Coalition for Smarter Growth
@betterdcregion.bsky.social
We advocate for livable, walkable, transit-oriented communities in the DC region. Walkable = good, sprawl = bad.
smartergrowth.net
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🚧 Groundbreaking at West Falls Church Metro! 🚧
CSG was excited to join Metro Forward, local elected officials, and developers to celebrate the groundbreaking of a mixed-use development that will turn acres of underused parking lots into a walkable, transit-oriented community in West Falls Church!
CSG was excited to join Metro Forward, local elected officials, and developers to celebrate the groundbreaking of a mixed-use development that will turn acres of underused parking lots into a walkable, transit-oriented community in West Falls Church!
November 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
🚧 Groundbreaking at West Falls Church Metro! 🚧
CSG was excited to join Metro Forward, local elected officials, and developers to celebrate the groundbreaking of a mixed-use development that will turn acres of underused parking lots into a walkable, transit-oriented community in West Falls Church!
CSG was excited to join Metro Forward, local elected officials, and developers to celebrate the groundbreaking of a mixed-use development that will turn acres of underused parking lots into a walkable, transit-oriented community in West Falls Church!
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This year's World Day of Remembrance and Ride for Your Life were inspiring and uplifting. #WDOR2025 @waba.org @safestreetsdc.bsky.social @strongtowns.org
November 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
This year's World Day of Remembrance and Ride for Your Life were inspiring and uplifting. #WDOR2025 @waba.org @safestreetsdc.bsky.social @strongtowns.org
One of the speakers at today’s Montgomery County Council meeting is Dan Langenkamp, whose wife, U.S. diplomat Sarah Debbink Langenkamp, was killed biking to her child's school in Bethesda.
World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims is a day to think ahead, too, to solutions - Maryland Matters
World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims is a day to remember people like his wife, Sarah, who was struck and killed in 2022 while riding her bike, writes Dan Langenkamp. But it's also a day ...
marylandmatters.org
November 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
One of the speakers at today’s Montgomery County Council meeting is Dan Langenkamp, whose wife, U.S. diplomat Sarah Debbink Langenkamp, was killed biking to her child's school in Bethesda.
Today, in recognition of World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, we stand together at the Montgomery County Council with traffic violence survivors and families forever changed by devastating and preventable crashes.
Today, the Montgomery County Council presented a proclamation recognizing World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. We honor those lost or forever changed by traffic crashes and reaffirm our commitment to Vision Zeroand safer streets for all.
November 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Today, in recognition of World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, we stand together at the Montgomery County Council with traffic violence survivors and families forever changed by devastating and preventable crashes.
The University Boulevard Corridor Plan can bring safer streets and more housing options for Montgomery County residents, but the Council needs to hear from us NOW.
Work session is tomorrow, vote is in December.
🚨Email the council🚨
Speak up now:
secure.everyaction.com/ksYW2YgT10i3...
Work session is tomorrow, vote is in December.
🚨Email the council🚨
Speak up now:
secure.everyaction.com/ksYW2YgT10i3...
Support the University Boulevard Corridor Plan
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November 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The University Boulevard Corridor Plan can bring safer streets and more housing options for Montgomery County residents, but the Council needs to hear from us NOW.
Work session is tomorrow, vote is in December.
🚨Email the council🚨
Speak up now:
secure.everyaction.com/ksYW2YgT10i3...
Work session is tomorrow, vote is in December.
🚨Email the council🚨
Speak up now:
secure.everyaction.com/ksYW2YgT10i3...
Be a part of making Oakton safer!
Today, FCDOT will be hosting a community workshop to discuss the Oakton Safety & Congestion Study.
Don’t miss this opportunity to share your priorities for transportation and safety improvements.
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/transportati...
Today, FCDOT will be hosting a community workshop to discuss the Oakton Safety & Congestion Study.
Don’t miss this opportunity to share your priorities for transportation and safety improvements.
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/transportati...
Oakton Congestion and Safety Study | Transportation
Fairfax County, Virginia - Oakton Congestion Mitigation and Safety Study
www.fairfaxcounty.gov
November 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Be a part of making Oakton safer!
Today, FCDOT will be hosting a community workshop to discuss the Oakton Safety & Congestion Study.
Don’t miss this opportunity to share your priorities for transportation and safety improvements.
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/transportati...
Today, FCDOT will be hosting a community workshop to discuss the Oakton Safety & Congestion Study.
Don’t miss this opportunity to share your priorities for transportation and safety improvements.
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/transportati...
Congratulations to our friends at the Fairfax Alliance for Better Bicycling (FABB) on 20 years of advancing better biking in Fairfax!
FABB honored key advocacy champions, including our very own Sonya Breehey, recognizing her leadership in active transportation.
fabb-bikes.org/celebrating-...
FABB honored key advocacy champions, including our very own Sonya Breehey, recognizing her leadership in active transportation.
fabb-bikes.org/celebrating-...
Celebrating 20 Years of FABB: Looking Back, Moving Forward | Fairfax Alliance for Better Bicycling
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November 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Congratulations to our friends at the Fairfax Alliance for Better Bicycling (FABB) on 20 years of advancing better biking in Fairfax!
FABB honored key advocacy champions, including our very own Sonya Breehey, recognizing her leadership in active transportation.
fabb-bikes.org/celebrating-...
FABB honored key advocacy champions, including our very own Sonya Breehey, recognizing her leadership in active transportation.
fabb-bikes.org/celebrating-...
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If you live in/around the University Blvd Corridor Plan area, you need to tell the Council to NOT cut back on safe streets, better transit, and more inclusive housing in the plan—all these things are at risk! 🚨
Be heard & contact the Council ASAP:
smartergrowth.net/ubc
Be heard & contact the Council ASAP:
smartergrowth.net/ubc
Learn more about the University Boulevard Corridor Plan
The University Boulevard Corridor Plan envisions a community with safer streets, thriving local businesses, better public transit, and more housing choices to meet people’s needs at all ages and stage...
smartergrowth.net
November 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
If you live in/around the University Blvd Corridor Plan area, you need to tell the Council to NOT cut back on safe streets, better transit, and more inclusive housing in the plan—all these things are at risk! 🚨
Be heard & contact the Council ASAP:
smartergrowth.net/ubc
Be heard & contact the Council ASAP:
smartergrowth.net/ubc
There’s still time to weigh in on the University Boulevard Corridor Plan.
Learn more: smartergrowth.net/ubc
Learn more: smartergrowth.net/ubc
Learn more about the University Boulevard Corridor Plan
The University Boulevard Corridor Plan envisions a community with safer streets, thriving local businesses, better public transit, and more housing choices to meet people’s needs at all ages and stage...
smartergrowth.net
November 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
There’s still time to weigh in on the University Boulevard Corridor Plan.
Learn more: smartergrowth.net/ubc
Learn more: smartergrowth.net/ubc
Comment on the Visualize 2050 transportation plan!
We believe that the Visualize 2050 draft has a number of good projects but too many highway and arterial road expansions that will increase driving, pollution, and sprawl.
Learn more:
www.smartergrowth.net/regional-fed...
We believe that the Visualize 2050 draft has a number of good projects but too many highway and arterial road expansions that will increase driving, pollution, and sprawl.
Learn more:
www.smartergrowth.net/regional-fed...
Comment on the Visualize 2050 transportation plan! - Coalition For Smarter Growth
Ask regional officials to do more on safety, sustainability, and affordable transportation options.
www.smartergrowth.net
November 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Comment on the Visualize 2050 transportation plan!
We believe that the Visualize 2050 draft has a number of good projects but too many highway and arterial road expansions that will increase driving, pollution, and sprawl.
Learn more:
www.smartergrowth.net/regional-fed...
We believe that the Visualize 2050 draft has a number of good projects but too many highway and arterial road expansions that will increase driving, pollution, and sprawl.
Learn more:
www.smartergrowth.net/regional-fed...
Democracy is not a spectator sport.
Don't forget to vote TODAY!
Today is a big election day in Virginia – for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General, as well as local elections in several Virginia and Maryland communities.
www.vpm.org/elections/20...
Don't forget to vote TODAY!
Today is a big election day in Virginia – for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General, as well as local elections in several Virginia and Maryland communities.
www.vpm.org/elections/20...
Casting your ballot: Answers to frequent questions about voting in Virginia
And what to do if you're turned away at the polls.
www.vpm.org
November 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Democracy is not a spectator sport.
Don't forget to vote TODAY!
Today is a big election day in Virginia – for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General, as well as local elections in several Virginia and Maryland communities.
www.vpm.org/elections/20...
Don't forget to vote TODAY!
Today is a big election day in Virginia – for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General, as well as local elections in several Virginia and Maryland communities.
www.vpm.org/elections/20...
Kick off Halloween weekend with an optional urbanist costume contest.
Show up in your best costumes reflecting the smart growth movement to enter our costume contest! The winner will receive two tickets to US Ghost Adventures 👻
www.smartergrowth.net/regional-fed...
Show up in your best costumes reflecting the smart growth movement to enter our costume contest! The winner will receive two tickets to US Ghost Adventures 👻
www.smartergrowth.net/regional-fed...
October 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Kick off Halloween weekend with an optional urbanist costume contest.
Show up in your best costumes reflecting the smart growth movement to enter our costume contest! The winner will receive two tickets to US Ghost Adventures 👻
www.smartergrowth.net/regional-fed...
Show up in your best costumes reflecting the smart growth movement to enter our costume contest! The winner will receive two tickets to US Ghost Adventures 👻
www.smartergrowth.net/regional-fed...
🎉It's the big day!
Tonight at Smart Growth Social, we gather with advocates, public servants, and community leaders to celebrate our shared vision for a more walkable and transit-friendly future.
See you there!
www.smartergrowth.net/regional-fed...
Tonight at Smart Growth Social, we gather with advocates, public servants, and community leaders to celebrate our shared vision for a more walkable and transit-friendly future.
See you there!
www.smartergrowth.net/regional-fed...
Smart Growth Social 2025: Coming together for our community - Coalition For Smarter Growth
Celebrate community and smart growth at Smart Growth Social on Oct 30 at 6:30 pm, Eastern Market. Connect with activists, public servants, and urbanists and hear from Alexandria Mayor Alyia Gaskins.
www.smartergrowth.net
October 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
🎉It's the big day!
Tonight at Smart Growth Social, we gather with advocates, public servants, and community leaders to celebrate our shared vision for a more walkable and transit-friendly future.
See you there!
www.smartergrowth.net/regional-fed...
Tonight at Smart Growth Social, we gather with advocates, public servants, and community leaders to celebrate our shared vision for a more walkable and transit-friendly future.
See you there!
www.smartergrowth.net/regional-fed...
Last Chance! SGS is THIS THURSDAY!
We have a scary surprise guest, and we are 🐝BUZZING🐝 with excitement. Can you guess who it is?
We are ready for an evening of inspiration, friendship, and commitment to the fight for our communities.
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We have a scary surprise guest, and we are 🐝BUZZING🐝 with excitement. Can you guess who it is?
We are ready for an evening of inspiration, friendship, and commitment to the fight for our communities.
secure.everyaction.com/9tRhMhLZM0-a...
October 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Last Chance! SGS is THIS THURSDAY!
We have a scary surprise guest, and we are 🐝BUZZING🐝 with excitement. Can you guess who it is?
We are ready for an evening of inspiration, friendship, and commitment to the fight for our communities.
secure.everyaction.com/9tRhMhLZM0-a...
We have a scary surprise guest, and we are 🐝BUZZING🐝 with excitement. Can you guess who it is?
We are ready for an evening of inspiration, friendship, and commitment to the fight for our communities.
secure.everyaction.com/9tRhMhLZM0-a...
Learn the basics of the University Boulevard Corridor Plan and how you can take action:
www.smartergrowth.net/maryland/wha...
www.smartergrowth.net/maryland/wha...
What to know about the University Boulevard Corridor Plan — and how you can help - Coalition For Smarter Growth
The University Boulevard Corridor Plan lays out in detail how we can achieve safer streets, a wider and more accommodating variety of housing options, and greater environmental resilience.
www.smartergrowth.net
October 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Learn the basics of the University Boulevard Corridor Plan and how you can take action:
www.smartergrowth.net/maryland/wha...
www.smartergrowth.net/maryland/wha...
The University Boulevard Corridor Plan envisions a community with safer streets, thriving local businesses, better public transit, and more housing choices to meet people’s needs at all ages and stages of life.
Learn more and take action:
www.smartergrowth.net/maryland/wha...
Learn more and take action:
www.smartergrowth.net/maryland/wha...
What to know about the University Boulevard Corridor Plan — and how you can help - Coalition For Smarter Growth
The University Boulevard Corridor Plan lays out in detail how we can achieve safer streets, a wider and more accommodating variety of housing options, and greater environmental resilience.
www.smartergrowth.net
October 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The University Boulevard Corridor Plan envisions a community with safer streets, thriving local businesses, better public transit, and more housing choices to meet people’s needs at all ages and stages of life.
Learn more and take action:
www.smartergrowth.net/maryland/wha...
Learn more and take action:
www.smartergrowth.net/maryland/wha...
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Representing our team @betterdcregion.bsky.social at the @mwcog.bsky.social #DMVMoves meeting on regional rail @amtrak.com VRE & MARC. Hoping to see Maryland match Virginia’s big investment in intercity rail & for MD/DC/VA to increase @wmata.com rail & bus investment. Transit is key to our future!
October 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Representing our team @betterdcregion.bsky.social at the @mwcog.bsky.social #DMVMoves meeting on regional rail @amtrak.com VRE & MARC. Hoping to see Maryland match Virginia’s big investment in intercity rail & for MD/DC/VA to increase @wmata.com rail & bus investment. Transit is key to our future!
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DID YOU TAKE OUR SURVEY???
Today is your last day to give feedback on the Duke Street Land Use Plan! Take the survey before midnight tonight at alexandriava.mysocialpinpoint.com/september25
Today is your last day to give feedback on the Duke Street Land Use Plan! Take the survey before midnight tonight at alexandriava.mysocialpinpoint.com/september25
October 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
DID YOU TAKE OUR SURVEY???
Today is your last day to give feedback on the Duke Street Land Use Plan! Take the survey before midnight tonight at alexandriava.mysocialpinpoint.com/september25
Today is your last day to give feedback on the Duke Street Land Use Plan! Take the survey before midnight tonight at alexandriava.mysocialpinpoint.com/september25
Speak up for a more vibrant, walkable, and inclusive Duke Street as the city updates its Duke Street Land Use Plan.
Take the online survey on the draft Guiding Principles and attend the community meeting TODAY.
www.smartergrowth.net/virginia/ale...
Take the online survey on the draft Guiding Principles and attend the community meeting TODAY.
www.smartergrowth.net/virginia/ale...
Help shape the future of Duke Street - Coalition For Smarter Growth
There are two opportunities for you to speak up for a more vibrant, walkable, and inclusive Duke Street as the city updates its Duke Street Land Use Plan.
www.smartergrowth.net
October 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Speak up for a more vibrant, walkable, and inclusive Duke Street as the city updates its Duke Street Land Use Plan.
Take the online survey on the draft Guiding Principles and attend the community meeting TODAY.
www.smartergrowth.net/virginia/ale...
Take the online survey on the draft Guiding Principles and attend the community meeting TODAY.
www.smartergrowth.net/virginia/ale...
Federal employees can now ride MARC trains and Commuter Bus vehicles free during the government shutdown, just show your federal ID.
governor.maryland.gov/news/press/p...
governor.maryland.gov/news/press/p...
