get a noise exception for construction work of long bridge at night? It’s over a river and adjacent to highways 152
sturgeondc.bsky.social @sturgeondc.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Thoughtful look at the H st land use study recommendations 021
sturgeondc.bsky.social @sturgeondc.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Remember when Montgomery County Maryland legalized this during Covid and nothing bad happened but then they ended it anyway? 000
Reposted by @sturgeondc.bsky.socialRAIL Magazine @railmag.bsky.social · 15/06/2026As posted by @railroadraccoon.bsky.social over on the other platform the other day, Amtrak is sending a legacy Acela trainset (minus the power cars) up to Hornell for Alstom to explore refurbishing for reuse. It's important to note that there's no guarantee the coaches will be reusable... 77210
sturgeondc.bsky.social @sturgeondc.bsky.social · 02/06/2026@wmatagm.bsky.social @cmcharlesallen.bsky.social why is phase 1B of the gold line east to Benning rather than west to Mt Vernon square or gallery place? Benning rd has a metro to the RFK area, and extending east requires a detour to get close to the stadium. Going west gets yellow/green transfers 010
sturgeondc.bsky.social @sturgeondc.bsky.social · 27/05/2026How are people misreading Sleeping Beauty this badly? Three good fairies (women) battle Maleficent (woman) over the fate of Aurora. The men are helpless side characters who fret about Aurora and Prince Philip plays a minor role with hand-holding by the fairies every step of the way. 010
sturgeondc.bsky.social @sturgeondc.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Did the BWI shuttle to the rail station get cut? Feel like it used to come more often @bwiairport.bsky.social 100
sturgeondc.bsky.social @sturgeondc.bsky.social · 13/05/2026@wmata.com D2X is over full, leaving 10-20 passengers waiting for next bus. We should get a service alert when a bus is over crowded to the point it can take on passengers 210
sturgeondc.bsky.social @sturgeondc.bsky.social · 06/05/2026@wmatagm.bsky.social if we’re doing the red line… 000
sturgeondc.bsky.social @sturgeondc.bsky.social · 29/04/2026@wmata.com your bus lane is being obstructed by your own truck at rush hour! 210
Reposted by @sturgeondc.bsky.socialMartin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · 28/04/2026The question was asked in the context of the proposal to upzone more parts of D.C., some of which would allow more by-right construction to happen. The D.C. Office of Planning has proposed more upzoning in Ward 3. 171
Reposted by @sturgeondc.bsky.socialMark Sussman @mark-sussman.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Construction 🚧 up on 15th St "15th St Repaving on/about 4/23" 111
sturgeondc.bsky.social @sturgeondc.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Things are going great on the headway-managed C53, where two bunched northbound buses are meeting THREE southbound bunched buses 000
Reposted by @sturgeondc.bsky.socialDutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 07/04/2026Or this one... images.nasa.gov/details/art0... #ArtemisII 06713
sturgeondc.bsky.social @sturgeondc.bsky.social · 01/04/2026As a single stair building resident for many years this is great news for DC 130
Reposted by @sturgeondc.bsky.socialalex baca @alexbaca.bsky.social · 01/04/2026I do not like to take credit for “wins.” I’m an ~advocate, and decisionmakers who do the things we support are the ultimate movers. That said, it is notable that the D.C. Council voted unanimously for the One Front Door Act today, which would legalize point-access blocks up to six stories here! 818016
Reposted by @sturgeondc.bsky.socialMartin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Of nerdy urbanist interest: Next week the D.C. Council will cast a first vote on @brianneknadeau.bsky.social's bill to allow for new D.C. buildings up to six stories tall to have only a single stairwell in them, instead of the current two. Proponents say it creates more residential space. 3539
Reposted by @sturgeondc.bsky.socialBeyondDC @beyonddc.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Five times in a six year span, planners tried to fix the streetcar. Each time, Bowser or Mendelson axed the fix. ggwash.org/view/99934/b...ggwash.orgHow DC’s mayor and council chair thwarted every effort to better the streetcarPolitically, the two biggest problems with the streetcar were named Bowser and Mendelson. Failure wasn’t inevitable, but they guaranteed it 14413
sturgeondc.bsky.social @sturgeondc.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Same problem for the Brunswick line. No faster than metro 010
sturgeondc.bsky.social @sturgeondc.bsky.social · 21/03/2026@wmata.com what does this mean? The C53 does not stop here (Trinidad & Florida NE) 100
sturgeondc.bsky.social @sturgeondc.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Just chatting with a lady with her granddaughter who was watching bus after bus go by, too crowded for her stroller. I guess she can just get wrecked, @mayorbowser.dc.govggwash.orgEight big-picture lessons from the DC StreetcarProfessor Streetcar bestowed plenty of lessons. Here are eight of them. 010
