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Arthur David Olson
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ADO about nothing much.

Wan, testy, and reedy.

Takoma Park, MD, USA.

Here it's (mostly) dull live streams of city council meetings and quarterly checks of infrastructure matters. For just the less-dull stuff, see @[email protected].
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Quarterly #TakomaPark check: and last and least for now, still @MHPartners.twitter.com "Parkview Towers" signage at Maple and Lincoln.

FIx: lose the trailing S (since there is only one tower).
In Takoma Park, Maryland, view from Lincoln Avenue of the bottom floors of a high-rise building. In front of the building, a stone wall with a "Parkview Towers" sign.
January 6, 2026 at 10:17 PM
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Quarterly #TakomaPark check: and last and least for now, still nonsensical, antecedent-free "all others towed at owners expense and risk" signs at the site of the abandoned Washington @AdventistHC.twitter.com Hospital.
In Takoma Park, Maryland, entrance to parking structure at site of the abandoned Washington Adventist Hospital. There are two white-on-green signs above the entrance. Closeup of white-on-green sign with the text "All others towed at owners expense and risk."
January 6, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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Quarterly #TakomaPark check: still @AdventistHC.twitter.com signage at and for abandoned units at 7901 Maple and 7620 Carroll.
A roadside directory sign including the text "7901 Maple Avenue" and "7620 Carroll Avenue." A roadside sign including the text "7901 Maple Avenue." On abandoned building at 7901 Maple Avenue in Takoma Park, a sign with the text "Adventist HealthCare."
January 6, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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Quarterly #TakomaPark check: still a @takomaparkmd.gov "slow children at play" sign outside Sligo View Apartments (641 Houston), making drivers think they need not be alert for playing children elsewhere.

Spoiler: children play everywhere.

Fix: remove the sign and pole.
In Takoma Park, Maryland, view from Houston Avenue of Sligo View Apartments. At roadside, an erect black-on-yellow "slow children at play" sign. Back of "slow children at play sign." No identifying sticker is visible.
January 6, 2026 at 10:08 PM
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Quarterly #TakomaPark check: still a @takomaparkmd.gov "deaf child area" sign on Roanoke, making drivers think they need not be alert for deaf children in unsigned areas.

Spoiler: deaf children are not homebound.

Fix: remove the sign and pole.
A roadside yellow diamond-shaped sign with the text "Deaf child area." Back of "deaf child area" sign. No identifying sticker is visible.
January 6, 2026 at 10:06 PM
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Quarterly #TakomaPark check, from your Department of Redundancy Department: still @takomaparkmd.gov "electric vehicle charging" signage at 7500 Maple Avenue when no other types of vehicles can be charged.

Fix: drop "Ev," "EV," and "ELECTRIC CAR."
Three stacked green-on-white parking lot signs. Top sign is headed "Ev Charging Rates." Middle sign is heade "EV Charging." Bottom sign includes the text "ELECTRIC CAR PARKING ONLY WHILE CHARGING."
January 6, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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Quarterly #TakomaPark check: still no Brighton Avenue block numbers on replacement @takomaparkmd.gov street name sign on Houston Avenue and Houston Court.

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In Takoma Park, Maryland, stacked white-on-green street name signs with the text "Brighton Ave" and "Houston Ave 600 Blk." In Takoma Park, Maryland, second sides of stacked white-on-green street name signs with the text "Brighton Ave" and "Houston Ave 600 Blk." Closeup of two stacked white-on-green street name signs with the text "Houston Ct 8200 BLK" and "Brighton Ave." Closeup of second sides of two stacked white-on-green street name signs with the text "Houston Ct 8200 BLK" and "Brighton Ave."
January 6, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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Quarterly #TakomaPark check: still no Sligo Creek Parkway block numbers on @takomaparkmd.gov replacement street name signs at Maple Avenue.