Governor Moore Announces Free Transit for Federal Workers on MARC and Commuter Bus during Government Shutdown - Press Releases - News - Office of Governor Wes Moore
governor.maryland.gov
October 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Federal employees can now ride MARC trains and Commuter Bus vehicles free during the government shutdown, just show your federal ID.
governor.maryland.gov/news/press/p...
governor.maryland.gov/news/press/p...
We are making this year’s Smart Growth Social a family-friendly celebration!
Can’t find a babysitter? Kids attend for free! Our kids’ corner will feature coloring pages, bubbles, and Halloween-themed fun.
RSVP for your little ones by contacting Angela at angela@smartergrowth.net
Can’t find a babysitter? Kids attend for free! Our kids’ corner will feature coloring pages, bubbles, and Halloween-themed fun.
RSVP for your little ones by contacting Angela at angela@smartergrowth.net
October 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM
We are making this year’s Smart Growth Social a family-friendly celebration!
Can’t find a babysitter? Kids attend for free! Our kids’ corner will feature coloring pages, bubbles, and Halloween-themed fun.
RSVP for your little ones by contacting Angela at angela@smartergrowth.net
Can’t find a babysitter? Kids attend for free! Our kids’ corner will feature coloring pages, bubbles, and Halloween-themed fun.
RSVP for your little ones by contacting Angela at angela@smartergrowth.net
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On the @wmata D80 bus in DC. Full bus, all ages, all walks of life, but wishing we had more dedicated bus lanes in DC! @ddotdc.bsky.social @mayorbowser.dc.gov @betterdcregion.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
On the @wmata D80 bus in DC. Full bus, all ages, all walks of life, but wishing we had more dedicated bus lanes in DC! @ddotdc.bsky.social @mayorbowser.dc.gov @betterdcregion.bsky.social
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Great stats on @wmata.com performance shared by Gen Mgr Randy Clark @wmatagm.bsky.social at the Virginia SJ28 committee meeting. Metro and local transit deserve our support and are key for creating walkable, bikeable, inclusive, transit-oriented communities. @betterdcregion.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Great stats on @wmata.com performance shared by Gen Mgr Randy Clark @wmatagm.bsky.social at the Virginia SJ28 committee meeting. Metro and local transit deserve our support and are key for creating walkable, bikeable, inclusive, transit-oriented communities. @betterdcregion.bsky.social
🍂Support the Smart Growth Social and help make it accessible to all!
Join as a Host or Sponsor ($250-$1,000). You contribution provides tickets for families and activists impacted by layoffs.
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Join as a Host or Sponsor ($250-$1,000). You contribution provides tickets for families and activists impacted by layoffs.
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October 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
🍂Support the Smart Growth Social and help make it accessible to all!
Join as a Host or Sponsor ($250-$1,000). You contribution provides tickets for families and activists impacted by layoffs.
secure.everyaction.com/9tRhMhLZM0-a...
Join as a Host or Sponsor ($250-$1,000). You contribution provides tickets for families and activists impacted by layoffs.
secure.everyaction.com/9tRhMhLZM0-a...
CSG is partnering with Virginians Organized for Interfaith Community Engagement (VOICE) to host the Homes for All Assembly this Sunday, October 19.
700+ people, elected leaders, & both gubernatorial candidates invited.
Learn more and RSVP today: secure.everyaction.com/js82cwd78EmB...
700+ people, elected leaders, & both gubernatorial candidates invited.
Learn more and RSVP today: secure.everyaction.com/js82cwd78EmB...
October 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
CSG is partnering with Virginians Organized for Interfaith Community Engagement (VOICE) to host the Homes for All Assembly this Sunday, October 19.
700+ people, elected leaders, & both gubernatorial candidates invited.
Learn more and RSVP today: secure.everyaction.com/js82cwd78EmB...
700+ people, elected leaders, & both gubernatorial candidates invited.
Learn more and RSVP today: secure.everyaction.com/js82cwd78EmB...