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Jerome Alexander Horne @jahorne.bsky.social · 17d

@ggwash.org 2025 Fall Mixer!

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Joe Flood @joeflood.bsky.social · 18d

Fun at the @ggwash.org party!

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Ronit Aviva Dancis @ronitadancis.bsky.social · 24d

Hello DMV kids who love walking the dog, riding a bike, buses & trains: the GGWASH Fall Mixer needs you! Kid-friendly activities for you & other stuff for any adults you bring.

Tell your parents: Childcare will not be provided. Just like in DC, “kids ride free.”"

ggwash.org/event/ggwash...

GGWash Fall Mixer

The Fall Mixer is next week! Get your tickets now.

ggwash.org

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Chelsea Allinger @allinsea.bsky.social · 24d

If you’ve been following the astronomical rate of CaBi ridership growth for the last 44 months, you know what a staggering change in rider behavior this is.

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Chelsea Allinger @allinsea.bsky.social · 24d

Mapped out day-by-day, the slowed rate of growth started with new CaBi price increases… and then with the federal ‘takeover’ of MPD, that slowed growth turned into 14 straight days of year-over-year ridership decline.

Greater Greater Washington @ggwash.org · 25d

August was Capital Bikeshare's 44th consecutive month of year-over-year monthly ridership increase — but growth was at its slowest rate since December 2022.

Bikeshare Beat: CaBi growth slows amid price hikes, National Guard presence

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Chelsea Allinger @allinsea.bsky.social · Sep 5

@wmata.com Kudos to the C61 driver (bus 7061) who had to think quickly to identify a detour when Porter street was unexpectedly completely blocked & found a route that still made sure everyone could get on board and off, near the original stop, with minimal disruption.

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Tracy Hadden Loh @lohplaces.bsky.social · Aug 7

The community at this event is incredible. I always have fun, but the information exchange, problem solving, and networking on this night give off a glow I’m pretty sure must be visible from space.

Chelsea Allinger @allinsea.bsky.social · Aug 7

It’s tiiiiime! We just opened ticket sales for the 5th annual @ggwash.org Fall Mixer. It’s the biggest, friendliest pro-housing, pro-transit meet-up around. And it’s kid friendly! This is one of my fav nights of the year. Join us on Sept 24 at @metrobardc.bsky.social. Tix: ggwash.org/event/ggwash...

GGWash Fall Mixer

Are you ready for the Fall Mixer?

ggwash.org

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Chelsea Allinger @allinsea.bsky.social · Aug 7

It’s tiiiiime! We just opened ticket sales for the 5th annual @ggwash.org Fall Mixer. It’s the biggest, friendliest pro-housing, pro-transit meet-up around. And it’s kid friendly! This is one of my fav nights of the year. Join us on Sept 24 at @metrobardc.bsky.social. Tix: ggwash.org/event/ggwash...

GGWash Fall Mixer

Are you ready for the Fall Mixer?

ggwash.org

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Chelsea Allinger @allinsea.bsky.social · Jul 29

The DC Council's own analysis confirms that their deal with the Commanders is bad for DC taxpayers, but we wanted to know what DC residents think.

It turns out the more you share with DC residents about the deal, the more they dislike it. Big majorities want to see it change in big ways.

Greater Greater Washington @ggwash.org · Jul 29

We commissioned a poll of DC residents and found that the majority want the DC Council to significantly amend or reject the Commanders deal. 60% of residents support the Council taking more time to make changes, while just 26% want the Council to approve the proposed deal as-is. Learn more:

New poll: Majority of DC residents want DC Council to amend or reject Commanders deal

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Chelsea Allinger @allinsea.bsky.social · Jul 14

Bikeshare in DC has grown for 41 consecutive months and counting. 🙌 ggwash.org/view/99877/b...

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Chelsea Allinger @allinsea.bsky.social · Jun 7

So ready to march in the WorldPride Parade today with the @ggwash.org team and so many friends!

