We are sending a letter to DDOT asking what they are doing to make the Kansas, Georgia, and Upshur intersections safer. Several months after Kenny was killed there have been no safety improvements & no indication anything will change.
You can and your name to our letter: bit.ly/KansasAndUpshur
Alton Kelly was killed trying to cross the street in a crosswalk by a driver who was driving more than 20 mph over the speed limit.
His surviving wife Deborah interviewed by The National News Desk about #StopSuperSpeeders bills advancing around the country thenationaldesk.com/news/spotlig...
This is huge for the National Capital region!
Read the full press release here: www.familiesforsafestreets.org/news/marylan...
“Today, I shed tears of joy as I learned that the Maryland General Assembly passed the bills that will establish the ISA Pilot Program,” said Mindy Badin, the mother of Brett Badin, who was tragically killed while crossing the street on Rockville Pike in Maryland in 2020.
“A 4,000-pound machine driven repeatedly at reckless speed by someone who has shown that they will not stop is absolutely no different from someone with an AK-47,” Karthik Balasubramanian of the group D.C. Families for Safe Streets said at a recent public hearing. “If there was such a person who was roaming the District with an AK-47 randomly shooting … we would mobilize all available resources to separate that person from their weapon and let them get the help that they need. Why are we not doing the same with the dangerous drivers who are abusing their own weapons?”
This is the correct take.
Ward 8 Sidewalk Palooza! 603 Chesapeake Street, SE Saturday, March 28, 2026 at 11:00 AM Ward 8 Neighbors Join Ward 8 Neighbors for a Sidewalk Palooza walk/roll to submit 311 requests for tripping hazards and other pedestrian issues around Hendley Elementary School. We'll take a look at the area around the school and branch out to the surrounding neighborhood.
Northern Columbia Heights Sidewalk Palooza 14th Street, NW & Oak Street, NW Saturday, March 28, 2026 at 1:00 PM Jeremy Sherman (ANC 1A04); Gary Decker (ANC 1D07) · 1A04@ANC.dc.gov; 1D07@ANC.dc.gov ANC1A.org · ANC1D.org It's the 2nd Annual Northern Columbia Sidewalk Palooza! Join Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners and neighbors for a community walkabout focused on pedestrian safety! We'll kick things off at the Triangle Park near 14th, Oak, and Ogden, where you'll learn how to spot and report broken sidewalks, missing crosswalks, and other hazards using DC's 311 system. Then we'll break into groups to walk the neighborhood and document issues firsthand. Sidewalks are the arteries of our community and need our attention and love! Come help make ours safer for all.
Brookland Sidewalk Palooza + Community Cleanup 1800 Perry Street, NE Saturday, March 28, 2026 at 2:00 PM Advisory Neighborhood Commission 5B · 5b06@anc.dc.gov; 5b02@anc.dc.gov anc5b.org Help Advisory Neighborhood Commission 5B Commissioners Maya Vizvary (5B06) and Nandini Sen (5B02) clean up and document sidewalk issues around Brookland. We will meet at the Mosley entrance and disperse from there. At least one person will stay at Mosley throughout the afternoon.
Blossom Walk + Sidewalk Palooza! 300 Van Buren St NW, Washington, DC 20012 Saturday, March 28, 2026 at 4:00 PM Sidewalk Palooza Team Join the Sidewalk Palooza team and DDOT's Urban Forestry Division for a blossom walk + Sidewalk Palooza event. We'll walk/roll and check out and learn more about our beautiful blooming trees. And we can submit 311 requests for sidewalk issues along the way.
It's the final weekend of #SidewalkPalooza, with a great lineup on Saturday!🚶♀️💜
Join us:
📍Ward 8 (11am)
📍N. Columbia Heights (1pm)
📍Brookland cleanup + walk (2pm)
📍Blossom Walk + Sidewalk Palooza in Takoma (4pm)
Walk/roll + report 311 sidewalk and pedestrian issues. Details: sidewalkpalooza.org.
The Feds plan to rip out the 15th St bike lanes on the National Mall on Monday
Join Hill Family Biking on Sunday for a giant protest ride!
www.eventbrite.com/e/hill-famil...
You've probably heard—removal of the a section of the 15th St Protected bike lane is scheduled to start monday.
See how we're fighting back and how you can help: waba.org/2026/03/20/1...
TL;DR:
✅ Lawyers
✅ Petition
✅ Rally with us on Monday.
Since the 15th Street Protected Bike Lane was installed:
• Crashes ⬇️ 46%
• Bike injuries ⬇️ 91%
Removing the PBL between Constitution Ave and the Tidal Basin would increase conflicts between pedestrians, cyclists, and vehicles at one of the busiest times of year.
DC residents in Free DC shirts witnessing the erosion of their local democracy by the Republican-led House Oversight Committee
Today the House Oversight Committee will be considering HR 5525 to outlaw automated traffic enforcement and no right on red in DC, since there are no other problems in the country.
As always, when DC‘s local governance is under attack, Free DC is here. Follow along live with us in this 🧵
Grab your sneakers!👟 It’s almost time to walk/roll for #SidewalkPalooza!
Join neighbors across DC to report pedestrian safety & accessibility issues and help bring attention to what needs fixing. Find event details, taking place from March 21-29: sidewalkpalooza.org
www.hillrag.com/2026/03/17/s...
Ghost bike memorial
Memorializing bike rider Kenny Jimmenez Rivera, killed February 13, 2026 at Upshur St. & Georgia Ave. NW in Washington, DC by a hit-and-run driver.
@ddotdc.bsky.social @mayorbowser.dc.gov
If you can, please give and/or share, #BikeDC. There is now a ghost bike for Kenny, and he won't be forgotten.
TranspoBINGO 2026 board. Accessible board and rulebook available at www.transpobingo.com
🎉 It’s officially time for #TranspoBINGO 2026! Let's play our way through the city! 🎉
We’re playing from Feb 5–12, rewarding non-car travel—buses, Metro, biking, walking, and rolling. Take different kinds of trips, explore our city (and region!), and support public and active transportation.
May is a long way away, but—ask any #DCPol candidate—it'll be here before you know it.
Registration submitted for #BikeDC #RideOfSilence 2026. Mark your calendars for May 20 and plan to take a moment out of #BikeMonth to honor those who are no longer with us & stand for safer roads for all.
Bikemore is launching a Families for Safe Streets chapter!! We met the organizer, Amril, a few days ago after they came over to chat as soon as they saw us park our bikes :)
FSS has been so successful pushing legislation to makes streets safer. I hope ppl get involved!
www.baltimorefss.org/contact
7th annual TranspoBINGO: A week-long game challenging how you experience and advocate for public and active transportation. Save the date: February 5-12, 2026. 2026 Theme: Play Your Way Through the City. Created by HandlebarsDC & Erin palmer. More at www.transpobingo.com.
Save the date! TranspoBINGO 2026 runs Feb 5-12.🚍🚲 This year's theme: Play Your Way Through the City—where curiosity sets the route, exploration earns the points, and the city itself becomes the game.🎲 A joyful reminder of what’s possible when we move through our city together. www.transpobingo.com
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.
This year's World Day of Remembrance and Ride for Your Life were inspiring and uplifting. #WDOR2025 @waba.org @safestreetsdc.bsky.social @strongtowns.org
Crowd of roughly 600 or so cyclists gathered at Caroline Freeland Urban Park in Bethesda for the opening remarks. Lots of black and pink in the crowd.
Picture of Dan Langenkamp and others preparing to make remarks at the conclusion of the ride. The Lincoln Memorial is the background; WUSA9 and NBC4 in the foreground covering the event.
Was good seeing so many people come out for this year's Ride For Your Life/ @safestreetsdc.bsky.social walk on the World Day of Remembrance. Very different event, but like yesterday's @ward5familybiking.bsky.social ride, a wonderful sense of community. And huge thanks to @waba.org, as always!
"Do we want our kids to be able to roam freely in our neighborhoods? Do we want to be able to walk to the market and church...? Or do we want to be entirely dependent on our cars to go everywhere?...Sarah made the right choice the day she died. I hope one day our community will catch up."
#WDoR2025
People walking and biking in Washington, DC in honor of people impacted by traffic crashes.
Unsafe speeds are a primary factor in about one-third of the 40,000+ traffic deaths in the U.S. each year. This morning we walked and biked to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC in honor of our loved ones affected by traffic crashes. #WDoR2025
Roughly 40,000 people are killed in traffic crashes each year, with speeding contributing to nearly a third of those fatalities.
On #WDoR2025, we remember and honor those who have lost their lives and those who have been injured, and we act to implement evidence-based solutions to end this crisis.
Yellow flowers to honor those killed on our roadways
DC families for safe streets world day of remembrance rally in Washington DC
Ride for Your Life riders make their way to the rally from Bethesda to DC
Ride for Your Life “save lives, share the road” pink flag waves behind a bike riding down a residential street in Bethesda.
#WDoR2025 Hundreds of bikers and pedestrians tired of preventable traffic violence. Appreciate @vanhollen.senate.gov submitting a statement in support for the rally, and sponsoring the Sarah Debbink Langenkamp Active Safety Transportation Act!!
People gathered to prepare to walk in memory of lives lost to traffic violence.
Gathering now at Foggy Bottom Metro station for the #WDoR2025 to walk to the Lincoln Memorial and remember those we’ve lost to traffic violence (I am remembering Dave Salovesh today).
TODAY. See you at 11am outside Foggy Bottom Metro.
Just a few days away. Join us this Sun 11/16/25 for World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. 💛 Details below ⤵️
Walk in 11/16 starting at 11am outside Foggy Bottom Metro.
Walk from Foggy Bottom Metro to Lincoln Memorial 11/16
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...
We're grateful for @cmcharlesallen.bsky.social's leadership to author and pass the STEER Act and for @dcattorneygeneral.bsky.social's role in addressing the most reckless drivers on DC streets. 💛
We're also looking fwd to DC and VA's implementation of anti-speeding tech (ISA) to ensure safer speeds