sturgeondc.bsky.social @sturgeondc.bsky.social · 13/03/2026@wmata.com can we cut it out with the ‘fare required’ displays? The bus route number is real information we’re trying to read 000
sturgeondc.bsky.social @sturgeondc.bsky.social · 07/03/2026The Greeks have a world-class museum built and ready to house the Parthenon stones the British stole 000
Reposted by @sturgeondc.bsky.socialPaul Angelone @angelone.bsky.social · 07/03/2026New H Street NE study underway with an open house today at Sherwood Rec Center from 1-3 publicinput.com/hstreetstudypublicinput.comH Street Land Use and Market Study - PublicInput 013
sturgeondc.bsky.social @sturgeondc.bsky.social · 06/03/2026@wmatagm.bsky.social when are we going to see the alternatives from the RFK study? Are H street bus lanes in play? “Concept Design phase is expected to identify alternatives no later than February 15, 2026”wmata.com 010
Reposted by @sturgeondc.bsky.socialChristof Spieler @christofspieler.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Ideal here: MARC wants to extend to Delaware. SEPTA needs a yard in Delaware so that it doesn't have to deadhead trains from Philly. Buy the same equipment. Build a new shared facility in Delaware that can handle regular maintenance, have an agreement where SEPTA does heavy maintenance in Philly. 4271
Reposted by @sturgeondc.bsky.socialHill Rag DC @hillragdc.bsky.social · 06/02/2026If you live in Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 6A01 or 6A02, please vote in special election Saturday Saturday to elect your new commissioner— www.hillrag.com/2026/02/05/r... 023
sturgeondc.bsky.social @sturgeondc.bsky.social · 06/02/2026VRE crossing icy Potomac. Long bridge construction underway 041
Reposted by @sturgeondc.bsky.socialJaneese4DC @janeese4dc.bsky.social · 29/01/20261. No amount of mutual aid can replace a government that works. 36616
sturgeondc.bsky.social @sturgeondc.bsky.social · 28/01/2026@wmata.com @wmatagm.bsky.social the rail stations are clear but even at the busiest bus stops in the city riders are climbing over walls of ice to board. @cmcharlesallen.bsky.social noted this issue earlier on Instagram. What is being done? 210
sturgeondc.bsky.social @sturgeondc.bsky.social · 27/01/2026No way we will have cleared sidewalks unless the city is going to do it. Even if every property owner does their own front the crosswalks are walled in by road plowing 010
Reposted by @sturgeondc.bsky.socialCouncilmember Charles Allen @cmcharlesallen.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Coming in at a healthy 5 inches of snow on Capitol Hill in Ward 6! ❄️ Take CWG advice below – now is the time to get that first shovel before the sleet moves in. It’s powdery, pushable, and a lot easier to clear than it will be later. You can even use a broom to sweep it clear. 1284
Reposted by @sturgeondc.bsky.social◥◤Kriston Capps 250 @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 19/01/2026You cannot imagine the disastrous driving that a Sphere is going to trigger in Maryland. You cannot park a Sphere at 495 and Shepherd Parkway. Maryland drivers cannot be entrusted with this technology 2154
Reposted by @sturgeondc.bsky.socialNolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Simply updating and codifying this as qualification criteria for grants would help massively: bsky.app/profile/ndha... 0103
Reposted by @sturgeondc.bsky.socialMartin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · 15/01/2026“Janeese is my closest ally on the council. She is the vote I never have to whip… to ensure the prosperity of this city is not built on the backs of workers,” says Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau in a speech endorsing Lewis George. “The campaign is about taking back the city from the cronies.” 1235
sturgeondc.bsky.social @sturgeondc.bsky.social · 30/12/2025Forget often how good Capital Bikeshare is compared to peer systems 010
Reposted by @sturgeondc.bsky.socialDavid Burbach 🇺🇸 @dburbach.bsky.social · 30/12/2025US spent many years chasing single-stage to orbit, 100% reusable, winged fly-back launchers, while not investing in other approaches or even upgrading 'traditional' rockets. Left is the early 1990s DC-X reusable rocket hopper, which both Musk and Bezos credit, but neither DOD or NASA pursued 1325
sturgeondc.bsky.social @sturgeondc.bsky.social · 29/12/2025Southern MD Rapid Transit (SMRT) options smrtmaryland.com/images/parti... 110
Reposted by @sturgeondc.bsky.socialchilito @hectorarbuckle.bsky.social · 29/12/2025@mnolangray.bsky.social I feel you might like to know that the Burger King building is now offering bedrooms starting at $849/mo, or ~$925/mo total when factoring the utility and the amenity fees. Rents have fallen as new buildings came up. Now it's $288 cheaper per month than when I lived there! 121
Reposted by @sturgeondc.bsky.socialCPN @oksettledown.bsky.social · 22/12/2025Inshallah this is the year we finally destroy that hyperborean interloper colloquially known as "Santa Claus" 28017
