Arthur David Olson
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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 @mdsha.bsky.social check: still a damaged overhead sign for exit 35 on the outer loop of the Capital Beltway.

@govwesmoore.bsky.social
White-on-Green signage above the Capital Beltway. On the left, from the top, the text "exit 35," "270 north,: "Frederick," and "1/2 mile." Below the text, a white arrow pointing down to the left of a black-on-yellow segment with the text "only" and an arrow pointing down. Parts of the black-on-yellow segment are worn away.
December 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Quarterly @mdsha.bsky.social check: still "DUI enforcement areas" on some parts of the Capital Beltway, making drivers think it's okay to DUI elsewhere.

Spoiler: it's not okay.

Fix: remove all the signs and poles.

@govwesmoore.bsky.social
A roadside black-on-yellow rectangular sign with the text "DUI ENFORCEMENT AREA."
December 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Quarterly @mdsha.bsky.social check: still a lane that's both thru and ending on I270. Second image is an artist's concept of an improved sign.

@govwesmoore.bsky.social
Overhead sign headed with a sign-spanning "all lanes thru" heading. Below that at the right, the black-on-yellow text "lane ends" over a downward pointing arrow. Artist's concept: overhead sign headed with a left-of-sign-spanning "all lanes thru" heading. To the right of that, the black-on-yellow text "lane ends" over a downward pointing arrow.
December 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Quarterly #TakomaPark check: multilingual "read" bike stands not replaced at rebuilt @takomaparkmd.gov library. (Instead, generic stands have been installed.)

Images from 8/27/2015 and today, 12/11/2025.
Mosaic of five images, a narrow image at the top and two rows of two columns of images below that. Top image shows four bike stands outside a red brick building with the word "LIBRARY" on a sign; bottom images are closeups of the four stands. Each stand has a word cut from the frame. From left to right, a yellow frame with "read," an orange frame with "ንብብ" (Amharic), a blue frame with "lire" (French), and a green frame with "leer" (Spanish). Images from August 27, 2015. In Takoma Park, Maryland, wide view of rebuilt city library. At left, bikes parked under a tall flag pole. Image from December 11, 2025.
December 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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#TakomaPark: and from your Department of Redundancy Department, a @takomaparkmd.gov notice.
A monitor displaying text including "Did you know that Takoma Park Police offer FREE vacant home checks to its residents while they are away?"
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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#TakomaPark: odd @takomaparkmd.gov clock with a jump hour hand. (Image was captured at 5:55 with the hour hand still at the 5 position; it jumped to the 6 position at 6:00.)
Monitor showing an image of the Takoma Park, Maryland seal with superimposed with superimposed clock hands. The hour hand is at the 5 position; the minute hand is near the 11 position. Image captured at 5:55.
December 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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#TakomaPark council: open session set to start at 7:30. Bad news: public comments have already been restricted tonight. Worse news: there was already a Super Secret Session tonight.
Text in the form of a workplace safety sign: "Takoma Park Council has gone 0 days without restricting comments." Text in the form of a workplace safety sign: "Takoma Park Council has gone 0 days without a Secret Session."
December 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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#TakomaPark council set to start at 6:30. Bad news: public comments are being restricted tonight. Worse news: the night starts with a Super Secret Session (one so secret the council need not hold a public vote to close it, and one accounting for the early start).
Text in the form of a workplace safety sign: "Takoma Park Council has gone 0 days without restricting comments." Text in the form of a workplace safety sign: "Takoma Park Council has gone 0 days without a Secret Session."
December 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Quarterly #TakomaPark adjacent check: still a worng @DDOTDC.twitter.com street name sign at Carroll and Eastern. (It's either "Carroll AVE 6900" or "Carroll ST NW 100" but not "Carroll AVE NW 6900.")

DDOT closed ticket 23-00212598; this may be a check until I die.
Near the border between Maryland and the District of Columbia, view northwest along Eastern Avenue southeast of Carroll. In background, a street name sign with the text "Carroll AVE NW 6900." Closeup of white-on green street name signs, one with the text "CARROLL AVE NW 6900."
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Quarterly #TakomaPark check: @takomaparkmd.gov bus stop shelter still obscures display panel of @bikeshare.bsky.social station.

Fix: swap the shelter and receptacles.
Outside the Takoma Park city library, a sidewalk with, from left to right, a recycling receptacle, a trash receptacle, a bus stop shelter, and a bikeshare station. The shelter and station are next to one another; the shelter obscures a display panel at the end of the station.
December 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Quarterly #TakomaPark check: still no replacement for
@takomaparkmd.gov solar street lights at 7500 Maple Avenue.

Per a city staffer, a different type of solar street light is being sought.

www.google.com/maps/@38.981...
In Takoma Park, Maryland, view from the road of 7500 Maple Avenue. No solar street lights are visible.
December 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Quarterly #TakomaPark check: still a "temporary" patch of @takomaparkmd.gov walk south of 6700 block of Eastern Avenue.
In Takoma Park, Maryland, view along a concrete walk. At left, a roughly eighteen-inch diameter just to the left of the walk. To the right of the tree, a temporary patch where tree growth has buckled the walk.
December 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Quarterly #TakomaPark check: @popeyes.twitter.com (at least on New Hampshire Avenue near Eastern) still fails to aggressively round up 6% sales tax (as called for by state law), resulting in a revenue loss for Maryland.

