Stewart Schwartz
@stewartcsg.bsky.social
Executive Director, Coalition for Smarter Growth, www.smartergrowth.net; Navy Veteran; believer in democracy, sustainable, inclusive, walkable communities & fighting climate change
Glad I’m on @Amtrak instead of driving or trying to fly this #Thanksgiving! Line of traffic on the GWParkway as people try to reach @ReaganNational Airport.
November 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Glad I’m on @Amtrak instead of driving or trying to fly this #Thanksgiving! Line of traffic on the GWParkway as people try to reach @ReaganNational Airport.
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The 28th and final Purple Line vehicle has arrived in Maryland. All rail in Prince George’s is complete. But still over a year out from opening — a little more track and a lot of testing still left to be done.
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Goodbye streeteries. We will miss you!
November 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Goodbye streeteries. We will miss you!
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Support more housing and businesses on Conn. Av. in Cleveland Park & Woodley Park! Send a letter in support of upzoning along Connecticut Avenue. Hearing is December 1. Take action by sending a letter, then sign up to testify.
Click here: secure.everyaction.com/-haH5kw9EkaP...
Click here: secure.everyaction.com/-haH5kw9EkaP...
November 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Support more housing and businesses on Conn. Av. in Cleveland Park & Woodley Park! Send a letter in support of upzoning along Connecticut Avenue. Hearing is December 1. Take action by sending a letter, then sign up to testify.
Click here: secure.everyaction.com/-haH5kw9EkaP...
Click here: secure.everyaction.com/-haH5kw9EkaP...
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New Carrollton station is changing! 12/2, 2:30P, walk w/ us to see what's happening around this major transit hub. There's a lot to see & more on the way. This tour will give a bird's eye view & on-the-ground look. We've got Metro, MARC, Amtrak, Purple Line & lots of new buildings bit.ly/49Dn9Tu
November 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
New Carrollton station is changing! 12/2, 2:30P, walk w/ us to see what's happening around this major transit hub. There's a lot to see & more on the way. This tour will give a bird's eye view & on-the-ground look. We've got Metro, MARC, Amtrak, Purple Line & lots of new buildings bit.ly/49Dn9Tu
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Why is housing unaffordable for so many? Join our webinar 12/8, 12pm re: 2 key assessments & promising solutions w/ leading analysts & MD policymakers. We'll discuss MD Housing Needs Assessment & Comptroller’s Housing & Economy report - offering insight on housing affordability in MD. bit.ly/3LZIHA0
November 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Why is housing unaffordable for so many? Join our webinar 12/8, 12pm re: 2 key assessments & promising solutions w/ leading analysts & MD policymakers. We'll discuss MD Housing Needs Assessment & Comptroller’s Housing & Economy report - offering insight on housing affordability in MD. bit.ly/3LZIHA0
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Epic week @wmata.com; finalized DMVMoves dedicated funding initiative w/ @mwcog.bsky.social, Tap Ride Go live on 🚌, new real estate partnership w/ @fairfaxcounty.gov, serving Thanksgiving w/ Transit Police and FTA awarded a $50m grant! The joy is in the work & the results for our community!
November 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Epic week @wmata.com; finalized DMVMoves dedicated funding initiative w/ @mwcog.bsky.social, Tap Ride Go live on 🚌, new real estate partnership w/ @fairfaxcounty.gov, serving Thanksgiving w/ Transit Police and FTA awarded a $50m grant! The joy is in the work & the results for our community!
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Thx @cnn.com for telling Joy and Sam’s story! A great example how transit connects the community & can really impact people in so many ways. Really appreciate seeing our amazing @wmata.com staff get the attention they deserve. Pls pass this one along ❤️
www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/u...
She was a bus driver who answered questions from a curious 5th grader. A decade later, they reconnected — as colleagues | CNN
Though Sam Mencimer didn’t know it at the time, all those moments with his favorite bus driver, Joy Kenley – the never-ending questions, the bus depot tour – would have a lasting impact on his life.
www.cnn.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Thx @cnn.com for telling Joy and Sam’s story! A great example how transit connects the community & can really impact people in so many ways. Really appreciate seeing our amazing @wmata.com staff get the attention they deserve. Pls pass this one along ❤️
www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/u...
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Amtrak's annual ridership was up 5%, hitting an all-time record high of 34.5 million rides nationwide over the last year. Amtrak Cascades also hit a record high, reporting 1.4% growth and coming in just short of crossing the million-ride mark for the year.
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/24/a...
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/24/a...
