Chelsea Allinger
@allinsea.bsky.social
Executive Director of Greater Greater Washington. PhD candidate. Former ANC commissioner (2019-2023). Senior cat mom.
📍Washington, DC
📍Washington, DC
when you ask @beyonddc.bsky.social to housesit while you’re out of town
It's time for Photo Friday! GGWash's responsible adults are away at a staff retreat today, and you know what that means? ggwash.org/view/101399/...
Photo Friday: Editor’s away, posting highways
Psst! You wanna see some highways?
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November 8, 2025 at 1:04 AM
when you ask @beyonddc.bsky.social to housesit while you’re out of town
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Hello DMV kids who love walking the dog, riding a bike, buses & trains: the GGWASH Fall Mixer needs you! Kid-friendly activities for you & other stuff for any adults you bring.
Tell your parents: Childcare will not be provided. Just like in DC, “kids ride free.”"
ggwash.org/event/ggwash...
Tell your parents: Childcare will not be provided. Just like in DC, “kids ride free.”"
ggwash.org/event/ggwash...
GGWash Fall Mixer
The Fall Mixer is next week! Get your tickets now.
ggwash.org
September 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Hello DMV kids who love walking the dog, riding a bike, buses & trains: the GGWASH Fall Mixer needs you! Kid-friendly activities for you & other stuff for any adults you bring.
Tell your parents: Childcare will not be provided. Just like in DC, “kids ride free.”"
ggwash.org/event/ggwash...
Tell your parents: Childcare will not be provided. Just like in DC, “kids ride free.”"
ggwash.org/event/ggwash...
Mapped out day-by-day, the slowed rate of growth started with new CaBi price increases… and then with the federal ‘takeover’ of MPD, that slowed growth turned into 14 straight days of year-over-year ridership decline.
August was Capital Bikeshare's 44th consecutive month of year-over-year monthly ridership increase — but growth was at its slowest rate since December 2022.
Bikeshare Beat: CaBi growth slows amid price hikes, National Guard presence
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September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Mapped out day-by-day, the slowed rate of growth started with new CaBi price increases… and then with the federal ‘takeover’ of MPD, that slowed growth turned into 14 straight days of year-over-year ridership decline.
@wmata.com Kudos to the C61 driver (bus 7061) who had to think quickly to identify a detour when Porter street was unexpectedly completely blocked & found a route that still made sure everyone could get on board and off, near the original stop, with minimal disruption.
September 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
@wmata.com Kudos to the C61 driver (bus 7061) who had to think quickly to identify a detour when Porter street was unexpectedly completely blocked & found a route that still made sure everyone could get on board and off, near the original stop, with minimal disruption.
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The community at this event is incredible. I always have fun, but the information exchange, problem solving, and networking on this night give off a glow I’m pretty sure must be visible from space.
It’s tiiiiime! We just opened ticket sales for the 5th annual @ggwash.org Fall Mixer. It’s the biggest, friendliest pro-housing, pro-transit meet-up around. And it’s kid friendly! This is one of my fav nights of the year. Join us on Sept 24 at @metrobardc.bsky.social. Tix: ggwash.org/event/ggwash...
GGWash Fall Mixer
Are you ready for the Fall Mixer?
ggwash.org
August 7, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The community at this event is incredible. I always have fun, but the information exchange, problem solving, and networking on this night give off a glow I’m pretty sure must be visible from space.
It’s tiiiiime! We just opened ticket sales for the 5th annual @ggwash.org Fall Mixer. It’s the biggest, friendliest pro-housing, pro-transit meet-up around. And it’s kid friendly! This is one of my fav nights of the year. Join us on Sept 24 at @metrobardc.bsky.social. Tix: ggwash.org/event/ggwash...
GGWash Fall Mixer
Are you ready for the Fall Mixer?
ggwash.org
August 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
It’s tiiiiime! We just opened ticket sales for the 5th annual @ggwash.org Fall Mixer. It’s the biggest, friendliest pro-housing, pro-transit meet-up around. And it’s kid friendly! This is one of my fav nights of the year. Join us on Sept 24 at @metrobardc.bsky.social. Tix: ggwash.org/event/ggwash...
The DC Council's own analysis confirms that their deal with the Commanders is bad for DC taxpayers, but we wanted to know what DC residents think.
It turns out the more you share with DC residents about the deal, the more they dislike it. Big majorities want to see it change in big ways.
It turns out the more you share with DC residents about the deal, the more they dislike it. Big majorities want to see it change in big ways.
We commissioned a poll of DC residents and found that the majority want the DC Council to significantly amend or reject the Commanders deal. 60% of residents support the Council taking more time to make changes, while just 26% want the Council to approve the proposed deal as-is. Learn more:
New poll: Majority of DC residents want DC Council to amend or reject Commanders deal
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July 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The DC Council's own analysis confirms that their deal with the Commanders is bad for DC taxpayers, but we wanted to know what DC residents think.
It turns out the more you share with DC residents about the deal, the more they dislike it. Big majorities want to see it change in big ways.
It turns out the more you share with DC residents about the deal, the more they dislike it. Big majorities want to see it change in big ways.
So ready to march in the WorldPride Parade today with the @ggwash.org team and so many friends!
June 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
So ready to march in the WorldPride Parade today with the @ggwash.org team and so many friends!
Pride poster-making pizza party success! It’s not too late to march with @ggwash.org in the WorldPride Parade on Saturday. Showing up for the inclusive, safe, just world we want to see feels more important than ever. RSVP so we can email you the logistics: secure.everyaction.com/TmlJmVdn4E6q...
June 5, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Pride poster-making pizza party success! It’s not too late to march with @ggwash.org in the WorldPride Parade on Saturday. Showing up for the inclusive, safe, just world we want to see feels more important than ever. RSVP so we can email you the logistics: secure.everyaction.com/TmlJmVdn4E6q...
Carrying a @wmata.com umbrella turns out to be the fastest way to meet other good-natured transit fans. Not one but two strangers stopped me on the street today to ask where they can get a Metro umbrella and to talk about trains.
May 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Carrying a @wmata.com umbrella turns out to be the fastest way to meet other good-natured transit fans. Not one but two strangers stopped me on the street today to ask where they can get a Metro umbrella and to talk about trains.
We don’t need a publicly financed stadium project to incentivize the development of housing near RFK. Think what we could do to address our housing crisis if we directed $850M in incentives directly toward housing.
April 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
We don’t need a publicly financed stadium project to incentivize the development of housing near RFK. Think what we could do to address our housing crisis if we directed $850M in incentives directly toward housing.
35+ years of peer-reviewed studies confirm that publicly financed stadiums, especially publicly financed football stadiums, are a horrendous deal for taxpayers & for cities. Any public official proposing to invest in a stadium should be challenged to respond to those research findings directly.
April 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
35+ years of peer-reviewed studies confirm that publicly financed stadiums, especially publicly financed football stadiums, are a horrendous deal for taxpayers & for cities. Any public official proposing to invest in a stadium should be challenged to respond to those research findings directly.
Mount Pleasant has lost a special neighbor. Olivia was a remarkable person. She and her husband David (RIP) were so kind and helpful when I was first running for ANC back in 2018 and I was always happy to bump into them in the neighborhood.
folklife.si.edu/legacy-honor...
folklife.si.edu/legacy-honor...
Olivia Cadaval
As a mentor, scholar, and community activist, Olivia Cadaval (1943–2025) spent more than four decades creating spaces for Latino and other marginalized communities to assert their voices and identitie...
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April 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Mount Pleasant has lost a special neighbor. Olivia was a remarkable person. She and her husband David (RIP) were so kind and helpful when I was first running for ANC back in 2018 and I was always happy to bump into them in the neighborhood.
folklife.si.edu/legacy-honor...
folklife.si.edu/legacy-honor...
So glad @ggwash.org got to be part of the screening of Fault Lines this evening. Thank you to the directors for joining us & making this film, the orgs who came together to make the screening happen, @jerusalem.bsky.social for your insights, and @justupthepike.bsky.social for great moderation!
April 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
So glad @ggwash.org got to be part of the screening of Fault Lines this evening. Thank you to the directors for joining us & making this film, the orgs who came together to make the screening happen, @jerusalem.bsky.social for your insights, and @justupthepike.bsky.social for great moderation!
When McLean Gardens was built, the public housing complex was *only* available to DC transplants.
Within four months, feds realized that if they didn't instead make the apartments available to people who worked nearby, they'd create a commute nightmare.
1st screenshot: Feb. '43
2nd/3rd: May '43
Within four months, feds realized that if they didn't instead make the apartments available to people who worked nearby, they'd create a commute nightmare.
1st screenshot: Feb. '43
2nd/3rd: May '43
March 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
When McLean Gardens was built, the public housing complex was *only* available to DC transplants.
Within four months, feds realized that if they didn't instead make the apartments available to people who worked nearby, they'd create a commute nightmare.
1st screenshot: Feb. '43
2nd/3rd: May '43
Within four months, feds realized that if they didn't instead make the apartments available to people who worked nearby, they'd create a commute nightmare.
1st screenshot: Feb. '43
2nd/3rd: May '43
Trees vs. transit? Why not both? McLean Gardens circa January 1943.
March 17, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Trees vs. transit? Why not both? McLean Gardens circa January 1943.
Susan Collins is introducing the DC funding fix bill right now and confirms that it has Trump’s endorsement!
March 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Susan Collins is introducing the DC funding fix bill right now and confirms that it has Trump’s endorsement!
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NEWS: @schumer.senate.gov says the Senate will vote on a bipartisan amendment to fix the provision of the congressional spending bill that would force D.C. to slash $1.1 billion from its current local budget. But: It will then have to be approved by the House.
March 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
NEWS: @schumer.senate.gov says the Senate will vote on a bipartisan amendment to fix the provision of the congressional spending bill that would force D.C. to slash $1.1 billion from its current local budget. But: It will then have to be approved by the House.
You know who isn’t spineless? The residents of DC. This week, the residents of DC made it clear that any GOP attempt to steal our rights will be met with thousands of people joining together to resist. We may not have a vote, but we have numbers and gumption and we love the hell out of this place.
March 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
You know who isn’t spineless? The residents of DC. This week, the residents of DC made it clear that any GOP attempt to steal our rights will be met with thousands of people joining together to resist. We may not have a vote, but we have numbers and gumption and we love the hell out of this place.
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Again, what the CR does to DC and its residents/seniors/kids should be enough alone to shut down the government. Republicans would do the same if Dems randomly targeted North Dakota or wherever for no reason than pure political malice.
March 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Again, what the CR does to DC and its residents/seniors/kids should be enough alone to shut down the government. Republicans would do the same if Dems randomly targeted North Dakota or wherever for no reason than pure political malice.
Do we know what member of the House GOP is responsible for the language in the CR that guts DC’s budget?
March 14, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Do we know what member of the House GOP is responsible for the language in the CR that guts DC’s budget?
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NEW in @51st.news: House Republicans just voted to defund D.C. police and schools. As part of a spending bill to avert a federal government shutdown, they could force D.C. to slash $1.1 billion out of its budget, and no one understands really why. 51st.news/house-republ...
Dollars and nonsense: House Republicans vote to defund D.C. police and schools
Congress could force D.C. to cut $1.1 billion out of its local budget, but no one really understands why.
51st.news
March 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
NEW in @51st.news: House Republicans just voted to defund D.C. police and schools. As part of a spending bill to avert a federal government shutdown, they could force D.C. to slash $1.1 billion out of its budget, and no one understands really why. 51st.news/house-republ...
I’m at the @ggwash.org @smartgrowthusa.bsky.social Transit Equity teach-in and already learning things: Peter Stephan from the DC Office of Disability Rights shared that a recent study found that 54% of DC’s sidewalks are not ADA accessible. 54%!
February 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I’m at the @ggwash.org @smartgrowthusa.bsky.social Transit Equity teach-in and already learning things: Peter Stephan from the DC Office of Disability Rights shared that a recent study found that 54% of DC’s sidewalks are not ADA accessible. 54%!