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Stacked white-on-green street name signs with the text "Maple Ave 7800 Blk" and "Sligo Creek Pkwy." Second sides of stacked white-on-green street name signs with the text "Maple Ave 7800 Blk" and "Sligo Creek Pkwy." Stacked white-on-green street name signs with the text "Sligo Creek Pkwy" andd "Maple Ave 7900 Blk." Second sides of stacked white-on-green street name signs with the text "Sligo Creek Pkwy" and "Maple Ave 7900 Blk."
January 6, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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Quarterly #TakomaPark check: still swapped @takomaparkmd.gov Flower Avenue street name signs at Kennebec. The city-style ("Ave") sign is on the county side of the street; the county-style ("Av") sign is on the city side of the street.

Fix: @takomaparkmd.gov swaps the signs.
Closeup of street name signs with the text "Flower Av 8100>" and "Kennebec Ave 700 Blk." Closeup of street name signs with the text "Flower Ave 8100 Blk" and "Kennebec Av <800."
January 6, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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Quarterly #TakomaPark check: still emptied poles on Flower at Houston.

Fix: @takomaparkmd.gov removes the poles.
In Takoma Park, Maryland, northwest corner of intersection of Flower Avenue and Houston Avenue. In foreground, three poles. From left to right: a short empty pole; a middle-length pole with just a roughly four-inch-by-twelve-inch yellow rectangle, and the tallest pole topped by a bus stop sign.
January 6, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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Quarterly #TakomaPark check: still a well-intentioned
@takomaparkmd.gov "don't trash Takoma Park" billboard (on @AdventistHC.twitter.com land) bespoiling Sligo Creek Trail.

Fix: remove the sign and frame.
In Takoma Park, Maryland, a roughly 4-foot-by-6-foot billboard including the text "Don't Trash Takoma Park" as well as an image of the city seal. In background, Sligo Creek Trail.
January 6, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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Quarterly #TakomaPark check: still a confusing @mcdotnow.bsky.social "No access to Hilltop Rd" sign on Maple Avenue when, per the street name sign, this is Hilltop Road.

Fix: remove the "no access" sign and pole; the "do not enter" signs suffice. (All these are county signs.)
In foreground, a roadside sign including the text "no access to Hilltop Rd 6:30-930AM Mon - Fri." In background at left, a sign pole with, from the top: a white-on-green Maple Avenue street name sign; a white-on-green Hilltop Avenue street name sign; and a "do not enter" sign with the text "6:30-9:30 AM Monday - Friday." In background at right, another "do not enter" sign with the same text. Sticker on back of "no access" sign, including the text "Montgomery County Government Division of Traffic Engineering and Operations."
January 6, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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Quarterly #TakomaPark check: still an arrow missing from (parsimonious) @takomaparkmd.gov school crossing signage on Maple at Sligo Creek Parkway.

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In Takoma Park, Maryland, view north along Maple Avenue from south of Hilltop Road. Ar right, one arrowless set of school crossing signage is visible. Closer view of arrowless school crossing signage.
January 6, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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Quarterly #TakomaPark check: still no replacement for @AdventistHC.twitter.com signs at abandoned hospital directing emergency- and urgent-care seekers to where they can get care.

Fix: @takomaparkmd.gov places signs in rights-of-way at street entrances.
In Takoma Park, Maryland, wide view of Maple Avenue entrance to site of abandoned Washington Adventist Hospital. No signage is visible providing direction to emergency- or urgent-care seekers.
January 6, 2026 at 9:25 PM
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Quarterly #TakomaPark check: still out-of-date @mcps.twitter.com public meetings sign at Piney Branch Elementary.
In Takoma Park, Maryland, a black-on white roadside sign. In background, Piney Branch Elementary School. Closeup of roadside sign headed "Piney Branch Elementary School Feasibility Study." Sign includes information for four public meetings in May and June of 2025.
January 6, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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New #TakomaPark check: contradictory signs at @mcps.twitter.com Piney Branch Elementary School.