Amtrak Breaks Ridership Records Nationally and in Pacific Northwest » The Urbanist
# Amtrak's annual ridership was up 5%, hitting an all-time record high of 34.5 million rides nationwide over the last year. Amtrak Cascades also hit a record high, reporting 1.4% growth and coming in ...
www.theurbanist.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Amtrak's annual ridership was up 5%, hitting an all-time record high of 34.5 million rides nationwide over the last year. Amtrak Cascades also hit a record high, reporting 1.4% growth and coming in just short of crossing the million-ride mark for the year.
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/24/a...
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/24/a...
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Today, in recognition of World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, we stand together at the Montgomery County Council with traffic violence survivors and families forever changed by devastating and preventable crashes.
Today, the Montgomery County Council presented a proclamation recognizing World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. We honor those lost or forever changed by traffic crashes and reaffirm our commitment to Vision Zeroand safer streets for all.
November 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Today, in recognition of World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, we stand together at the Montgomery County Council with traffic violence survivors and families forever changed by devastating and preventable crashes.
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One of the speakers at today’s Montgomery County Council meeting is Dan Langenkamp, whose wife, U.S. diplomat Sarah Debbink Langenkamp, was killed biking to her child's school in Bethesda.
World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims is a day to think ahead, too, to solutions - Maryland Matters
World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims is a day to remember people like his wife, Sarah, who was struck and killed in 2022 while riding her bike, writes Dan Langenkamp. But it's also a day ...
marylandmatters.org
November 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
One of the speakers at today’s Montgomery County Council meeting is Dan Langenkamp, whose wife, U.S. diplomat Sarah Debbink Langenkamp, was killed biking to her child's school in Bethesda.
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CSG is proud to have led a major advocacy campaign in support of this project!
Just steps from transit, the project will deliver nearly 900 new homes, including affordable housing, and prioritizes walkability, community amenities, and connectivity.
Smart growth in action!
Just steps from transit, the project will deliver nearly 900 new homes, including affordable housing, and prioritizes walkability, community amenities, and connectivity.
Smart growth in action!
November 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
CSG is proud to have led a major advocacy campaign in support of this project!
Just steps from transit, the project will deliver nearly 900 new homes, including affordable housing, and prioritizes walkability, community amenities, and connectivity.
Smart growth in action!
Just steps from transit, the project will deliver nearly 900 new homes, including affordable housing, and prioritizes walkability, community amenities, and connectivity.
Smart growth in action!
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🚧 Groundbreaking at West Falls Church Metro! 🚧
CSG was excited to join Metro Forward, local elected officials, and developers to celebrate the groundbreaking of a mixed-use development that will turn acres of underused parking lots into a walkable, transit-oriented community in West Falls Church!
CSG was excited to join Metro Forward, local elected officials, and developers to celebrate the groundbreaking of a mixed-use development that will turn acres of underused parking lots into a walkable, transit-oriented community in West Falls Church!
November 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
🚧 Groundbreaking at West Falls Church Metro! 🚧
CSG was excited to join Metro Forward, local elected officials, and developers to celebrate the groundbreaking of a mixed-use development that will turn acres of underused parking lots into a walkable, transit-oriented community in West Falls Church!
CSG was excited to join Metro Forward, local elected officials, and developers to celebrate the groundbreaking of a mixed-use development that will turn acres of underused parking lots into a walkable, transit-oriented community in West Falls Church!
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Another month…another thx you for recognizing the amazing national leading ridership being delivered by Team Metro.
With fed shutdown October is likely end of our great run!
With fed shutdown October is likely end of our great run!
Another month of US transit data is just in, & DC's WMATA remains the fastest-growing major US transit agency, with ridership up 12% compared to last year
King County Metro (Seattle, +7.5%) & SEPTA (Philly, +6%) have performed well, while LA Metro & NJTransit have lost riders🧵
King County Metro (Seattle, +7.5%) & SEPTA (Philly, +6%) have performed well, while LA Metro & NJTransit have lost riders🧵
November 13, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Another month…another thx you for recognizing the amazing national leading ridership being delivered by Team Metro.
With fed shutdown October is likely end of our great run!
With fed shutdown October is likely end of our great run!
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The regional effort to modernize Metro and enhance our entire transit network took another major step forward today, as #DMVMoves earned the endorsement of the COG & WMATA Boards of Directors. Learn more about this transformative plan and what's next: dmvmoves.org/cog-and-metr...
November 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The regional effort to modernize Metro and enhance our entire transit network took another major step forward today, as #DMVMoves earned the endorsement of the COG & WMATA Boards of Directors. Learn more about this transformative plan and what's next: dmvmoves.org/cog-and-metr...
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NEW: Tap, Ride, Go now available on @wmata.com 🚌! This major improvement lets customers tap a credit/debit or Apple/google pay so they can quickly tap & ride. Amazing work by Team Metro & our tech partners to get this done to improve America’s Metro System. Thx to all the mascots!
November 19, 2025 at 12:18 AM
NEW: Tap, Ride, Go now available on @wmata.com 🚌! This major improvement lets customers tap a credit/debit or Apple/google pay so they can quickly tap & ride. Amazing work by Team Metro & our tech partners to get this done to improve America’s Metro System. Thx to all the mascots!
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The Netherlands is investing €1 billion in cycling infrastructure to connect hundreds of thousands of new homes nationwide. These funds will build bike highways and improve bike-train intermodality, enabling residents to access jobs, healthcare and education without being locked into car dependency.
November 18, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The Netherlands is investing €1 billion in cycling infrastructure to connect hundreds of thousands of new homes nationwide. These funds will build bike highways and improve bike-train intermodality, enabling residents to access jobs, healthcare and education without being locked into car dependency.
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WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
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“The rise in high-fronted SUVs poses a clear and growing threat to public safety, especially for children,” states the report. “With no benefit to society, it’s time for lawmakers at all levels to act.” Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com.
Cap SUV/truck hood heights. And ban unsafe designs.
Cap SUV/truck hood heights. And ban unsafe designs.
EU Must Cap SUV Hood Heights Urges Report. Crash Test Body Says Not As Simple As That
Higher fronts on cars significantly increase the death rate when pedestrians and cyclists are struck, says new report. EuroNCAP says more complex than that.
www.forbes.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:18 AM
“The rise in high-fronted SUVs poses a clear and growing threat to public safety, especially for children,” states the report. “With no benefit to society, it’s time for lawmakers at all levels to act.” Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com.
Cap SUV/truck hood heights. And ban unsafe designs.
Cap SUV/truck hood heights. And ban unsafe designs.
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Here’s something that’s really important for everyone to understand.
If we design our cities just for cars, they fail everyone, including drivers.
If we design our cities with many great CHOICES in how to get around, they work better for everyone, including drivers.
Spread the word.
If we design our cities just for cars, they fail everyone, including drivers.
If we design our cities with many great CHOICES in how to get around, they work better for everyone, including drivers.
Spread the word.
November 15, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Here’s something that’s really important for everyone to understand.
If we design our cities just for cars, they fail everyone, including drivers.
If we design our cities with many great CHOICES in how to get around, they work better for everyone, including drivers.
Spread the word.
If we design our cities just for cars, they fail everyone, including drivers.
If we design our cities with many great CHOICES in how to get around, they work better for everyone, including drivers.
Spread the word.
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Here are 12 Amazing Cities to Explore by Bicycle in 2026.
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Here are 12 Amazing Cities to Explore by Bicycle in 2026
Some cities are just better to explore by bicycle. They have a history and a culture, but they also have the infrastructure that makes it safe and easy.
momentummag.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Here are 12 Amazing Cities to Explore by Bicycle in 2026.
momentummag.com/best-cities-...
momentummag.com/best-cities-...
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Car-free transit activist and community organizer is the new Seattle Mayor!
Congratulations Mayor-elect Katie Wilson!
@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
Congratulations Mayor-elect Katie Wilson!
@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Car-free transit activist and community organizer is the new Seattle Mayor!
Congratulations Mayor-elect Katie Wilson!
@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
Congratulations Mayor-elect Katie Wilson!
@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
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“If you’ve been following recent debates about health, you’ve been hearing a lot about vaccines, diet, measles, Medicaid cuts and health insurance costs – but much less about one of the greatest threats to global public health: climate change.”
v @brenttoderian.bsky.social
#climatecrisis
v @brenttoderian.bsky.social
#climatecrisis
Want to make America healthy again? Stop fueling climate change
From extreme heat to mosquito-borne illnesses, climate change is making people sicker and more vulnerable to disease. Health scientists explain what individuals and governments can do about it.
theconversation.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:29 AM
“If you’ve been following recent debates about health, you’ve been hearing a lot about vaccines, diet, measles, Medicaid cuts and health insurance costs – but much less about one of the greatest threats to global public health: climate change.”
v @brenttoderian.bsky.social
#climatecrisis
v @brenttoderian.bsky.social
#climatecrisis
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In Melbourne today. Caught 7 trams and a train and walked 9000 steps to have 6 meetings around the city. What a great place!
November 13, 2025 at 10:22 AM
In Melbourne today. Caught 7 trams and a train and walked 9000 steps to have 6 meetings around the city. What a great place!