Walk anywhere in Amsterdam and you’ll sense a calm coherence: bricks, curbs, fixtures, benches, bollards and drains that look related. This isn’t accidental. It’s a product of the Puccini Method, the city’s standards—part design language, part playbook—for shaping every street.🧵

@MayorBowser i simply don’t think dc is run very effectively, except for the metro. dc is falling short on efficient delivery of new housing, education, and health care. everything costs too much and it’s bc the city council is incompetent.

According to a proffer of facts submitted at the plea hearing, on the morning of September 15, 2024, the defendant followed Mr. Price into an alley behind 400 50th Street NE. Mr. Price stopped and turned around to face Turrentine, and Turrentine produced a firearm and pointed it

NYPD was busy trying to save cyclists and bust illegal parkers on the New Dangerous Bedford Avenue Bike Lane, but had to stop issuing summonses because they ran out. “A lot of bicyclists are going into the street and getting hit by cars,” the Sgt. said.

Absurdity at its best: Despite all of this law enforcement and the National Guard in DC right now, a @dcfireems fire engine has been babysitting a crash on I-295 at Malcon X for about 90 minutes. And a ladder truck was recently sent to help safely block traffic. Why? Because.

Last night during fare enforcement at Navy Yard station, MTPD stopped a 28-year-old for fraudulent use of a Kids Ride Free card, which is intended for DC students ages 5-21. Misuse of those fare cards is fare evasion and will not be tolerated.

Friends — as you know, I'm both a mom and mayor, raising a delightful 7 year old on my own. This week, I cancelled a scheduled family trip to lead our city's crisis management efforts. I also made the more difficult decision to not disrupt my daughter's camp plans. I needed to.