Fix: remove both signs.
Outside Piney Branch Elementary School in Takoma Park, Maryland, black-on-white signs with the text "FACULTY AND STAFF PARKING 8AM to 5PM SCHOOL DAYS" and "FACULTY AND STAFF PARKING ONLY."
January 6, 2026 at 9:17 PM
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Quarterly check mixed news.

Good: no longer an out-of-date map at Maple and Ritchie bikeshare station. Thankss @bikeshare.bsky.social

Bad: no longer a map at Maple and Ritchie.
In Takoma Park, Maryland, a bikeshare station display case labeled "Maple & Ritchie Ave." At bottom of case, fragments of a map.
January 6, 2026 at 9:13 PM
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Quarterly #TakomaPark check: still a @takomaparkmd.gov bus stop shelter dangerously and irresponsibly obscuring a
@takomaparkmd.gov stop sign on Flower at Houston.
January 6, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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Quarterly #TakomaPark check: still no
@mcdotnow.bsky.social begin- or end-county-maintenance signs on Flower at Piney Branch.

(Flower south of Piney Branch was transferred to Takoma Park as part of the Green Street Project.)
In Takoma Park, Maryland, view north along east side of Flower Avenue south of Piney Branch Road. No "begin county maintenance" sign is visible. Just outside Takoma Park, Maryland, view north along east side of Flower Avenue north of Piney Branch Road. No "begin county maintenance" sign is visible. Just outside Takoma Park, Maryland, view south along west side of Flower Avenue north of Piney Branch Road. No "end county maintenance" sign is visible. In Takoma Park, Maryland, view south along west side of Flower Avenue south of Piney Branch Road. No "end county maintenance" sign is visible.
January 6, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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Quarterly #TakomaPark check: still "new" flags and mounts on @takomaparkmd.gov Flower Avenue stop signs at Kennebec, Wabash, and Domer. Signs were installed in 2021; they are no longer new.

Fix: remove the flags and mounts.
Mosaic of two rows of three images each of stop signs. Top row shows fronts of signs, each with orange flags extending above the sign. Bottom row show backs of signs, each with empty flag mounting hardware at the top.
January 6, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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Mixed news.

Good: use of inverted exclamation mark on Spanish-language sign. Thanks @MHPartners.twitter.com.

Bad: missing tilde significantly changes the meaning of the sign.
View from the road of entrance to Flower Theater in Silver Spring. On the marquee, the text "¡ FELIZ ANO NUEVO !"
January 6, 2026 at 8:49 PM
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Quarterly #TakomaPark check good news: emptied removed from Flower and Division. Thanks to the responsible party, be it @takomaparkmd.gov, @thisiswau.twitter.com, or someone else.
In Takoma Park, Maryland, northwest corner of Flower Avenue and Division Street. No empty sign pole is visible.
January 6, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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More quarterly checks of #TakomaPark sign matters, starting with some good news.
January 6, 2026 at 8:22 PM
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New @metrobusinfo.bsky.social check: out-of-date award stickers on buses; the award was for 2025.

Fox: remove the stickers.

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On a side window of a Metrobus, a black-on-white sticker with a Metro logo and the text "APTA Transit Agency of the Year."
January 6, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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Alas, while both the Green Line and Yellow Line get icons in the @wmata.com text, only the Green Line shows up on the map.

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wmata.com Metro @wmata.com · 1d
Plan ahead this weekend! Free shuttle buses will replace trains between Fort Totten and Greenbelt stations. To learn more, visit: wmata.com/weekend 🟢 🟡 🚇
Shuttle service map, effective Jan. 10-11. Shuttle stops: Greenbelt, College Park, Hyattsville Crossing, West Hyattsville, and Fort Totten. Express service between Greenbelt & Fort Totten; local service connects all stops. Legend indicates closed stations and transfer stations.
January 6, 2026 at 3:24 PM