Matthew Sadler
@matthew-sadler.bsky.social
Pedestrian safety advocate.
Democratic socialist.
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Democratic socialist.
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Reposted by Matthew Sadler
🚴REMINDER🚴
On Wednesday, Dec. 10, at 6:30PM, MCDOT will hold a virtual public hearing to discuss the proposed Flower Ave. Separated Bike Lanes project in City of Takoma Park. The public will have an opportunity to provide feedback and ask questions. ▶️ https://ow.ly/YKkG50XsMTF #bikemoco #mocobikes
On Wednesday, Dec. 10, at 6:30PM, MCDOT will hold a virtual public hearing to discuss the proposed Flower Ave. Separated Bike Lanes project in City of Takoma Park. The public will have an opportunity to provide feedback and ask questions. ▶️ https://ow.ly/YKkG50XsMTF #bikemoco #mocobikes
November 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
🚴REMINDER🚴
On Wednesday, Dec. 10, at 6:30PM, MCDOT will hold a virtual public hearing to discuss the proposed Flower Ave. Separated Bike Lanes project in City of Takoma Park. The public will have an opportunity to provide feedback and ask questions. ▶️ https://ow.ly/YKkG50XsMTF #bikemoco #mocobikes
On Wednesday, Dec. 10, at 6:30PM, MCDOT will hold a virtual public hearing to discuss the proposed Flower Ave. Separated Bike Lanes project in City of Takoma Park. The public will have an opportunity to provide feedback and ask questions. ▶️ https://ow.ly/YKkG50XsMTF #bikemoco #mocobikes
There is no reason to have a slip lane at the intersection of Carroll Avenue & Flower Avenue in Takoma Park.
@takomaparkmd.gov should remove it entirely.
Request Confirmation# :: W013735-112625
@takomaparkmd.gov should remove it entirely.
Request Confirmation# :: W013735-112625
November 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
There is no reason to have a slip lane at the intersection of Carroll Avenue & Flower Avenue in Takoma Park.
@takomaparkmd.gov should remove it entirely.
Request Confirmation# :: W013735-112625
@takomaparkmd.gov should remove it entirely.
Request Confirmation# :: W013735-112625
Reposted by Matthew Sadler
Submit your comments to MD SHA for the MD 193 (University Blvd) Pedestrian Safety Action Plan! survey123.arcgis.com/share/3c5999...
Tell them this is not good enough for Four Corners next to Montgomery Blair HS. Safety is more important than vehicle throughput.
Tell them this is not good enough for Four Corners next to Montgomery Blair HS. Safety is more important than vehicle throughput.
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Submit your comments to MD SHA for the MD 193 (University Blvd) Pedestrian Safety Action Plan! survey123.arcgis.com/share/3c5999...
Tell them this is not good enough for Four Corners next to Montgomery Blair HS. Safety is more important than vehicle throughput.
Tell them this is not good enough for Four Corners next to Montgomery Blair HS. Safety is more important than vehicle throughput.
The Dutch have something called the Flexible Working Act, which allows workers to submit a written request to work from home, at least in part. Employers must have a good reason for refusing worker requests.
Why can't the USA have laws like this?
Why can't the USA have laws like this?
Business.gov.nl
Business.gov.nl - The official source of information for doing business in the Netherlands, made available by the Dutch government.
Business.gov.nl
November 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The Dutch have something called the Flexible Working Act, which allows workers to submit a written request to work from home, at least in part. Employers must have a good reason for refusing worker requests.
Why can't the USA have laws like this?
Why can't the USA have laws like this?
For the record, if I'm ever killed by the driver of a car and anybody uses my death to advocate for more policing, my ghost will come back from the grave to haunt you for the rest of your earthly existence. Advocate for better infrastructure, better design.
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
For the record, if I'm ever killed by the driver of a car and anybody uses my death to advocate for more policing, my ghost will come back from the grave to haunt you for the rest of your earthly existence. Advocate for better infrastructure, better design.
"As specified in the regulations, a Takoma Park resident may submit a request to the City Manager for a new sidewalk or a new traffic calming device located within one-quarter (1/4) of a mile from their primary residence."