@govwesmoore.bsky.social

www.marylandcomptroller.gov/content/dam/...
Sections of a receipt headed "POPEYES LOUISIANA KITCHEN" and including the text "6530 New Hampshire Avenue Takoma Park, MD," "12/10/2025," "Subtotal 15.39," and "Total Tax 0.92."
December 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Quarterly #TakomaPark and adjacent check: still no replacements for removed @metrobusinfo.bsky.social timetables and timetable holders on Eastern Avenue.

@wmatagm.bsky.social
Row of eleven images of bus stop signs on the Eastern Avenue border between Takoma Park, Maryland and the District of Columbia. No timetables or timetable holders are visible.
December 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Quarterly check: still overhead signage on East-West Highway referencing Prince George's Plaza; it's now Mall at Prince George's.

East-West Highway is an @mdsha.bsky.social road; @PGCountyDPWT.twitter.com may handle this signage.

Fix: given the huge private sign, just remove the roadway signage.
In Hyattsville, Maryland, view across East-West Highway. In foreground, an overhead white-on-green sign with the text "Pr. George's Plaza." In background, a multi-story roadside business sign headed "MPG Mall at Prince George's."
December 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Quarterly @metrorailinfo.bsky.social check: still a misspelling of Metrorail (as two words) on signs at Hyattsville Crossing Station.

Fix: remove the signs; it's unlikely the garage will ever fill again, which is what the electronic element of the signs was used to show.

@wmatagm.bsky.social
At a ramp, a second roadside sign including the text "Metro Rail Garage" and an unlit electronic element used to display the word "full." Metro and Rail are separate words on the sign.
December 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Quarterly @metrobusinfo.bsky.social check: rail station bus bay posters use a small Metro logo to indicate that the destination of the route is a Metrorail station (rather than that the route is a Metrobus route); this is not explained on the posters.

@wmatagm.bsky.social
At Metrorail's Hyattsville Crossing Station, a poster headed "Looking for a Bus?" Detail from poster. Under the heading "TheBus-Prince George's County," an entry includes the text "P43" and the text "Addison Rd" to the left of a small Metro logo.
December 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Quarterly @metrobusinfo.bsky.social check: still no timetables, bus service maps, or bus line diagrams at Hyattsville Crossing Station bus bays.

@wmatagm.bsky.social
At Metrorail's Hyattsville Crossing Station, wide view of Bus Bay G. No timetable, bus service map, or bus line diagram is visible.
December 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Quarterly @metrobusinfo.bsky.social and @metrorailinfo.bsky.social check: still no bus service poster at Hyattsville Crossing Station entrance.

@wmatagm.bsky.social
Wide view of entrance to Metrorail's Hyattsville Crossing Station. No bus service poster is visible.
December 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Quarterly @pgcountydpwt.twitter.com check: still old TheBus signs at Hyattsville Crossing Station bays D and E; these bays are no longer served by TheBus routes.
At Metrorail's Hyattsville Crossing Station, a sign pole including an identifying sign with the text "Bus Bay D." Below that, a pre-2025 TheBus bus stop sign. At Metrorail's Hyattsville Crossing Station, a sign pole including an identifying sign with the text "Bus Bay D." Above that, a pre-2025 TheBus bus stop sign.
December 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Revised @metrobusinfo.bsky.social and @pgcountydpwt.twitter.com check: still an old TheBus sign on East-West Highway (north side) at Toledo Teracce; still no sign for serving TheBus Route P43.

@wmatagm.bsky.social
Roadside sign pole topped by a Metrobus bus stop sign for stop 3004058. The Metrobus sign includes route identifires P30, P32, and P35. Below the Metrobus sign, a pre-2025 TheBus bus stop sign including the obsolete route identifier 19.
December 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Quarterly @metrobusinfo.bsky.social check update: real-time display at stop 3002703 (East-West Highway mall entrance) now has graffiti (in addition to not showing route IDs).

Fix: install and maintain paper timetables everywhere; remove and sell all electronic displays.

@wmatagm.bsky.social
Closeup of a roadside, graffiti-covered electronic display. Header text: "Dec 10 1:47 pm." Footer text: "East-West Hw+Mall 3002703." Four bus arrival times are shown; all the entries lack route identifiers.
December 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Renewed @metrobusinfo.bsky.social check: dead real-time display, stop 3003196 (6505 Belcrest Road).

Fix: install and maintain paper timetables everywhere, then remove and sell every last expensive, unreliable electronic display in the system.

@wmatagm.bsky.social
Roadside sign pole topped by a Metrobus bus stop sign for stop 3003196. At eye level, a blank electronic display.
December 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Quarterly check good news: real-time display at stop 3003208 (Belcrest Road and Freedom Way) now working, complete with audio. Thanks @metrobusinfo.bsky.social

Next steps: install and maintain paper timetables everywhere, then remove and sell all electronic displays.

@wmatagm.bsky.social
Closeup of a roadside electronic bus information display. Header text: "Dec 10 1:29 pm." Footer text: "Belcret Rd+Freedom Wy 3003208." Two bus arrival times are shown.
December 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Quarterly #TakomaPark check good news: "reserved city staff parking" signs gone from the 7500 Maple Avenue basketball court. Thanks @takomaparkmd.gov.
In Takoma Park, Maryland, view from the road of the basketball court at 7500 Maple Avenue. No "staff parking" signs are attached to the fence around the court.
December 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM