Paul Angelone
@angelone.bsky.social
Work at intersection of the built environment, climate, and sustainability but post mostly about urban(ish) things and family adventures! | Washington, D.C.
https://www.paulangelone.com/
https://www.paulangelone.com/
One of the biggest paths to acting on climate is improved land use! Bonus—this can also make transportation and housing costs more affordable, shore up local and state financial stability, grow jobs, and strengthen rural and urban communities alike.
November 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
One of the biggest paths to acting on climate is improved land use! Bonus—this can also make transportation and housing costs more affordable, shore up local and state financial stability, grow jobs, and strengthen rural and urban communities alike.
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KIDS ARE PEOPLE
One more thing. When I wrote about this study showing one-third of Americans don't drive, people were messaging me saying this cannot be true for LA.
In LA County *23 percent* of the population is under 16. Kids are people! We must plan for their movement, just like all nondrivers. Hope that helps!
In LA County *23 percent* of the population is under 16. Kids are people! We must plan for their movement, just like all nondrivers. Hope that helps!
Highly recommend diving into NRDC's study on car access, which @keawilson.bsky.social wrote about here: usa.streetsblog.org/2025/10/02/report-16-million-have-no-car-access-at-all
Where Nadir was killed, 14% of LA households are car-free. But the infrastructure does not match that reality
Where Nadir was killed, 14% of LA households are car-free. But the infrastructure does not match that reality
November 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
KIDS ARE PEOPLE
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Vía ex-Twitter, the @wshcommanders.bsky.social have picked HKS architects for their stadium project. www.commanders.com/news/washing...
November 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Vía ex-Twitter, the @wshcommanders.bsky.social have picked HKS architects for their stadium project. www.commanders.com/news/washing...
Looks like I’ll be going to the office tomorrow. Onward!
November 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Looks like I’ll be going to the office tomorrow. Onward!
Rode the trail last week. So amazing and thank you @cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social for your support and riding a bike!
It was a beautiful day to celebrate the opening of the Metropolitan Branch Trail from Fort Totten to Takoma!
The Metropolitan Branch Trail is more than just a bike path -- it connects us to each other, to schools and work and recreation, and to a vibrant alternative to sitting in traffic.
The Metropolitan Branch Trail is more than just a bike path -- it connects us to each other, to schools and work and recreation, and to a vibrant alternative to sitting in traffic.
November 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Rode the trail last week. So amazing and thank you @cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social for your support and riding a bike!
“Propped on a stick he viewed the August weald…He hobbled blithely through the garden gate, And thought: ‘Thank God they had to amputate!’ “
May we all be able to be citizens of life that age to comfortable years.
www.poetry.com/poem/34955/t...
May we all be able to be citizens of life that age to comfortable years.
www.poetry.com/poem/34955/t...
The One-Legged Man by Siegfried Sassoon
Read, review and discuss the The One-Legged Man poem by Siegfried Sassoon on Poetry.com
www.poetry.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“Propped on a stick he viewed the August weald…He hobbled blithely through the garden gate, And thought: ‘Thank God they had to amputate!’ “
May we all be able to be citizens of life that age to comfortable years.
www.poetry.com/poem/34955/t...
May we all be able to be citizens of life that age to comfortable years.
www.poetry.com/poem/34955/t...
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Really interesting analysis from @zyudhishthu.bsky.social about how building housing, in general, benefits the ability of families to live in a city. pencillingout.substack.com/p/chicagos-d...
Chicago's downtown family boom
And what it can tell us about building family-friendly cities
pencillingout.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Really interesting analysis from @zyudhishthu.bsky.social about how building housing, in general, benefits the ability of families to live in a city. pencillingout.substack.com/p/chicagos-d...
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DC leaders know what DC communities need.
Trump's tax plan would have cost DC $600 million in lost revenue. DC Council divorced local taxes from the federal plan, and instead used that money to create a groundbreaking tax credit for DC families. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Trump's tax plan would have cost DC $600 million in lost revenue. DC Council divorced local taxes from the federal plan, and instead used that money to create a groundbreaking tax credit for DC families. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
D.C. set to become first city in the U.S. to implement local child tax credit
Decoupling local tax policies from the federal tax cuts passed by Congress means the city will avoid a revenue hit of nearly $600 million.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
DC leaders know what DC communities need.
Trump's tax plan would have cost DC $600 million in lost revenue. DC Council divorced local taxes from the federal plan, and instead used that money to create a groundbreaking tax credit for DC families. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Trump's tax plan would have cost DC $600 million in lost revenue. DC Council divorced local taxes from the federal plan, and instead used that money to create a groundbreaking tax credit for DC families. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Regardless of White House policy, farmers can benefit from solar panels on their land.
cleantechnica.com/2025/11/06/i...
#agrivoltaics #agrisolar #agripv #dualuse #agriculture #farms #farming #sustainable #sustainability #solar #solarenergy #solarpower #solarfarms #solarpowerplants #greenenergy
cleantechnica.com/2025/11/06/i...
#agrivoltaics #agrisolar #agripv #dualuse #agriculture #farms #farming #sustainable #sustainability #solar #solarenergy #solarpower #solarfarms #solarpowerplants #greenenergy
If The White House Won't Save US Farmers, Agrivoltaics Will
With agrivoltaic solar arrays, farmers can keep their land in production and preserve it from real estate development.
cleantechnica.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Regardless of White House policy, farmers can benefit from solar panels on their land.
cleantechnica.com/2025/11/06/i...
#agrivoltaics #agrisolar #agripv #dualuse #agriculture #farms #farming #sustainable #sustainability #solar #solarenergy #solarpower #solarfarms #solarpowerplants #greenenergy
cleantechnica.com/2025/11/06/i...
#agrivoltaics #agrisolar #agripv #dualuse #agriculture #farms #farming #sustainable #sustainability #solar #solarenergy #solarpower #solarfarms #solarpowerplants #greenenergy
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Have you been enjoying @hillfamilybiking.org rides? Coming on the Holiday Lights ride and want to be seen? Or just looking to help support HFB and possibly get some swag? Check out a flash raffle with all proceeds going to HFB programming!
Hill Family Biking and Lumos want to help you get ready for winter biking and our Holiday Lights Ride on 12/13. Enter this FLASH GIVEAWAY for a 4-pack of Lumos Firefly ($125 value) mini lights to light up your ride
Enter by Sunday to win!
hillfamilybiking.betterworld.org/giveaways/lu...
Enter by Sunday to win!
hillfamilybiking.betterworld.org/giveaways/lu...
Lumos Firefly Mini Lights 4-Pack giveaway supporting Hill Family Biking
Smart Light for enhanced safety day and night, featuring turn signals, brake lights, and a magnetic mount for easy installation on bikes and e-bikes. Every Firefly Mini comes with the VersaClip, which can transform the Firefly Mini into a clip-on light that provides visibility on-the-go, meeting all your commuting needs
hillfamilybiking.betterworld.org
November 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Have you been enjoying @hillfamilybiking.org rides? Coming on the Holiday Lights ride and want to be seen? Or just looking to help support HFB and possibly get some swag? Check out a flash raffle with all proceeds going to HFB programming!
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If you want to know more about New York City's new mayor's plans for housing policy, check out my thread:
What are the stakes for housing if Mamdani is elected mayor? My round up 🧵
1—Rent stabilization.
Mamdani wants to freeze rent levels on 1 m rental units subject to stabilization.
Mayor has appointment power over the rent guidelines board, but changes may take until 2027, depending on Adams:
1—Rent stabilization.
Mamdani wants to freeze rent levels on 1 m rental units subject to stabilization.
Mayor has appointment power over the rent guidelines board, but changes may take until 2027, depending on Adams:
Can Eric Adams Really Block a Mamdani Rent Freeze? - City Limits
If Eric Adams appoints new members to the Rent Guidelines Board before his term expires, it could make it harder for frontrunner Zohran Mamdani to fulfill his promise to freeze rent.
citylimits.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
If you want to know more about New York City's new mayor's plans for housing policy, check out my thread:
Cars are extensions of the person themselves. You can’t slow, block, or criticize them without it being seen as a direct assault on the driver or culture themselves. It’s illustrative of how politicians lead and are blind to others that don’t have that extension or aren’t pathologically connected.
“mocking the ford bronco is beyond the pale. it was unjustified. it was factually without base. that ford bronco does better in the snow than the suburbans we use by state police. it’s the last of the large broncos, it is a collectors item & i believe it will be one day” — thats a truth social post
November 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Cars are extensions of the person themselves. You can’t slow, block, or criticize them without it being seen as a direct assault on the driver or culture themselves. It’s illustrative of how politicians lead and are blind to others that don’t have that extension or aren’t pathologically connected.
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Absolutely amazing: they've got so much solar in Australia that they need more people to use more of it, so the gov't has instructed energy retailers to offer *at least three hours of free power* during the middle of the day.
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Energy retailers to be directed to offer free power three hours a day
Saying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.
www.abc.net.au
November 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Absolutely amazing: they've got so much solar in Australia that they need more people to use more of it, so the gov't has instructed energy retailers to offer *at least three hours of free power* during the middle of the day.
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Interesting to see an anti-data center ad for the upcoming London County Supervisor race.
November 2, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Interesting to see an anti-data center ad for the upcoming London County Supervisor race.
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Quick update: A federal judge ruled this afternoon that the Trump administration has to use contingency funds to pay for SNAP benefits. City officials tell me they are reviewing the decision, but either way city funds will be available to ensure no benefit payments are missed.
Federal funding for food assistance programs is expected to lapse this weekend, and the Trump administration has refused to use a contingency fund.
D.C. will cover the cost of residents' November SNAP and WIC benefits, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced last night.
More from @maustermuhle.bsky.social:
D.C. will cover the cost of residents' November SNAP and WIC benefits, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced last night.
More from @maustermuhle.bsky.social:
D.C. will use its own money to pay for SNAP amid shutdown
The Trump administration has refused to use contingency funding to pay for food assistance.
51st.news
October 31, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Quick update: A federal judge ruled this afternoon that the Trump administration has to use contingency funds to pay for SNAP benefits. City officials tell me they are reviewing the decision, but either way city funds will be available to ensure no benefit payments are missed.
A little porch sitting for an old pup!
October 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A little porch sitting for an old pup!
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SNAP news: Bowser says she'll use about $30 mil in contingency funds to ensure SNAP/WIC recipients get paid in November. She did something similar in the last long shutdown. Just yesterday she said she was waiting on the AG's lawsuit!
October 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM
SNAP news: Bowser says she'll use about $30 mil in contingency funds to ensure SNAP/WIC recipients get paid in November. She did something similar in the last long shutdown. Just yesterday she said she was waiting on the AG's lawsuit!
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It is widely agreed that robust LNG exports from the US will have the effect of globalizing the price of NG, which will in turn have the effect of *raising the price of domestic NG*.
So why aren't all the "focus on affordability" people fighting LNG exports?
So why aren't all the "focus on affordability" people fighting LNG exports?
October 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
It is widely agreed that robust LNG exports from the US will have the effect of globalizing the price of NG, which will in turn have the effect of *raising the price of domestic NG*.
So why aren't all the "focus on affordability" people fighting LNG exports?
So why aren't all the "focus on affordability" people fighting LNG exports?
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After a thoughtful discussion, the #DMVMoves Task Force voted in support of providing $460M in new, capital funding for Metro starting in FY28! Next steps: presentation to the MWCOG and Metro Boards of Directors in a joint meeting on 11/17. Read more: www.mwcog.org/newsroom/202...