You have to live in Takoma Park to make requests? And only within 1/4 mile?
You have to live in Takoma Park to make requests? And only within 1/4 mile?
Traffic Calming & Sidewalk Requests | Takoma Park, MD
Traffic calming devices include signs, pavement markings, speed humps, raised walkways, flattop speed humps or speed tables, and other physical devices placed or installed on a highway that limit acce...
takomaparkmd.gov
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
"As specified in the regulations, a Takoma Park resident may submit a request to the City Manager for a new sidewalk or a new traffic calming device located within one-quarter (1/4) of a mile from their primary residence."
You have to live in Takoma Park to make requests? And only within 1/4 mile?
You have to live in Takoma Park to make requests? And only within 1/4 mile?
"Status Notes - Erskine St exists within both Montgomery and Prince George's County. We can only install sidewalks within Montgomery County."
If @mcdotnow.bsky.social cannot build this sidewalk, then who can?
If @mcdotnow.bsky.social cannot build this sidewalk, then who can?
November 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
"Status Notes - Erskine St exists within both Montgomery and Prince George's County. We can only install sidewalks within Montgomery County."
If @mcdotnow.bsky.social cannot build this sidewalk, then who can?
If @mcdotnow.bsky.social cannot build this sidewalk, then who can?
Reposted by Matthew Sadler
For example the entire state of New Jersey has had it for decades so like, this isn’t reinventing the wheel here
I should also note that it’s “enabling legislation”, which is to say it would allow counties/municipalities to enable good cause laws, not impose it state wide for better or worse.
I talk about it a bit more here, including how it’s been done before ggwash.org/view/98385/i...
I talk about it a bit more here, including how it’s been done before ggwash.org/view/98385/i...
It’s time for good cause eviction in Maryland
As more and more people are forced to stay renters because of an unaffordable homeownership market, good cause eviction allows residents to stay rooted in their communities and holds large landlords a...
ggwash.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
For example the entire state of New Jersey has had it for decades so like, this isn’t reinventing the wheel here
"This request lies inside of the Upper Paint Branch Special Protection Area, therefore, it is out of scope for the Sidewalk Program."
The western side of New Hampshire has no sidewalk between Stonegate Dr & Southview Ave. Maybe environmentalism needs to be rethought if it impedes pedestrian safety.
The western side of New Hampshire has no sidewalk between Stonegate Dr & Southview Ave. Maybe environmentalism needs to be rethought if it impedes pedestrian safety.
November 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
"This request lies inside of the Upper Paint Branch Special Protection Area, therefore, it is out of scope for the Sidewalk Program."
The western side of New Hampshire has no sidewalk between Stonegate Dr & Southview Ave. Maybe environmentalism needs to be rethought if it impedes pedestrian safety.
The western side of New Hampshire has no sidewalk between Stonegate Dr & Southview Ave. Maybe environmentalism needs to be rethought if it impedes pedestrian safety.
Thank you @mcdotnow.bsky.social for fixing the portion I requested and a few other portions too!
November 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Thank you @mcdotnow.bsky.social for fixing the portion I requested and a few other portions too!
@mcdotnow.bsky.social SR # 1605796162
Sidewalk is uneven, causing obstruction for wheelchair users & cyclists. Uneven sidewalk is on eastern side of New Hampshire Avenue, near Shiloh Christian Fellowship Church, about halfway between Southview Avenue & Windridge Acres Court - Colesville/Cloverly.
Sidewalk is uneven, causing obstruction for wheelchair users & cyclists. Uneven sidewalk is on eastern side of New Hampshire Avenue, near Shiloh Christian Fellowship Church, about halfway between Southview Avenue & Windridge Acres Court - Colesville/Cloverly.
November 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
@mcdotnow.bsky.social SR # 1605796162
Sidewalk is uneven, causing obstruction for wheelchair users & cyclists. Uneven sidewalk is on eastern side of New Hampshire Avenue, near Shiloh Christian Fellowship Church, about halfway between Southview Avenue & Windridge Acres Court - Colesville/Cloverly.
Sidewalk is uneven, causing obstruction for wheelchair users & cyclists. Uneven sidewalk is on eastern side of New Hampshire Avenue, near Shiloh Christian Fellowship Church, about halfway between Southview Avenue & Windridge Acres Court - Colesville/Cloverly.
Things motorists have told me:
- Cars are better for the environment than buses because buses are bigger. Trains are the worst because they are big big.
- Speeding is good for the environment, because it means fewer cars stuck in traffic.
- Train and bus crashes kill more people yearly than cars.
- Cars are better for the environment than buses because buses are bigger. Trains are the worst because they are big big.
- Speeding is good for the environment, because it means fewer cars stuck in traffic.
- Train and bus crashes kill more people yearly than cars.
October 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Things motorists have told me:
- Cars are better for the environment than buses because buses are bigger. Trains are the worst because they are big big.
- Speeding is good for the environment, because it means fewer cars stuck in traffic.
- Train and bus crashes kill more people yearly than cars.
- Cars are better for the environment than buses because buses are bigger. Trains are the worst because they are big big.
- Speeding is good for the environment, because it means fewer cars stuck in traffic.
- Train and bus crashes kill more people yearly than cars.
Cyclists: salmoning on a sidewalk. Is this good or bad? If a bike lane or road isn't available or safe, does it matter which direction to go on a sidewalk? I salmon, because if I go with traffic I cannot see drivers turning right onto ramps and side streets.
October 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Cyclists: salmoning on a sidewalk. Is this good or bad? If a bike lane or road isn't available or safe, does it matter which direction to go on a sidewalk? I salmon, because if I go with traffic I cannot see drivers turning right onto ramps and side streets.
Reposted by Matthew Sadler
US 29 Flash BRT project team plans to narrow the sidewalk, but not traffic lanes, in front of CVS in Four Corners to make room for BRT
Please let them know this is not acceptable. BRT needs walkability for success! #FlashBRT 1/
Email is right here: www.montgomerycountymd.gov/dot-dte/proj...
Please let them know this is not acceptable. BRT needs walkability for success! #FlashBRT 1/
Email is right here: www.montgomerycountymd.gov/dot-dte/proj...
US 29 Flash Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project
US 29 Flash Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service operates along US 29 from Silver Spring Transit Center, through White Oak Transit Center, and on to Burtonsville just past Sandy Spring Road.
www.montgomerycountymd.gov
October 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
US 29 Flash BRT project team plans to narrow the sidewalk, but not traffic lanes, in front of CVS in Four Corners to make room for BRT
Please let them know this is not acceptable. BRT needs walkability for success! #FlashBRT 1/
Email is right here: www.montgomerycountymd.gov/dot-dte/proj...
Please let them know this is not acceptable. BRT needs walkability for success! #FlashBRT 1/
Email is right here: www.montgomerycountymd.gov/dot-dte/proj...
Some cities in MD allow non-citizens to vote. The Maryland Constitution has banned non-citizens from voting in state & federal elections since 1851. Citizenship is a requirement to vote in MoCo elections, but is this a requirement of state or county law?
www.montgomerycountymd.gov/Elections/Fr...
www.montgomerycountymd.gov/Elections/Fr...
Voter Registration FAQs
www.montgomerycountymd.gov
October 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Some cities in MD allow non-citizens to vote. The Maryland Constitution has banned non-citizens from voting in state & federal elections since 1851. Citizenship is a requirement to vote in MoCo elections, but is this a requirement of state or county law?
www.montgomerycountymd.gov/Elections/Fr...
www.montgomerycountymd.gov/Elections/Fr...
Engaging in the advocacy I do has deeply intensified the disdain I feel for private property. With public property, there's a greater possibility of getting things done. That possibility diminishes under the whim of private ownership, where there's less public accountability.
October 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Engaging in the advocacy I do has deeply intensified the disdain I feel for private property. With public property, there's a greater possibility of getting things done. That possibility diminishes under the whim of private ownership, where there's less public accountability.
Reposted by Matthew Sadler
If you support more housing, complete streets with safe walking, biking, and rolling and better transit in Montgomery County, please help support the University Blvd Corridor Plan. Here is a form to send an email to councilmembers.
Support the University Boulevard Corridor Plan
secure.everyaction.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
If you support more housing, complete streets with safe walking, biking, and rolling and better transit in Montgomery County, please help support the University Blvd Corridor Plan. Here is a form to send an email to councilmembers.
Reposted by Matthew Sadler
What to know about the $250 million Trump ballroom, and the Maryland company involved
What to know about the $250 million Trump ballroom, and the Maryland company involved
Construction started this week on the $250 million ballroom that President Donald Trump is adding to the White House as construction crews began tearing down the facade of the East Wing, where the new...
buff.ly
October 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
What to know about the $250 million Trump ballroom, and the Maryland company involved
Last night I tried to go shoe shopping at a department store and as I walked in I asked the two security guards if there was a spot to store my scooter. They gestured to the registers, so I walked over and placed it behind the counter, only for them to scream at me like I was a criminal. Stressful.
October 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Last night I tried to go shoe shopping at a department store and as I walked in I asked the two security guards if there was a spot to store my scooter. They gestured to the registers, so I walked over and placed it behind the counter, only for them to scream at me like I was a criminal. Stressful.
311:Service Request 1604601096 Created
The bricks are coming up from the sidewalk along Colesville Road next to the Woodmoor Shopping Center in Four Corners. These bricks have been missing for years and I have submitted multiple service requests.
The bricks are coming up from the sidewalk along Colesville Road next to the Woodmoor Shopping Center in Four Corners. These bricks have been missing for years and I have submitted multiple service requests.
October 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
311:Service Request 1604601096 Created
The bricks are coming up from the sidewalk along Colesville Road next to the Woodmoor Shopping Center in Four Corners. These bricks have been missing for years and I have submitted multiple service requests.
The bricks are coming up from the sidewalk along Colesville Road next to the Woodmoor Shopping Center in Four Corners. These bricks have been missing for years and I have submitted multiple service requests.
What do we call the region between White Oak and Burtonsville? Fairland? Calverton? Tech Road? Cherry Hill? The MVA is called the White Oak MVA, but nobody would say the shopping center with Kohl's and Target was in White Oak. Google Maps calls it Calverton east of Route 29 and Fairland west of 29.
October 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
What do we call the region between White Oak and Burtonsville? Fairland? Calverton? Tech Road? Cherry Hill? The MVA is called the White Oak MVA, but nobody would say the shopping center with Kohl's and Target was in White Oak. Google Maps calls it Calverton east of Route 29 and Fairland west of 29.
311:Service Request 1604601039 Created
Missing curb cut at the intersection of Tech Road and Old Columbia Pike, Calverton/Fairland.
Missing curb cut at the intersection of Tech Road and Old Columbia Pike, Calverton/Fairland.
October 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
311:Service Request 1604601039 Created
Missing curb cut at the intersection of Tech Road and Old Columbia Pike, Calverton/Fairland.
Missing curb cut at the intersection of Tech Road and Old Columbia Pike, Calverton/Fairland.
311:Service Request 1604556012 Created @mcdotnow.bsky.social
Sidewalk raised about 2 inches, blocking wheelchair users and causing damage to bikes/scooters. Colesville Road between Burnt Mills and Crestmoor Drive. Please shave it down.
Sidewalk raised about 2 inches, blocking wheelchair users and causing damage to bikes/scooters. Colesville Road between Burnt Mills and Crestmoor Drive. Please shave it down.
October 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
311:Service Request 1604556012 Created @mcdotnow.bsky.social
Sidewalk raised about 2 inches, blocking wheelchair users and causing damage to bikes/scooters. Colesville Road between Burnt Mills and Crestmoor Drive. Please shave it down.
Sidewalk raised about 2 inches, blocking wheelchair users and causing damage to bikes/scooters. Colesville Road between Burnt Mills and Crestmoor Drive. Please shave it down.
Fixed! Thank you, @mcdotnow.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Fixed! Thank you, @mcdotnow.bsky.social