Jacob Mason
@masontransport.bsky.social
Dad. Husband. Urban Planner @ITDP_HQ . Petworth DC. Pro-🚶🚲🚌. Tax the rich. Opinions my own. He/him.
Every day this happens. @wmatagm.bsky.social keeps saying bus service is good, but actually riding the bus is a much different, more frustrating experience.
November 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Every day this happens. @wmatagm.bsky.social keeps saying bus service is good, but actually riding the bus is a much different, more frustrating experience.
When we build enough supply of homes so that landlords must compete, renters win.
"The more properties there are, it drives all of us to lower rents and offer concessions" says the property manager pictured here.
bendbulletin.com/2025/11/11/b...
"The more properties there are, it drives all of us to lower rents and offer concessions" says the property manager pictured here.
bendbulletin.com/2025/11/11/b...
Bend's surge of apartment construction flattens rent hikes - The Bulletin
When Ian Gray looked for an apartment to rent in Bend earlier this year, he had something not available only a few years ago: a choice. Gray, who moved to Bend for a job as the city’s first-ever urban...
bendbulletin.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This is excellent!
Nice work, @wmatagm.bsky.social @metrobusinfo.bsky.social
wtop.com/dc-transit/2...
Nice work, @wmatagm.bsky.social @metrobusinfo.bsky.social
wtop.com/dc-transit/2...
No need for SmarTrip card, new payment coming to Metrobus - WTOP News
Metro is preparing to launch its “Tap. Ride. Go.” payment system on all Metrobuses by mid-November. Over a million different people have used it on Metrorail since May.
wtop.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This is excellent!
Nice work, @wmatagm.bsky.social @metrobusinfo.bsky.social
wtop.com/dc-transit/2...
Nice work, @wmatagm.bsky.social @metrobusinfo.bsky.social
wtop.com/dc-transit/2...
Need to focus more on improving bus service, both at @wmata.com and at @ddotdc.bsky.social
It's not great and getting steadily worse.
It's not great and getting steadily worse.
For buses, I don't see it. Your own data says the percentage of planned bus trips that were actually delivered is at a 3 year low. Missed trips -> people standing around waiting for a no-show bus: late for work, school, appointments, etc. www.wmata.com/about/record... @wmatagm.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Need to focus more on improving bus service, both at @wmata.com and at @ddotdc.bsky.social
It's not great and getting steadily worse.
It's not great and getting steadily worse.
Typical "progressive community" playbook:
Step 1: mandate luxury housing
Step 2: ban cheap housing
Step 3: express shock that housing is so expensive
Step 4: don't change anything
Step 1: mandate luxury housing
Step 2: ban cheap housing
Step 3: express shock that housing is so expensive
Step 4: don't change anything
Zoning doesn't shape our buildings, it shapes our culture. When you can only build one big house per lot, you get only people who can afford one big house per lot.
A quirky Takoma Park needs quirky zoning
View this post on ggwash.org
ggwash.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Typical "progressive community" playbook:
Step 1: mandate luxury housing
Step 2: ban cheap housing
Step 3: express shock that housing is so expensive
Step 4: don't change anything
Step 1: mandate luxury housing
Step 2: ban cheap housing
Step 3: express shock that housing is so expensive
Step 4: don't change anything
Progress on MET Branch Trail up to Maple St SW. Now paved, but not fully striped. Rideable but not officially open.
Looking nice, @ddotdc.bsky.social
#bikedc
cc: @washcycle.bsky.social
Looking nice, @ddotdc.bsky.social
#bikedc
cc: @washcycle.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Progress on MET Branch Trail up to Maple St SW. Now paved, but not fully striped. Rideable but not officially open.
Looking nice, @ddotdc.bsky.social
#bikedc
cc: @washcycle.bsky.social
Looking nice, @ddotdc.bsky.social
#bikedc
cc: @washcycle.bsky.social
Anyone know the story behind this one-block stretch of protected #bikedc lane on Mass Ave between NJ Ave NW & 2nd St NW? It's only on the north side of the street.
@washcycle.bsky.social
@washcycle.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Anyone know the story behind this one-block stretch of protected #bikedc lane on Mass Ave between NJ Ave NW & 2nd St NW? It's only on the north side of the street.
@washcycle.bsky.social
@washcycle.bsky.social
It's wild that DC still has minimum parking requirements. Toronto, SF, Austin, Minneapolis, Denver, Vancouver, both Portlands, and now Baltimore removed theirs.
Your move DC council:
@cmcharlesallen.bsky.social
@cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social
@cmzparker5.bsky.social
Your move DC council:
@cmcharlesallen.bsky.social
@cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social
@cmzparker5.bsky.social
The Spaces for People act passed to third reader last night without any harmful amendments!
baltimore.legistar.com/LegislationD...
baltimore.legistar.com/LegislationD...
City of Baltimore - File #: 25-0065
Title: Zoning – Eliminating Off-Street Parking Requirements
FOR the purpose of repealing requirements for providing a minimum number of off-street parking spaces per use type; setting certain parki...
baltimore.legistar.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
It's wild that DC still has minimum parking requirements. Toronto, SF, Austin, Minneapolis, Denver, Vancouver, both Portlands, and now Baltimore removed theirs.
Your move DC council:
@cmcharlesallen.bsky.social
@cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social
@cmzparker5.bsky.social
Your move DC council:
@cmcharlesallen.bsky.social
@cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social
@cmzparker5.bsky.social
@ddotdc.bsky.social nearly saw 2 kids killed going home from school today.
@mayorbowser.dc.gov @cmcharlesallen.bsky.social
@mayorbowser.dc.gov @cmcharlesallen.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
@ddotdc.bsky.social nearly saw 2 kids killed going home from school today.
@mayorbowser.dc.gov @cmcharlesallen.bsky.social
@mayorbowser.dc.gov @cmcharlesallen.bsky.social
Fascinating data & maps from NRDC. In DC,
67% of adults live in car-lite or car-free households
32% live in completely car-free households
This is entirely the result of density, transit, walkability, and bikeability.
www.nrdc.org/resources/wh...
67% of adults live in car-lite or car-free households
32% live in completely car-free households
This is entirely the result of density, transit, walkability, and bikeability.
www.nrdc.org/resources/wh...
October 9, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Fascinating data & maps from NRDC. In DC,
67% of adults live in car-lite or car-free households
32% live in completely car-free households
This is entirely the result of density, transit, walkability, and bikeability.
www.nrdc.org/resources/wh...
67% of adults live in car-lite or car-free households
32% live in completely car-free households
This is entirely the result of density, transit, walkability, and bikeability.
www.nrdc.org/resources/wh...
What ADU densification it looks like. Homes over garages.
October 2, 2025 at 9:38 PM
What ADU densification it looks like. Homes over garages.
ADUs can make a decent dent in housing production if done well. In LA they are now 1/3 of all new units.
h/t @cayimby.bsky.social
cayimby.org/news-events/...
h/t @cayimby.bsky.social
cayimby.org/news-events/...
October 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
ADUs can make a decent dent in housing production if done well. In LA they are now 1/3 of all new units.
h/t @cayimby.bsky.social
cayimby.org/news-events/...
h/t @cayimby.bsky.social
cayimby.org/news-events/...
D74 bus, with the consolidated stops and bus priority on Columbia road, is a game changer. Well done @wmata.com @ddotdc.bsky.social @wmatagm.bsky.social !!
September 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
D74 bus, with the consolidated stops and bus priority on Columbia road, is a game changer. Well done @wmata.com @ddotdc.bsky.social @wmatagm.bsky.social !!
September 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
@cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social why are protected bike lanes so scarce in Ward 4? How can I help move projects along faster?
September 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
@cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social why are protected bike lanes so scarce in Ward 4? How can I help move projects along faster?
Reposted by Jacob Mason
It's a beautiful home, but today every alley home has to be a bespoke project, like this one. The way to get these built regularly is to make them legal to build without getting cumbersome zoning exceptions.
Help us Make Alley Homes Boring Again.
actionnetwork.org/letters/alle...
Help us Make Alley Homes Boring Again.
actionnetwork.org/letters/alle...
September 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
It's a beautiful home, but today every alley home has to be a bespoke project, like this one. The way to get these built regularly is to make them legal to build without getting cumbersome zoning exceptions.
Help us Make Alley Homes Boring Again.
actionnetwork.org/letters/alle...
Help us Make Alley Homes Boring Again.
actionnetwork.org/letters/alle...
I think stadium subsidies are a horrible deal, and I agree that DC got screwed on this one, but it's hard to blame the council for making a deal that had +30 point support among voters. Someone has to convince the majority of people that these are a bad idea, and no one was successful at that task.
September 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I think stadium subsidies are a horrible deal, and I agree that DC got screwed on this one, but it's hard to blame the council for making a deal that had +30 point support among voters. Someone has to convince the majority of people that these are a bad idea, and no one was successful at that task.
Guess where this forlorn place is?
September 15, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Guess where this forlorn place is?
If only wealthy people can afford to move into your community, it's not a welcoming community.
September 12, 2025 at 12:54 PM
If only wealthy people can afford to move into your community, it's not a welcoming community.
My organization just turned 40! www.youtube.com/watch?v=71GA...
ITDP Celebrates 40: From Creativity to Transformation to Scale.
YouTube video by ITDP
www.youtube.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
My organization just turned 40! www.youtube.com/watch?v=71GA...
This would be big addition to the #bikedc #bikemd #bikemoco network! @washcycle.bsky.social mocoshow.com/2025/09/04/s...
September 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This would be big addition to the #bikedc #bikemd #bikemoco network! @washcycle.bsky.social mocoshow.com/2025/09/04/s...
Every time someone say no one is using the bike lanes...
every month, it's this chart that blows me away. Ridership has doubled through July compared to just 3 years ago. DOUBLED!
August 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Every time someone say no one is using the bike lanes...
Reposted by Jacob Mason
National Guard soldiers called into service for President Trump's law enforcement surge in D.C. have been assigned to spread mulch at federal monuments.
Normally the Park Service does that, but the administration laid off the workers.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Normally the Park Service does that, but the administration laid off the workers.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
August 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
National Guard soldiers called into service for President Trump's law enforcement surge in D.C. have been assigned to spread mulch at federal monuments.
Normally the Park Service does that, but the administration laid off the workers.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Normally the Park Service does that, but the administration laid off the workers.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
We have to decide which is more important. **Doing nothing** favors even more displacement, homelessness, and an increasing gap between the rich and the poor.
The housing shortage is a moral emergency - people lose their homes because they can't pay rent. NIMBYs think that's a price worth paying to keep apartments out of DC's wealthiest neighborhoods.
We think everyone deserves to live inside.
We think everyone deserves to live inside.
August 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We have to decide which is more important. **Doing nothing** favors even more displacement, homelessness, and an increasing gap between the rich and the poor.
Your regular reminder that DC still requires parking for most development. @cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social
@cmcharlesallen.bsky.social
@cmcharlesallen.bsky.social
Denver abolished minimum parking requirements on Monday.
Denver City Council abolishes parking minimum requirements for new development
Developers can now build new housing and business complexes without including a set number of parking spots.
denverite.com
August 7, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Your regular reminder that DC still requires parking for most development. @cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social
@cmcharlesallen.bsky.social
@cmcharlesallen.bsky.social