Dan Malouff
@beyonddc.bsky.social
Urbanism & transportation, WashDC.
Planner, professor, longtime GGWash.
Trying for less doom & fewer dunks.
Planner, professor, longtime GGWash.
Trying for less doom & fewer dunks.
This morning's bike lane leaf sweeper is the least objectionable vehicle to ever block my bike lane.
November 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This morning's bike lane leaf sweeper is the least objectionable vehicle to ever block my bike lane.
SF Muni saying goodbye to its iconic Breda trams
www.sfmta.com/blog/bye-bye...
www.sfmta.com/blog/bye-bye...
Bye Bye, Breda: Take a Last Ride on a Transit Superstar
www.sfmta.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
SF Muni saying goodbye to its iconic Breda trams
www.sfmta.com/blog/bye-bye...
www.sfmta.com/blog/bye-bye...
Algorithm based feeds are toxic are tiring and nobody wants to see them after awhile.
This has been obvious from day 1 but every platform has insisted on it anyway.
This has been obvious from day 1 but every platform has insisted on it anyway.
Overall social media use is declining.
Between 2020 and 2024, more Americans — especially the youngest (18–24) and oldest (65+) — report using no social media at all.
A small group of heavy users remains, but the middle is thinning out.
Between 2020 and 2024, more Americans — especially the youngest (18–24) and oldest (65+) — report using no social media at all.
A small group of heavy users remains, but the middle is thinning out.
October 31, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Algorithm based feeds are toxic are tiring and nobody wants to see them after awhile.
This has been obvious from day 1 but every platform has insisted on it anyway.
This has been obvious from day 1 but every platform has insisted on it anyway.
Staring into the void of an empty Moscow metro train with its open gangways.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Staring into the void of an empty Moscow metro train with its open gangways.
📸 u/Mediocre_Ebb_1133 www.reddit.com/r/transit/co...
📸 u/Mediocre_Ebb_1133 www.reddit.com/r/transit/co...
Nice dedicated median busway in [checks notes] Provo, Utah.
DC's still waiting on a mayor who's willing.
DC's still waiting on a mayor who's willing.
October 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Nice dedicated median busway in [checks notes] Provo, Utah.
DC's still waiting on a mayor who's willing.
DC's still waiting on a mayor who's willing.
Found Waldo in Loudoun County
October 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Found Waldo in Loudoun County
Have you played GGWash Junctions, the urbanist-themed browser game? Take 10 minutes and give it a try.
ggwash.org/view/101191/...
ggwash.org/view/101191/...
Play GGWash Junctions weekly word puzzle #21
Test yourself in this week’s Junctions puzzle.
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October 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Have you played GGWash Junctions, the urbanist-themed browser game? Take 10 minutes and give it a try.
ggwash.org/view/101191/...
ggwash.org/view/101191/...
Just listened to some car lobby dude say transit is a "22nd century solution" bc it takes a long time to build, which is an interesting shift from the usual tactic of calling it a 19th Century solution because it was invented before cars.
a woman in a kitchen with a box of spaghetti on the table
Alt: a woman in a kitchen throws spaghetti against a wall
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October 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Just listened to some car lobby dude say transit is a "22nd century solution" bc it takes a long time to build, which is an interesting shift from the usual tactic of calling it a 19th Century solution because it was invented before cars.
The way we normalize killing people with cars in this country is genuinely insane
October 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The way we normalize killing people with cars in this country is genuinely insane
One of the mental games I play sometimes is "What would Boulder look like today if it hadn't spent 50 years trying to avoid changing" and I think the answer is something between Madison and Portland.
October 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
One of the mental games I play sometimes is "What would Boulder look like today if it hadn't spent 50 years trying to avoid changing" and I think the answer is something between Madison and Portland.
"Controversial Apartment Complex to be Redeveloped as Single Family Home with Anti-Racist Reflecting Pool"
“A large plaque will be installed outside the property's porte-cochère reminding passersby that they are on stolen land."
www.marinlately.com/p/approved-c...
“A large plaque will be installed outside the property's porte-cochère reminding passersby that they are on stolen land."
www.marinlately.com/p/approved-c...
Approved: Controversial Apartment Complex to be Redeveloped as Single Family Home with Anti-Racist Reflecting Pool
Construction crew to break ground Monday after town immediately gives enthusiastic consent
www.marinlately.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"Controversial Apartment Complex to be Redeveloped as Single Family Home with Anti-Racist Reflecting Pool"
“A large plaque will be installed outside the property's porte-cochère reminding passersby that they are on stolen land."
www.marinlately.com/p/approved-c...
“A large plaque will be installed outside the property's porte-cochère reminding passersby that they are on stolen land."
www.marinlately.com/p/approved-c...
October 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Hello to the entire sorority that just boarded my Metro train.
Also hello to the dozen or so dudes who all sucked in their guts at exactly the same moment.
Also hello to the dozen or so dudes who all sucked in their guts at exactly the same moment.
October 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Hello to the entire sorority that just boarded my Metro train.
Also hello to the dozen or so dudes who all sucked in their guts at exactly the same moment.
Also hello to the dozen or so dudes who all sucked in their guts at exactly the same moment.
Reposted by Dan Malouff
A bittersweet farewell to our 2000-series! 🚇
Today, we removed the final one from Greenbelt Rail Yard. These trains were first introduced in the early 1980s, operated nearly 200M miles, and carried more than 775M passengers.
Now, we’re making way for our 8000-series! 👋
Today, we removed the final one from Greenbelt Rail Yard. These trains were first introduced in the early 1980s, operated nearly 200M miles, and carried more than 775M passengers.
Now, we’re making way for our 8000-series! 👋
October 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A bittersweet farewell to our 2000-series! 🚇
Today, we removed the final one from Greenbelt Rail Yard. These trains were first introduced in the early 1980s, operated nearly 200M miles, and carried more than 775M passengers.
Now, we’re making way for our 8000-series! 👋
Today, we removed the final one from Greenbelt Rail Yard. These trains were first introduced in the early 1980s, operated nearly 200M miles, and carried more than 775M passengers.
Now, we’re making way for our 8000-series! 👋
Early 2000s-era proposal to narrow the Anacostia River and use the new land for hundreds of blocks of new development.
Read more in this 2009 story from @jgbollard.bsky.social: ggwash.org/view/3158/mc...
Read more in this 2009 story from @jgbollard.bsky.social: ggwash.org/view/3158/mc...
September 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Early 2000s-era proposal to narrow the Anacostia River and use the new land for hundreds of blocks of new development.
Read more in this 2009 story from @jgbollard.bsky.social: ggwash.org/view/3158/mc...
Read more in this 2009 story from @jgbollard.bsky.social: ggwash.org/view/3158/mc...
One of the all time branding screw ups is that Townsville City, Australia--a real place, perfectly named--calls its bus and ferry systems "Kinetic" and "SeaLink" rather than "Bus" and "Boat."
September 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
One of the all time branding screw ups is that Townsville City, Australia--a real place, perfectly named--calls its bus and ferry systems "Kinetic" and "SeaLink" rather than "Bus" and "Boat."
Baltimore's bigger Howard Street freight tunnel opened today, doubling capacity through that corridor. A big win for sustainable freight!
And also it's kind of a shame that on the exact same route, LRT trains for humans don't get a subway, and sit at red lights on the street directly above.
And also it's kind of a shame that on the exact same route, LRT trains for humans don't get a subway, and sit at red lights on the street directly above.
September 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Baltimore's bigger Howard Street freight tunnel opened today, doubling capacity through that corridor. A big win for sustainable freight!
And also it's kind of a shame that on the exact same route, LRT trains for humans don't get a subway, and sit at red lights on the street directly above.
And also it's kind of a shame that on the exact same route, LRT trains for humans don't get a subway, and sit at red lights on the street directly above.
At 365' this would be among the ten tallest highrises in the DC region. Tallest is the 470' Capital One tower in Tysons.
www.alxnow.com/2025/09/25/a...
www.alxnow.com/2025/09/25/a...
Alexandria’s proposed tallest building heads to Planning Commission in November | ALXnow
A proposal to build a 365-foot-tall residential building with up to 775 units and 40,000 square feet of ground-floor retail in Alexandria's Carlyle neighborhood is heading to the Planning Commission. ...
www.alxnow.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
At 365' this would be among the ten tallest highrises in the DC region. Tallest is the 470' Capital One tower in Tysons.
www.alxnow.com/2025/09/25/a...
www.alxnow.com/2025/09/25/a...
We should absolutely not change our zoning to let McDonalds enlarge a ton of drive-throughs all over town. Hell no.
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www-bizjournals-com.dclibrary.idm.oclc.org/washington/n...
September 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
We should absolutely not change our zoning to let McDonalds enlarge a ton of drive-throughs all over town. Hell no.
www-bizjournals-com.dclibrary.idm.oclc.org/washington/n...
www-bizjournals-com.dclibrary.idm.oclc.org/washington/n...
Reposted by Dan Malouff
Junctions 18 is here! Group words and phrases to test your knowledge of urban and Washington region themes.
Play GGWash Junctions weekly word puzzle #18
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September 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Junctions 18 is here! Group words and phrases to test your knowledge of urban and Washington region themes.
September 25, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Roughly 2 million people live inside the Washington Beltway.
This is up from about 1.6 million in 1990.
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This is up from about 1.6 million in 1990.
skyscraperpage.com/forum/showpo...
September 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Roughly 2 million people live inside the Washington Beltway.
This is up from about 1.6 million in 1990.
skyscraperpage.com/forum/showpo...
This is up from about 1.6 million in 1990.
skyscraperpage.com/forum/showpo...