BeyondDC
@beyonddc
Urbanism & transportation, WashDC. Planner, professor, longtime GGWash. Trying for joy rather than doom & dunks; not always succeeding.
This #PurpleLineMD flyover video has some of the best views of Silver Spring I've ever seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8ST...
Found the king of ye olde strippe malls in Herndon. maps.app.goo.gl/nWccY5by4g6Q...
Feds fund 4th track at L'Enfant VRE station, ensuring continuous 4-tracks along the whole Capitol Hill to Eisenhower Valley rail bottleneck www.bizjournals.com/washington/n...
Cute homage to Sharon Bulova at the Lorton Workhouse Arts Center. Bulova was on the Fairfax Co Board of Supervisors for 31 years, and chair for ten. She retired in 2019 having never lost an election.
Did you know there's already an arch between Arlington & DC? Behold the McClellan Gate, original entry to Arlington Cemetery en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McClell...
It's more of an event venue than DC envisions for the 11th Street Bridge Park: buildingbridgesdc.org
Kansas City beat DC to the punch on the "entertainment bridge" idea. Behold KC's Rock Island Bridge: rockislandkc.com
Branson is a theme park for suburbia the way Main Street Disney is a theme park for small town USA.
Want to buy a @DCStreetcar? Could be yours for $35,000 via this link: www.govdeals.com/en/search?kW...
This person rode only regional rail & local buses from DC to Boston. Took them 22 hours and cost $110. old.reddit.com/r/transit/co...
"Oh are we experimenting with a new all brown livery? Lemme snap a pic!" Chat, it just needs a wash.
Early Long Bridge plans circa 2013 included streetcar tracks explicitly to connect the DC & Arlington networks
People are getting their last #DCStreetcar rides in. Overhearing a lot of wistful sighs. One woman going on about being sad. Closes tomorrow.
One of the lesser-discussed things about @DCStreetcar is how the median lanes on Benning Road work a lot better than the parking-adjacent ones on H Street, even though they're still mixed-traffic.
Riding @varailexpress.bsky.social, checking out the Long Bridge construction barges
Vote to name Colorado's future Front Range passenger rail system: www.ridethefrontrange.com/namethetrain
Classic skyline views are rare in the DC area, but such a pleasant surprise when you find one. Here's Rockville from the Edmonston Drive bridge: