Remember, South Korea has multiple times removed their Presidents and also imprisoned their richest citizens.

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 2w ago

Musk still relying on conspiracy theories and lies when it comes to USAID. "USAID was the biggest funder of regime change. Also, its funding was not stopped it was moved to the State Department." "There were claims [that programs were shut down]. These claims were false, nonsense."

The GM talked about the Red Line bus bridge which is improving. Great to see the dedicated bus lanes on Wisconsin Avenue to speed the buses! Let’s make them permanent!

Needing to catch and get off a bus along US 29 should not be a death sentence.

Action Committee for Transit@actfortransit.bsky.social · 2w ago

"The infrastructure for people who need to ride the bus looks like it does because of who has power and resources." - @nondriver.bsky.social

‘Drove away as if she were nothing’: Police turn to public to identify hit-and-run driver

Montgomery County Police turn to the public to identify fatal hit-and-run driver

Montgomery County Police asked the public to help them identify a driver in a June 19 hit-and-run that killed 61-year-old Hanna Wegayehou in Silver Spring.

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Hanna Wegayehou, 61, was a 20-year public servant and the mother of the 2019-2020 Student Member of the Montgomery County Board of Education. There is a $20,000 reward for a tip leading to the identification of the person who hit & killed her on June 19, 2026, then drove away.

Action Committee for Transit@actfortransit.bsky.social · last mo.

AND AGAIN, but this time fatal. MCP1227002M On Fri 6/19/26 1:14 pm a hit & run driver turning right from Crestmoor Dr to Colesville Rd/US29N hit & killed a pedestrian (61/F) crossing in a marked crosswalk. The 8th pedestrian & 28th person killed in a crash in MoCo MD in 2026.

🚨 NEW from Montgomery Planning: - Friendship Heights Sector Plan working draft now up online - Planning Board hearings tentatively set for Sep. 10 (in-person/virtual) and Sep. 14 (in-person only) - Hearing signup opens on Aug. 3

When you look at expansive suburban neighborhoods, you probably don't think of these as a form of subsidized housing. But the math doesn’t lie: spread-out suburbs generate far lower tax revenues per acre than our compact urban downtowns. Our older urban neighborhoods are subsidizing new suburbs.

The rational market is a very useful economic theory, in the scientific sense, and utter hogwash on a day-to-day basis. Political economy on the other hand…

Justin Wolfers@justinwolfers.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The President just said we're on the cusp of a deal with Iran. Today's post explores two fun facts: 1. It's the fiftieth time he's said this. (I counted!) 2. Even so, stocks rose on the news. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/how-to-pri...

Cost of moving the northbound bus stop on Georgia Ave/97 at Aspen Hill Rd to the side with a marked/signalized crosswalk: two lives. We should not have to pay for safe streets with blood.

Action Committee for Transit@actfortransit.bsky.social · 2mo ago

After the second pedestrian killed, we asked MD SHA, again, to mark the north leg crosswalk across Georgia Ave/97 at Aspen Hill Rd. They said NO, again. Too complicated. Drivers would be delayed. But they will coordinate with WMATA to move the bus stop to the south side.

When James Dolan cancels the watch party outside MSG, we bring the watch party to you. Thanks to the @nba.com, Knicks Game 4 is now playing on dozens of LinkNYC screens across our city. LGK.

montgomery county's ambivalence towards making it so young people and working people can afford to live here is killing the county. budget problems are just the start

Greater Greater Washington@ggwash.org · 2mo ago

Montgomery County has an $854 million shortfall. Starter homes can reverse the gap.

LET'S GO KNICKS!

Regional Plan Association@rpa.org · 2mo ago

If the Knicks win the finals this year we're ripping this down with our bare hands

Join us TOMORROW, May 28th, for our second of two County Executive Candidate forums! 7 PM @ Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Ctr 4805 Edgemoor Ln, Bethesda, MD RSVP and submit your questions: bit.ly/GOPforum26 with @montgomery4all.bsky.social, @actfortransit.bsky.social, @waba.org, MCCPTA

My neighborhood in action! (Each week a group of folks agree on a new / renewed message.)

Ungovernable Mouse@missmouse.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Saw this on the Beltway on Memorial Day. Build an America Worthy of the Fallen. 🇺🇸

And we were also at the Silver Spring Metro handing out scorecards. Big thanks to all the volunteers getting up very early to take on this task. My friends and colleagues @carolynl222.bsky.social and @tonybyrne.bsky.social worked with me today.

Action Committee for Transit@actfortransit.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Good morning to the 750 Maryland voters (and one dog) who took copies of our election scorecard at at the Twinbrook Metro station this morning, and also to everyone who didn't take a copy because they had already received it from us in the mail.

@nycsanitation.bsky.social I’d like to report a sweep

True, a military budget of $1,500,000,000,000 in money we don’t have, borrowed from future generations who could not vote about it, and who can never repay it, is far more dangerous to the national security than any threat from abroad. But there’s still a lot of enthusiasm about it.

blue states must do better than Idaho, a state that this spring passed a starter home bill similar to bills that failed in Maryland and Connecticut—but unlike Idaho, we didn’t also make it illegal for trans people to go to the bathroom www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Why wide-open Idaho is mandating houses on the smallest lots in America

A new law in Idaho will force cities to allow homes on 1,500-square-foot lots, with the goal of bringing down home prices and preserving agricultural lands.

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Meanwhile, @cherylcort.bsky.social is planning a DC bike/walk tour, and @cmkisicki.bsky.social is planning a MontCo MD candidates forum.

Our local election scorecard is here! TRANSIT SCORECARD - WHERE THE CANDIDATES STAND ON TRANSIT ISSUES www.actfortransit.org/scorecards2026

Nothing says leisure class like waiting in the beating sun for a bus, next to acres of hot black asphalt parking lot!* *a post for the people who say that walking/bicycling/transit are bougie and working folks drive cars.

Action Committee for Transit@actfortransit.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Good afternoon to everyone who knows bus riders need shade.

What if the road-repaving budget also covered sidewalk-fixing (Including ADA compliance), every time a road was repaved?

Don Elkay@theteflondon.bsky.social · 3mo ago

And yet another agency that ignores excessive cross slopes on a sidewalk that crosses a driveway. Sure, they might fix ramps when they resurface a street, but they’ll ignore other ADA-related needs along the route.

A full write-up on the transit oriented development law just passed by the Maryland legislature. Includes the amendment proposed by @actfortransit.bsky.social which exempts mixed-use development on WMATA-owned parking lots from most local land use restrictions. ggwash.org/view/103392/...

Maryland unlocks thousands of potential homes near transit

With the Transit and Housing Opportunity Act, the Maryland state government wrests control over some aspects of land use from local governments near certain rail transit stations.

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Join us for our May monthly meeting! Who: Brian Wivell, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 What: Transit Workers' Vision for the Future of Metro When: Tues May 12 7:30 pm Where: Silver Spring Civic Bldg Why: ATU 689 represents WMATA workers, MetroAccess contractors, & MTA Commuter Bus contractors

RIP John Sterling, the voice of the NY Yankeees. Many memorable calls, but this one sticks out for me. NY lost the 2001 World Series, but for a couple nights anything was possible and Sterling was the narrator of baseball's version of the Neverending Story. youtube.com/watch?v=hpBS...

2001 WS Gm5: Brosius ties the game in the 9th

YouTube video by MLB

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In Seattle's Pike Place Market, vendors claimed that removing cars would cripple them. Nope. Sales actually rose. Remember: Studies show that biz owners consistently exaggerate how many customers drive and undercount those who walk, bike, or ride transit. Info: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Pike Place Market Pedestrianization Pilot Boosts Sales and Visits

All signs point to Seattle's pilot program limiting car access to Pike Place being a success: sales were up 6.5% in 2025 compared to 2024, and the number of local visitors jumped by 5.6%. As the City ...

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For #MoCo neighbors, @montgomery4all.bsky.social hosted a candidate questionnaire for council member and county executive aspirants. The answers are quite illuminating! Check them and get educated before you vote #housing #transit www.montgomery4all.org/2026-candida...

2026 Candidate Questionnaire — Montgomery for All

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When you invite regular folks at community festivals to tell you about what land use and transit futures they want, this is what they say. @montgomery4all.bsky.social #MoCo

THIS EVENING! Come hear what the Democratic candidates for Montgomery County MD county executive have to say about transportation topics, including housing near transit, transit priority over roads, and people who aren't in cars.

Action Committee for Transit@actfortransit.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Join us at the Democratic Primary County Executive Candidate Transportation Forum, Tuesday, April 14, 7 pm, at Planning, 2425 Reedie Dr, Wheaton! Register & submit questions here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1FVJ... With @betterdcregion.bsky.social, MCCPTA, @montgomery4all.bsky.social, and @waba.org.

Plan must be approved by Maryland DOT & must include housing. (As 1st proposed by Gov Moore, this applied only to state-owned parking lots.) This is the first yimby legislation I know of that entirely eliminates density limits rather than loosen them. 2/2 mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/L...