Journalist/photojournalist, urbanist, infrastructure geek, cyclist, pedestrian and driver. Hope. #VisionZeroDC #BikeDC
Joined September 2010
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Tim Sloan retweeted
Bethesda Purple Line station has catenary wire installed! This station will be super convenient for getting to Bethesda row and offices on the south side of Bethesda.
ALT View towards Bethesda Purple Line station.
ALT View of the end of Bethesda Purple Line station facing Woodmont Ave and Bethesda row.
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If I were ever abducted by Aliens, the first thing I’d ask is whether they came from a planet where people also deny science.
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It was a 1970's family room on rails! Loved it then and love it now! #RetroMetro #WMATA #DCMetro #Metro50 #VintageTransit #Rohr1000
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Jun 10
parkplanning.nps.gov/comment…
Please submit your public comments on whether you are for or against the 250-foot-tall “Arc-du-Trump” being built in DC.
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Jun 10
This is not Las Vegas. I’m looking south on Connecticut Avenue in DuPont Circle and those lights are coming from the White House. #NationalEmbarrassment
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Tim Sloan retweeted
The American Cathedrals of Transit.
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Jun 7
Road has a built in DUI test now; SLOW down everyone! #BikDC #RockCreekPark
Piney Branch Parkway reopens Monday. 🙌
Following a 27-day closure, this key cross-town connection will reopen early Monday morning, restoring access for commuters while allowing construction on the Piney Branch Tunnel Project to move forward.
Details▶️: dcwater.com/about-dc-water/m…
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Jun 5
The first @PurpleLineMD train in Montgomery County is now parked just east of the Lyttonsville Station to begin testing from the Bethesda terminus to Stewart Avenue. #BikeDC #PurpleLineMD #purplelineprogress #LightRail @WABADC @purplelinenow
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The first @PurpleLineMD train in Montgomery County is now parked just east of the Lyttonsville Station to begin testing adjacent the unpaved Capital Crescent Trail (Right). #CCT #BikeDC #RockCreekPark #PurpleLineMD #purplelineprogress #LightRail #BikeTrails @WABADC @purplelinenow
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Jun 4
This is the second vehicle intrusion on to @PurpleLineMD tracks by my count; clearly bad drivers in both cases. x.com/301xavierdgd/status/20…
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#BikeDC Wow they pulled the train all the way to the west end of the line.
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Purple Line crews will begin Live Wire testing of light rail tracks and systems with a Light Rail Vehicle (LRV) between the Lyttonsville Operations and Maintenance Facility and Bethesda Station.
For more information, visit here: ow.ly/fHUL50Z7KZM.
ALT Modern purple and white light rail train stationed at a well-lit platform during nighttime.
ALT Nighttime scene of a light rail train entering a tunnel under construction with workers and orange safety barrels nearby.
ALT Modern light rail vehicle stopped at an urban intersection at night with illuminated buildings in the background.
ALT Nighttime scene of a light rail station with a purple train stopped and workers in safety vests managing traffic and construction barriers.
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The public spaces surrounding are Democratic institutions are being betrayed by sustained political violence and it is changing the story Washington tells the world. #Security #PublicSpaces #WhiteHouse dnyuz.com/2026/06/01/the-whi…
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Before and after satellite images of @PurpleLineMD Jones Bridge Rd tunnel and Rock Creek crossing; (1) April 2015, (2) April 2018 and (3) March 2026. #CCT #BikeDC #RockCreekPark #PurpleLineMD #purplelineprogress #LightRail #BikeTrails @WABADC @purplelinenow
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The public spaces surrounding are Democratic institutions are being betrayed by sustained political violence and it is changing the story Washington tells the world. #Security #PublicSpaces #WhiteHouse
dnyuz.com/2026/06/01/the-whi…
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May 30
🚧Metropolitan Branch Trail Update🚧
MDCOT's Division of Transportation Engineering contractors installed fencing and water barriers, constructed a concrete footer, and curb, gutter, and sidewalk work was finished near Philadelphia Ave.
▶️ ow.ly/MoNY50Z5iZ6 @MontgomeryCoMD
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Tim Sloan retweeted
May 28
Our once revered White House grounds. May 2026.
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May 26
⚠️🟣🚆NEW🚆🟣⚠️
In June 2026, @PurpleLineMD crews will begin 'Live Wire' testing of light rail tracks & systems with a Light Rail Vehicle between the Lyttonsville Operations & Maintenance Facility & #BethesdaMD Station
▶️ ow.ly/4p0C50Z3arp @MontgomeryCoMD @MoCoCouncilMD
ALT Map showing Purple Line route from Bethesda Station to Lyttonsville Operations with highlighted nighttime testing areas and key roads.
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May 26
The @PurpleLineMD is designed to run roughly 90% of its 16.2-mile route in its own dedicated ROW with 52 grade crossings. It will also be running the longest Light rail vehicle in the US at 142 feet long in mixed traffic for 1.4 miles on Wayne Avenue. #LightRailSafety #BikeDC
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