There is a banh mi pop up in Henceforth on H NE from 11-3 and I know what my lunch sometime this week will be.

A girl jumping in ocean waves as they slowly roll into a beach at sunrise.

Fun that we ran into some DCPS families during our Spring Break trip to South Carolina last week!

It’s a small world!!!

Sign above a sink that says, “Please! Do not wash your Feet in the sink There is a hose outside”

Good advice ice cream shop!

Colorized illustration of Black Washingtonians celebrating DC Emancipation Day in 1866 from Harper's Weekly.

Happy DC Emancipation Day!
 
Today, we honor the anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the District and the liberation of more than 3,000 enslaved people.
 
We also reflect on the ongoing work to build a DC where freedom is fully realized—through equity, opportunity, and dignity for all.

Also, I’d be curious to know the actual number of kids that come in from Maryland and Virginia but list a home in the District as their residence.

Ossoff: "Iran's ballistic missiles and drones are not destroyed. The regime is intact, along with its ability to throttle the global energy supply. Along with its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, which it only assembled after Donald Trump shredded President Obama's Iran deal."

GGWash needs a new Breakfast Links curator. Would you be interested?

Details: secure.everyaction.com/rSDZI2e5QUqH... @ggwash.org

Don’t know where that proximity is to have the biggest impact? Then use EPA’s Smart Location Calculator that provides a breakdown of location efficiency of a development project!

Bonus, it shows GHG impact but you also should calculate criteria air pollutant reduction.

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Why climate funders don't fund housing policy, and why they oughtta On the philanthropic obsession with electric vehicles and why Ben Holland and Caroline Spears think state-level housing policy is our next great climate opportunity.

Want durable climate coalitions? Go where people feel it: affordability. Housing + transportation are the biggest monthly bills. Policies that let more people live near jobs/services/transit cut costs *and* emissions. Volts featuring @spears.bsky.social www.volts.wtf/p/why-climat...

Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war

“In London cyclists now outnumber cars in the City by 2 to 1. Paris, where they now outnumber motorists across the whole city, is catching up with Europe’s traditional bike capitals, Amsterdam & Copenhagen…In Copenhagen, bikes account for almost half of commuter trips to work/school.” @economist.com

Indiana Launches Electrified Monon Corridor | High Speed Rail Alliance Indiana launched a new electrified train serivce from Dyer to Hammond. It could be a start for hourly service from Indianapolis to Chicago

Great news in Hoosierlandia! www.hsrail.org/blog/indiana...

I’m running for DC mayor to build more housing and lower costs Janeese Lewis George, GGWash’s pick for DC mayor, outlines her plan to build more homes in the District.

“Right now, our housing shortage means that the growth of one community comes at the expense of another, but I know a city where our successes are shared and we no longer have to compete for a scarce supply of homes is possible.”

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The 51st is hiring a reporter to cover D.C. local news Our worker-led, nonprofit newsroom is growing. This is a hands-on role, ideal for a creative, organized, and community-rooted journalist.

Hey, you! @51st.news is looking for a new reporter. Are you obsessed with D.C. news, history, culture, sports, events, or quirks and curiosities? Are you excited to tell stories about interesting local people and places? Apply!

NAMING CONTEST! Yes, Hill Family Biking has purchased an SUV… A Sweeper Utility Vehicle 😝

And IT NEEDS A NAME, so we are having a contest!

Submit your best ideas in the comments below.

Deadline is April 17th, and we will announce the name at our Birthday Ride on April 25th!

The Return of Slow Roll: Rebooting Detroit’s most joyful bike ride.
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DC Streetcar

Good night, sweet prince

The DC Streetcar is done, ten years and one month after it started operating on H Street NE. It could have been wonderful; it could have been extended. Instead, it was a victim of apathy and lack of caring. Long live the streetcar.

Also a good time to rethink debt financed investments. It’d be better to have a new metro station than a massive parking garage especially when Metro already has the spaces
available!

Pedal bikers making their way back to Lincoln Park

Cruising down E Capitol

Post ride entertainment

Cookies and juice boxes

More scenes from Saturday's Littles Ride #BikeSky

Chair @chmnmendelson.bsky.social could always redirect funds to build and infill station and rely on all the regional WMATA parking garages at metro stations!

Animals rely on farmers to take care of them. Use the chart below to write and draw about chores on the farm. Think about what you would do in the morning, afternoon, and evening. Grown-up Tip: As your child writes about farm chores, make a connection to any chores they might have at home. Discuss the types of animals they might care for on their farm, such as cows, chickens, horses, and sheep. Time Chore

I think homework packets are over confident in parents knowledge of chores for farm animals.

I asked my daughter, “what cows eat”and she said “blueberries.” I said “sure, why not and maybe!”

Inside the controlled haos of Saturday's Hill Family Biking Littles Ride #BikeJoy

They did want to add capacity!

No cars, open streets

No cars on East Basin Drive

No cars allowed

No cars on Indy by the Wash Monument

war on cars NPS is breaking my brain

Spring is here! 🪁There will be road closures today downtown near the National Mall and Tidal Basin for the Cherry Blossom Kite Festival.

If you have to go downtown today, metro, biking, walking, scooting is gonna be your best bet to get around.

Cities are diverse ecosystems more so than some agricultural areas!

The DC Metro

Happy birthday to the Washington Metro, which opened 50 years ago today with service on 4.6 mi of Red Line between Rhode Is. Ave & Farragut N. System now serves 130 mi.

The DC Metro shows that, with good planning & enough investment, the public sector can succeed & build something extraordinary.

Of 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.

I love it!

More than 5 bikes outside a brick building on Gallaudet’s campus

Lots of bikes transporting folks to
go swimming!