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Transit and biking in DC. All opinions expressed represent my many endorsement deals and are not my own. You can also find me at https://thepit.social/@mdickens
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tshontikidis.bsky.social
I would like to remind everyone that Hopscotch bridge, J st bridge behind Union station, is being replaced with anticipated completion of 2032 and that does NOT include any new requirements or possible redesign to include BRT hstreetbridgene-replacement.ddot.dc.gov
December 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
mldickens.bsky.social
Every time I find some absolutely wild fuck-up in this, I immediately find an even crazier one right next to it.
mordyoberstein.bsky.social Mordy Oberstein @mordyoberstein.bsky.social · 9d
For anyone worried AI will replace all of us.

Courtesy of Gemini for the prompt “create an infographic of all the World Series winners since 1986”

I dare you to find 10 things that are right.
December 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
mldickens.bsky.social
@metrobusinfo.bsky.social D32 needs some headway management. Back to back buses came 15 minutes ago and now back to back buses are about to arrive at North Capitol.
Transit app image of d32 Transit app image of d32
December 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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apta-info.bsky.social
Still haven't entered your best marketing, communications, and CX work into the 2026 AdWheel Awards? The deadline has been extended so you have a little more time to submit.

Please finish uploading your content by Friday, December 12, at 11:59 pm ET > www.apta.com/member-resou...
December 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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taniel.bsky.social
NEW, from me: One startling stat captures just how badly the year went for the GOP.

Democrats flipped 21% of all GOP-held legislative seats at play.

That's thanks to gains they made in six states this year, and I break it all down in my latest:
In 2025, Democrats Flipped 21 Percent of GOP-Held Legislative Seats - Bolts
At the start of Donald Trump’s first presidency, in 2017, large Democratic victories in New Jersey and Virginia, paired with overperformances in special elections, foreshadowed the blue wave of the......
boltsmag.org
December 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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jakemgrumbach.bsky.social
Everywhere you look there is an opening for leadership.

What an irony that the Democratic consultant-pundit class fell into a poll-following Popularist obsession at a time of such volatility
Men under 30 are far more likely today than in 2022 to view legal sports betting as bad for society % who say the fact that betting on sports is now legal in much of the country is a bad thing for society, among .... Men Women 60% 40 - 46 39 31 48 65+ 47 Ages 18-29 43 50-64 43 30-49 45 C 50 Ages 65+ 42 50-64 36 30-49 35 18-29 36 C 271 25 22 20 - July 2022 July 2025 July 2022 Source: Survey of U.S. adults conducted July 8-Aug. 3, 2025. PEW RESEARCH CENTER July 2025
December 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
mldickens.bsky.social
DC Orioles? C'mon folks.
codifybaseball.bsky.social Codify Baseball @codifybaseball.bsky.social · 15d
Is your favorite team also your state's favorite Baseball Reference search?
December 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
mldickens.bsky.social
When ur doing it wrong #BusLanes
A metro bus that is specifically avoiding the empty bus lane
December 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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bikepedantic.bsky.social
It would cost the country

n o t h i n g

for the next transpo authorization bill to take discretion away from USDOT to grant permission to pursue cordon pricing.

It’s been proven here, let our cities cook.
rpa.org Regional Plan Association @rpa.org · 16d
Important, exciting research — air pollution dropped 22% in NYC's congestion relief zone within the first 6 months of #CongestionPricing (with reductions in the surrounding neighborhoods, too)

Cleaner air, better transit, great data — all thanks to #CongestionPricing!
December 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
mldickens.bsky.social
Who could forget the famous presidents like:
The Other Tyler
H.W. Harrison
J O comma Adams
Theodore Roosev-

And the presidents left off because of space constraints and I guess adding some guys who weren't president:
Both Bushes
Pierce (frankly I always forget about him too)
pamrichmond1.bsky.social ♥️♠️Pam♦️♣️ @pamrichmond1.bsky.social · 16d
Repost if you Agree with this list!
December 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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bowlerhatscience.org
this should be completely illegal and punishable with exile
moreperfectunion.bsky.social More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 16d
EXCLUSIVE: We found that Instacart is using AI algorithms to charge customers different prices for the same items.

It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.

Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.
We Had 400 People Shop For Groceries. What We Found Will Shock You.
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
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December 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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apta-info.bsky.social
The top 5 U.S. transit agencies (under 3m trips) by ridership growth are:

1. Virginia Railway Express ⬆️ 42%
2. @smarttrain.bsky.social ⬆️ 36%
3. Delaware County Transit ⬆️ 35%
4. High Valley Transit ⬆️ 28%
5. Billings MET Transit ⬆️ 28%

#TransitWrapped2025 is fall 2025 to fall 2024.
December 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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apta-info.bsky.social
The top 5 fastest growing U.S. transit agencies (3 million to 15 million annual trips) over the last year are:
1. @caltrain.com, CA ⬆️ 56%
2. GoRaleigh, NC ⬆️ 42%
3. Blacksburg Transit, VA ⬆️ 26%
4. Airtrain JFK, NY ⬆️ 23%
5. Golden Empire Transit, CA ⬆️ 20%

