Glad you managed to figure out the complex logistics of placing cops on a street corner. Now that we’ve gotten that far, to your second point, don’t you think it’s worth trying first and crossing your hypothetical bridge when we hypothetically get to it?

I saw an SUV today completely coated in pink petals and it made me laugh.

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National book festival is great. Authors of all types and celebrities, free

From the open of the show, it seems to have more of a Sesame-Street-soundstage feel to it.

Pretty unique building in my opinion. Would like to see it preserved

Ah, okay. So I put 5 cops there around the clock. They're on overtime right? And that's going to be forced overtime I'm thinking. Otherwise I'm taking 5 cars out of service a shift.

You are right that this is will stop the shootings on the southwest corner of 14th and V. But what happens when they move to 14th and W. Do I hold V St and add four cops up there? Or do I move them?

I like the way it looks

Oh very pretty. Great photo.

It’s just in a place where everyone is so mild I love when someone chooses chaos.

And if it tastes like cherries, it's not cherry blossom, for those taste more floral and, well, not like cherries. You could probably just grab a jar of maraschino cherries and use the syrup

Same, I've been trying to go since last weekend but the weather has other ideas

Personally I’d of sacrificed the monument for the flowers. But it’s not like one choice is better than the other. My tone in the original comment was a little bit judge unintentionally.

No, that’s a good point. This is probably a phone. I get tricked these days.

Incredible shot! I love the colors

Per federal guidelines, the lifespan of a city bus is 18 years.

It's one of the reasons that blanket policies requiring the use of a specific thing are generally bad. Often times, it's better to just have seperate systems to fill individual niches than it is to try to stretch one system to do 20 things.

MetroRail is a prime example of that. It's a system that is trying to be 3 things at once and doesn't do a stellar job at doing any of them individually. It wants to be suburban commuter rail shuttling workers in and out of the city with a focus on peak rush hour service. It wants to be a rapid transit system for the urban core. And it wants to be regional rail servings things that are really too far for subway style cars and seating like Dulles airport. It accomplishes all three but to a mediocre level.

Battery EV busses, and vehicles in general, are the same thing. They serve a niche and have their place where they win, but there are roles where Diesel or Trolley busses may be a better solution.

No, I live here. I don’t know much about that I should look into it

haha!

Is it an investment property? Houses getting the homestead deduction are capped at 10% a year for property tax increases.

That’s what keeps me coming back.

Thank you for the well-detailed + informed response.

I've often wondered if trolleybuses could be utilized here to speed up the transition, but obviously, trolleybuses have numerous disadvantages...aesthetics, difficult to reroute, etc.

Wow, didn't know you were the arbiter of the kind of help people could ask for here. Great to know!

If it makes you want to "blow your brains out" that someone new to the city or a career here has questions, you can always unsubscribe and avoid that!

Woah

I've done some side consulting work on the public policy side of things. $100-150/HR.