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Chelsea Allinger @allinsea.bsky.social · Jun 5

Pride poster-making pizza party success! It’s not too late to march with @ggwash.org in the WorldPride Parade on Saturday. Showing up for the inclusive, safe, just world we want to see feels more important than ever. RSVP so we can email you the logistics: secure.everyaction.com/TmlJmVdn4E6q...

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Chelsea Allinger @allinsea.bsky.social · May 14

For the curious, sadly I don’t think this umbrella is available any more but the Metro swag in their online store gets updated pretty regularly. dcmetrostore.com

DC Metro Gift Shop | Washington DC Metro Gift Store

The widest selection of DC Metro transit gifts. Maps, books, kids gifts and more. Quick shipping!

dcmetrostore.com

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Chelsea Allinger @allinsea.bsky.social · May 14

Carrying a @wmata.com umbrella turns out to be the fastest way to meet other good-natured transit fans. Not one but two strangers stopped me on the street today to ask where they can get a Metro umbrella and to talk about trains.

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Chelsea Allinger @allinsea.bsky.social · Apr 28

We don’t need a publicly financed stadium project to incentivize the development of housing near RFK. Think what we could do to address our housing crisis if we directed $850M in incentives directly toward housing.

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Chelsea Allinger @allinsea.bsky.social · Apr 28

35+ years of peer-reviewed studies confirm that publicly financed stadiums, especially publicly financed football stadiums, are a horrendous deal for taxpayers & for cities. Any public official proposing to invest in a stadium should be challenged to respond to those research findings directly.

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Chelsea Allinger @allinsea.bsky.social · Apr 14

Mount Pleasant has lost a special neighbor. Olivia was a remarkable person. She and her husband David (RIP) were so kind and helpful when I was first running for ANC back in 2018 and I was always happy to bump into them in the neighborhood.

folklife.si.edu/legacy-honor...

Olivia Cadaval

As a mentor, scholar, and community activist, Olivia Cadaval (1943–2025) spent more than four decades creating spaces for Latino and other marginalized communities to assert their voices and identitie...

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Chelsea Allinger @allinsea.bsky.social · Apr 10

Fault Lines explores the housing crisis in San Francisco, with lessons that feel very resonant for the Washington region. Catch a screening if you can; it’ll also start streaming on Amazon in two weeks.

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Chelsea Allinger @allinsea.bsky.social · Apr 10

So glad @ggwash.org got to be part of the screening of Fault Lines this evening. Thank you to the directors for joining us & making this film, the orgs who came together to make the screening happen, @jerusalem.bsky.social for your insights, and @justupthepike.bsky.social for great moderation!

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Chelsea Allinger @allinsea.bsky.social · Mar 18

When McLean Gardens was built, the public housing complex was *only* available to DC transplants.

Within four months, feds realized that if they didn't instead make the apartments available to people who worked nearby, they'd create a commute nightmare.

1st screenshot: Feb. '43
2nd/3rd: May '43

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Chelsea Allinger @allinsea.bsky.social · Mar 17

Trees vs. transit? Why not both? McLean Gardens circa January 1943.

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Chelsea Allinger @allinsea.bsky.social · Mar 14

Susan Collins said in her remarks that the bill has the full support of Trump.

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Chelsea Allinger @allinsea.bsky.social · Mar 14

Collins remarks overall took pains to frame this as fixing a mistake, seemingly trying to paint this correctly as something uncontroversial, unpolitical, straightforward, and needed, that has zero impact on the federal budget. Here’s hoping that her messaging carries over to the House.

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Chelsea Allinger @allinsea.bsky.social · Mar 14

Huge kudos to all who have organized and advocated this week. Your voices were heard. The House is back in session later this month so there’s more to be done, but I have to think that Trump’s approval of the bill will make it likelier for this to move forward in the House.

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Chelsea Allinger @allinsea.bsky.social · Mar 14

Numerous senators spoke in support; none in opposition. The bill passed on a voice vote that sounded unanimous.

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