#TransitWrapped2025 is fall 2025-fall 2024.
December 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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apta-info.bsky.social
The top five fastest growing U.S. transit agencies with 15 million to 50 million annual trips are:
1. @sound-transit.bsky.social, WA ⬆️ 21%
2. Lynx, FL ⬆️ 10%
3. CATS, NC ⬆️ 9%
4. Metra, IL ⬆️ 9%
5. @valleymetro.org, AZ ⬆️ 8%

#TransitWrapped2025 data is fall 2025 to fall 2024.
December 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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apta-info.bsky.social
Of the largest U.S. transit agencies (50 million+ annual riders) here are the 5 growing fastest:
1. @wmata.com, DC ⬆️ 15%
2. @mtalirr.bsky.social, NY ⬆️ 14%
3. @mbta.com, MA ⬆️ 10%
4. @mta.info @nyctransit.bsky.social, NY ⬆️ 10%
5. Port Authority NY/NJ ⬆️ 9%

#TransitWrapped2025 is fall 2025 to fall 2024
December 8, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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samd.bsky.social
democratic leaders need to make a huge deal about the antivaxx insanity coming from RFK Jr.

like, in addition to being fucking insane, immoral, and dangerous, antivaxx is significantly less popular than even the most unpopular dem policies. we need to ceaselessly hammer them for it
Decline in share of Republicans who support vaccine requirement for children to attend public schools % of U.S. adults who say the following about childhood vaceines for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) U.s. adults • Rep/lean Rep : Dem/lean Dom 82 82 83 Healthy children should be required to be vaccinated to attend public schools because or tre potental Tsk for others 85 79 79 70 57 Parents should be able to decide norto vaccinate Their children. even it that may create health risks for others 17 16 12 28 19 20 15 14 42 Jun Oct Mar '16 19 23 Oct Mar 16193 Note: Respondents who did not give an answer are not shown source. Survey conducter March 13-19. 20231 "Americans' Largely Positive Views of Childhood Vaccines Hold Steady"
December 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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danancona.bsky.social
I am so fully here for the rage in this thread. Fixing it seems so hopeless, but it’s also beliefs we need to replace with other beliefs. Not to let him off the hook. He could choose to think critically any time and consider who wants him to believe this bullshit, and why.
December 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
mldickens.bsky.social
These bus bump outs are great but we gotta do better leaf management
Giant puddle in the bike lane/bus alighting area from leaves jammed in the gutter
December 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
A basic and intuitive understanding of the law is that punishments should not be retroactive upon a policy change.

This is even worse. There is no formal policy change, they are simply penalizing couples for following common practice - explicitly allowed by Congress - for decades.
anneapplebaum.bsky.social Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 28d
"We followed everything we were supposed to do"

Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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billkristolbulwark.bsky.social
It’s wrong to lump all top Trump people in one category. There are differences among them. But they do seem to fall into three (sometimes overlapping) categories:

• Ordinary criminals (grift and corruption).

• Sex criminals.

• War criminals.
November 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
mldickens.bsky.social
Hell yeah, geography is so back
andrewrumbach.bsky.social Andrew Rumbach @andrewrumbach.bsky.social · 26d
Interesting that the US Army Museum emphasizes geography based learning
November 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
WTF 🤬
ICE in DC is setting up racially driven checkpoints and roadblocks. This is one on Canal Road. A large number of vehicles can be seen waiting to be towed after these agents disappeared their owners.
November 24, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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starshine.bsky.social
I am still so gd upset at Jackson’s changes to faramir, which like every character in Jackson’s films suffers from a selfish motivation
November 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
mldickens.bsky.social
What's wild is that this story/controversy appears to have resulted in an even more strict policy than what was in place in 2023 (read from bottom-up):
Evolution of the coast guard hate symbol policy from 2023-present from the post article linked below: "Excerpt from February 2023 U.S. Coast Guard policy document, Page 21 The following is a non-exhaustive list of symbols whose display, presentation, creation, or depiction would constitute a potential hate incident: a noose, a swastika, supremacist symbols, Confederate symbols or flags, and anti-Semitic symbols. The display of these types of symbols constitutes a potential hate incident because hate-based groups have co-opted or adopted them as symbols of supremacy, racial or religious intolerance, or other bias. Excerpt from November 2025 U.S. Coast Guard policy document, Page 36 Potentially divisive symbols and flags include, but are not limited to, the following: a noose, a swastika, and any symbols or flags co-opted or adopted by hate-based groups as representations of supremacy, racial or religious intolerance, or other bias. Excerpt from Thursday memorandum Divisive or hate symbols and flags are prohibited. These symbols and flags include, but are not limited to, the following: a noose, a swastika, and any symbols or flags co-opted or adopted by hate-based groups as representations of supremacy, racial or religious intolerance, anti-semitism, or any other improper bias."
November 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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CW: transportation-nerd trap
November 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM