pete rodrigue
@peterodrigue.bsky.social
volunteer GGWash contributor in DC. https://ggwash.org/contributors/prodrigue
The takeaway: CaBi's record setting growth tailed off with the Aug 25' price increase but overall micromobility ridership in DC continues to skyrocket. Looking forward to seeing how @janeese4dc.bsky.social supports this growth with expanded bike infrastructure! 3/
You might be able to blame cars, or more specifically underground parking garages, for creating year-round mosquito sanctuaries.
Mosquitoes, already? Blame cars
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NEW: We defeated a lawsuit seeking to block new housing on upper Connecticut Avenue NW. The lawsuit challenged zoning changes that will allow multifamily housing in the DC neighborhood with the fewest affordable units. We’re fighting for more homes to drive down housing costs for everyone in DC.
yellow map: areas where McDuffie did better. blue map: wealthy R-1-A and R-1-B zones that have only allowed detached housing for ~100 years
seems like voters in R-1-A and R-1-B zones voted disproportionately for Kenyan McDuffie. (not a perfect correlation obvi, and they're still counting votes)
Martin Austermuhle@maustermuhle.bsky.social · 2mo agoHere's the precinct map of D.C., and you can see that @janeese4dc.bsky.social has so far cleaned up in almost all central parts of D.C., which includes Ward 1 and Ward 6, much of wards 4 and 5, and most of east of the river. This is an impressive showing by any measure.
1. London Underground station flooding has reportedly been reduced by around 90% thanks to a group of engineers: beavers. After conservationists reintroduced a family of beavers into a nearby city park, the animals built dams and restored wetlands that now absorb and slow floodwater naturally.
new in @ggwash.org : a follow-on to a post by @dennisjing.bsky.social, about how DC's current zoning is a continuation of DC's Jim Crow era housing policies. this is part of a bigger project (pieces forthcoming) that took me 9 months to complete. (cw: ugly language in the piece) more below🧵
Greater Greater Washington@ggwash.org · 3mo agoIn 1937, Federal Housing Administration undertook an ambitious national project: to survey America’s largest cities and racially profile every neighborhood. These racist neighborhood grades from the 1930s undergird the District’s zoning regulations today. Interactive map alert!
In 1937, Federal Housing Administration undertook an ambitious national project: to survey America’s largest cities and racially profile every neighborhood. These racist neighborhood grades from the 1930s undergird the District’s zoning regulations today. Interactive map alert!
In DC’s single-family zones, the legacy of the Federal Housing Administration’s Jim Crow era endures
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new in @ggwash.org: i FOIA'd the DMV and they sent me: * every residential DC address to which at least 1 vehicle is registered, as of January 2026 * the # of vehicles registered at each address the data has some limitations & issues, but looking at general trends, a few takeaways 🧵
Greater Greater Washington@ggwash.org · 3mo agoDC's Department of Motor Vehicles provided address-level car registration data. Here’s what it shows.
super helpful summary of DDOT's long suppressed road pricing study
Greater Greater Washington@ggwash.org · 3mo agoRoad pricing would benefit the region's drivers the most, and other takeaways from DDOT's 101-page report.
I'll be at the DC History Conference w/ a poster on DC's n'hood historic districts today from 12-2! (a preview of work soon tk to GGWash) Say hi! FWIW you don't need to preregister; you can just walk in (& it's free) Lots of cool research will be on display: conference.dchistory.org/register
Register — DC History Conference
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from @dennisjing.bsky.social: "The District’s leaders and some of upper Northwest’s most vocal residents have peddled exclusion for generations" the draft FLUM doesn't do nearly enough to remedy historic and ongoing exclusion. OP should do better. (more tk on this soon, w/ geospatial analysis)
Greater Greater Washington@ggwash.org · 3mo agoUpper Northwest can’t heal from its history’s wounds if the District continues to reserve it for a privileged few.
my cousin just bought Sail Solomons, a sailing school in Solomons MD. He needs help. If you wanna work w him, his email is below! He would be a great boss. Super experienced and organized. feel free to DM me w/ questions.
final plug for my Lanier Heights walking tour this sunday at 2pm w/ @dcyimbys.bsky.social 60+ ppl rsvp'd--join us! Claire's making lemonade @rashidaforward1.bsky.social will be there and also my mom, if u want to meet someone who's been struck by lightning actionnetwork.org/events/dc-yi...
DC YIMBYs Presents: Cleveland Park Walking Tour
Have you always wondered what life in D.C. is like north of Dupont Circle? This fall, the D.C. Zoning Commission is considering upzoning both Connecticut Avenue and Wisconsin Avenue and potentially ...
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This was also an odd window into the Caribbean cruise economy. The walkable mini town is surrounded by a fence and most of the biz are closed when a cruise ship isn't docked (tho we grabbed coffee at a nice cafe that was open all day for locals). When docked the ships belch exhaust over the town
was on vacation in the British Virgin Islands and walked to the cruise ship port in Road Town, Tortola. The cruise passengers are dropped right off into a miniature town in which cars are banned. Odd reminder that many Americans love walkable neighborhoods but think of them as a vacation thing
In other news: the draft FLUM is embarrassing. @opindc.bsky.social wants rents to be even higher & displacement to get even worse. they want our art scene to be off-duty consultants at a cocktail hour Presented by Mayor Muriel Bowser. Revive DC Punk--abolish parking minimums & allow 6plexes anywhere
Greater Greater Washington@ggwash.org · 5mo agoIf the draft FLUM doesn’t improve, at least different electeds will be in power next year.
all 4 of you who follow this account: I'm giving a walking tour of Lanier Heights w/ @dcyimbys.bsky.social in April. Join us! There'll be lemonade and maybe a prize or two: actionnetwork.org/events/dc-yi...
in @ggwash.org: DC's traffic camera program is way better than the alternative: cops writing speeding tickets research from @transportist.org among others (shout out to @tjl.bsky.social, who responded w/ thoughts & papers after i published a piece on this topic in 2024) 1/2
Greater Greater Washington@ggwash.org · 7mo agoCongressional Republicans are floating axing DC’s traffic camera program. Everyone, including MPD, would hate this.
gr8 research by @pewtrusts.org (@alexhrwtz.bsky.social + Seva Rodnyansky), Bethel Cole-Smith + Daniel Muhammad, @evan-mast.bsky.social, Limin Fang + Emi Kim + @justintyndall.bsky.social Building housing ⬇️housing costs 4 people across the income spectrum (ty @tinysnekcomics.bsky.social 4 the comic)
Greater Greater Washington@ggwash.org · 7mo agoTwo research papers explain why more housing is good for you, even if you won’t be living in it.
Actual research and reporting from @peterodrigue.bsky.social, and a rant from me, about the likely end of the District's streateries, which is closely related to the fact that it is basically impossible to close a street to cars here: ggwash.org/view/101524/...
Adams Morgan’s streateries are overwhelmingly popular. Forthcoming requirements put them and others at risk of vanishing
Pete’s on-the-street interviews find that streateries on 18th Street NW, which the District paid for but is, nonetheless, about to dismantle, are overwhelmingly popular. Alex ruminates on the connecti...
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The District Department of Transportation has released concepts for the Columbia Heights crosstown bus priority project. Riders and residents should weigh in before December 5.
Comments now open on DDOT’s Columbia Heights crosstown bus priority project
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in @ggwash.org, Nora Brown (planning student at VaTech), my mom (landscape architect), and I imagined what Lanier Heights could look like in the future. Thanks to @imagineterrain.bsky.social & @dchistorycenter.bsky.social for sharing some neat neighborhood history. ggwash.org/view/100140/...
How Lanier Heights could glow up
With a little imagination and ambition, we can build a greener, safer, and more welcoming Lanier Heights.
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in @ggwash.org Deep dive on the history of my neighborhood, the choices some (predominantly wealthier) residents made to curtail new housing construction, and the way those choices have shaped Northwest DC. (Ty @imagineterrain.bsky.social for adding addt'l local history) ggwash.org/view/99768/h...
How, in 2016, we got less of Lanier Heights
While the District’s population went up by 15% between 2010 and 2020, Lanier Heights’ population increased only 3%. A downzoning is a big part of the reason the neighborhood hasn’t grown.
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While the District’s population went up by 15% between 2010 and 2020, Lanier Heights’ population increased only 3%. A downzoning is a big part of the reason the neighborhood hasn't grown.
How, in 2016, we got less of Lanier Heights
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Adams Morgan was great. Thanks to new bus and bike lanes, it's even greater.
Per early data, Columbia Road bus priority project slaps
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Columbia Rd Bikeshare stations seeing a 49% increase in ridership compared to they system's overall 35% increase is so validating. Columbia used to be so sketchy but the new bike lanes are a game changer for cross-town trips and heavy usage reflects this.
Greater Greater Washington@ggwash.org · last yr.Bikeshare Beat: CaBi's recorded 40 straight months of year-over-year monthly ridership growth. Some of that growth is thanks to new bike lanes: through April 2025, the 5 stations along Columbia Rd recorded a 49% increase in ridership compared to 2024.
