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Collier Cook
@colliercook.bsky.social
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Planning School dropout. Arlington, VA
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When will these open? I tried to undock a bike at both Innovation Ctn S and Carta Way/Sayward Blvd but was unable to as all the docked bikes were giving the error message in the app: “Sorry this bike is outside the regulatory area”. Also my CaBi key did not work either.
Error message in Capital Bikeshare app that reads: Sorry, this bike is currently unavailable as it is outside the regulatory area.
August 31, 2025 at 2:08 PM
colliercook.bsky.social
Welcome to the club! 🚍
A Metrobus route A58 to Ballston approaching a stop on I Street NW at 18th Street NW in Washington, DC on Sunday, June 29, 2025. This was the first day of service with the new route number replacing the old route number 38B. A car is parked in the bus only lane in the background.
June 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
colliercook.bsky.social
Umm @wmata.com, please don’t open doors on the wrong side of the train. I thought there were systems in place to prevent this type of error.
The doors are open on a Largo bound blue line train (car 7628 of train 437) at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Metro station. The doors on the wrong side of the train opened.
April 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
colliercook.bsky.social
Agreed that it would be great. But I’ll believe it when I see it. A residential tower has been proposed multiple times over the years. Here’s the 2006 proposal: dcmud.blogspot.com/2006/08/jbg-...
A rendering of The Spire project (formerly known as the Fairmont) from 2006. It was to replace the soon-to-be-torn-down INS building at the corner of N. Fairfax Drive and N. Vermont Street in the Ballston neighborhood of Arlington County, Virginia. The 23-story building was to contain 237 residential units and 9,200 square feet of first floor retail. It was to be constructed in coordination with the planned new western entrance to the underground Ballston-MU Station of the Washington Metro.
April 22, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Ready to receive the cities & transportation gospel from @nerd4cities.bsky.social & @thewaroncars.bsky.social
A stage of an auditorium at Hunter College in NYC. There are three empty chairs on stage: one will be for Ray Delahanty (aka CityNerd) and two for Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon of The War on Cars podcast. The logos of the creators are projected on a screen behind the chairs. There is a banner for Hunter College to the side of the stage.
January 31, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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🎂Happy Birthday to the Orange Line corridor in Arlington, VA. Forty five years ago today @wmata.com opened the Clarendon, Court House, Virginia Square, & Ballston Metro stations. This new service kicked off the transformation of the corridor to what we know today as Transit Oriented Development. 1/
Concept renderings of the Metro station entrances to Rosslyn, Court House, Clarendon, Ballston (to be renamed Virginia Square before opening) and Glebe (to be renamed Ballston before opening). The image is by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority as found in Arlington County’s RB72 planning report for the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor. https://www.arlingtonva.us/files/sharedassets/public/v/1/projects/documents/rb-alt-use1.pdf A map showing the Bull’s Eye concept around each of the station areas. From the RB72 planning report: “Each transit station has an area of influence associated with it which it might be eligible for redevelopment. Constraints such as transportation facilities, existing neighborhoods or natural features will reshape the influence area (or Bull’s Eye).” https://www.arlingtonva.us/files/sharedassets/public/v/1/projects/documents/rb-alt-use1.pdf
December 1, 2024 at 8:52 AM
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The new on-demand bike lockers at DCA are open. They are located off the MVT inside Garage 2 near the CaBi station and use the Bikeep app for access. Inside each locker, there’s a power outlet with a timer for charging e-bikes.
July 10, 2024 at 10:35 PM