Being denied a high office of public trust is not a criminal punishment. There is only 1 president and 500-odd Congressmembers in a nation of 330 million. 99.99% of Americans do not occupy an office of public trust at any given time and do just fine as private citizens.

We can and should be picky.

Zoning rules? Tradition, change aversion, + vibes

Parking requirements? Egregiously bad science + vibes

Traffic engineering? Morally abhorrent value judgments about the level of injury and death we’ll accept in exchange for motorist speed and convenience (vibes)

Building codes? Tradition + vibes

Barring the development of a vaccine with sterilizing immunity, or a global 2-3 week shutdown with 100% compliance, eradication is impossible. It’s not remotely feasible to expect a second quarantine, let alone one with perfect adherence.

I interviewed one of these factory workers in Los Angeles. She gets paid three cents to sew a zipper, five cents for a collar, and seven cents to prepare the top part of a skirt.

This is how fast fashion brands like Fashion Nova can put "Made in USA" tags on dress shirts that retail for only $25

adjusted to reflect the shorter point spacing, though with the mid day drive time we discussed

The Pentagon City Costco is the only one I’ve seen that breaks this trend, one block from the metro.

Any idea how much the Union Station - Buzzard Point section is of the $20 billion? Regardless, seems like including National Harbor in phase 1 would be a good idea.

One of the ways I want to reframe this conversation is saying that when drivers advocate against safety improvements, it's not just that they don't want to be slowed down. They want to maintain the privilege of far EXCEEDING the speed limit. And that's the status quo SDOT (or Parks) often uphold.

A frequent problem for transit is that it is seen as the vector for whatever passing policy priority exists