October 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
After a thoughtful discussion, the #DMVMoves Task Force voted in support of providing $460M in new, capital funding for Metro starting in FY28! Next steps: presentation to the MWCOG and Metro Boards of Directors in a joint meeting on 11/17. Read more: www.mwcog.org/newsroom/202...
Our group is at about 22 seconds and 29 seconds! So much fun and thanks for another great ride @hillfamilybiking.org!
Inside the roll out from our Halloween Ride 👀
Over 400 DC residents came out to show off their costumes and spread the joy of biking on Capitol Hill
Over 400 DC residents came out to show off their costumes and spread the joy of biking on Capitol Hill
October 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Our group is at about 22 seconds and 29 seconds! So much fun and thanks for another great ride @hillfamilybiking.org!
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The roll out from yesterday's massive Halloween Ride!
400+ of all ages and abilities opened the streets of Capitol Hill for an afternoon of pure joy 🎃🚲
400+ of all ages and abilities opened the streets of Capitol Hill for an afternoon of pure joy 🎃🚲
October 26, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The roll out from yesterday's massive Halloween Ride!
400+ of all ages and abilities opened the streets of Capitol Hill for an afternoon of pure joy 🎃🚲
400+ of all ages and abilities opened the streets of Capitol Hill for an afternoon of pure joy 🎃🚲
How much of this is going to impact the Potomac, Washington Shipping Channel, and Chesapeake Bay? Will pollutants flow up the Anacostia during high tide? Does this run counter to EPA’s and District’s NPDES permit? Does the soil contain PFAS? Who’s responsible for longer-term impacts if found?
The White House's East Wing construction rubble was taken to East Potomac Golf Course. It was reported that the rubble will be used to create mounds on the golf course.
Read more: bit.ly/4oa2tXA
Read more: bit.ly/4oa2tXA
October 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
How much of this is going to impact the Potomac, Washington Shipping Channel, and Chesapeake Bay? Will pollutants flow up the Anacostia during high tide? Does this run counter to EPA’s and District’s NPDES permit? Does the soil contain PFAS? Who’s responsible for longer-term impacts if found?
I’m on the Board of Acorn Outdoor Learning which provides outdoor education programs for kids located in and around Capitol Hill. I'd love for you to join our fall fundraiser on Friday, November 14 from 7-10pm at Goldfinch Social!
Money raised will be used for scholarships for summer camps.
Money raised will be used for scholarships for summer camps.
Fall Fundraiser
Join us at Goldfinch Social for our Fall Fundraiser, where we'll be raising money for our scholarship fund while having a blast!
www.eventbrite.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I’m on the Board of Acorn Outdoor Learning which provides outdoor education programs for kids located in and around Capitol Hill. I'd love for you to join our fall fundraiser on Friday, November 14 from 7-10pm at Goldfinch Social!
Money raised will be used for scholarships for summer camps.
Money raised will be used for scholarships for summer camps.
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One way the Epstein Ballroom has changed since it was announced is the addition of a first floor passageway on top of the discreet colonnades added by Thomas Jefferson in 1805.
As you can see in the photo below, Jefferson’s east colonnade is gone.
As you can see in the photo below, Jefferson’s east colonnade is gone.
October 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
One way the Epstein Ballroom has changed since it was announced is the addition of a first floor passageway on top of the discreet colonnades added by Thomas Jefferson in 1805.
As you can see in the photo below, Jefferson’s east colonnade is gone.
As you can see in the photo below, Jefferson’s east colonnade is gone.
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Good article and wild to see NCPC and CFA staffing/politics in the national news. I feel like this is @jgbollard.bsky.social's time to shine
‘Our hands are tied’: Can anyone stop Trump’s tear-down of the East Wing?
Many preservationists fear the answer is no. A pro-Trump review board is expected to approve the president’s planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom, too.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Good article and wild to see NCPC and CFA staffing/politics in the national news. I feel like this is @jgbollard.bsky.social's time to shine