Arthur David Olson

@dashdashado.bsky.social

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ADO about nothing much. Wan, testy, and reedy. Takoma Park, MD, USA. Here it's (mostly) dull live streams of city council meetings and twice-yearly checks of infrastructure matters. For just the less-dull stuff, see @dashdashado@wandering.shop.

Text in the form of a workplace safety sign: "Takoma Park Council has gone 0 days without restricting comments."
Outdoor black-on-white sign including the text "Woman's Club of Chevy Chase." There's an apostrophe in "Woman's."
Outside the Chevy Chase, Maryland, fire house, a roadside electronic message board. During the course of the video, eight different messages are shown, three of which are animated.
Closeup of a black-on-white rectangular sign with the text "Library Parking Only. Violators will be towed away."
On platform of Metrorail's Silver Spring Station, a working overhead electronic display.
Text in the form of a workplace safety sign: #TakomaPark Council has gone 0 days without restricting comments.
Scatter graph with a horizontal axis labeled 1 through 8 and a vertical axis labeled 0 through 6. There's a marker at 2 above 1, a marker at 6 above 8, and 6 markers at 1 above the numbers from 2 to 7.
In Wheaton, Maryland, view east along University Boulevard west of Amherst. In foreground, downed "right turn only" signage. Image from July 26, 2024.
A bus stop sign including the text "Ride On," "STOP ID NO. 29192," and "51 ICC P&R." There is no indication that Route 51 is a weekday-only route.
On the upper platform of Metrorail's Silver Spring Station, a poster headed "System Map." On the right-hand third of the poster, a MetroPulse blurb.
At Metrorail's Glemont Station in Maryland, literature holders on one side of the attendant booth. None hold survey feedback solicitations.
View along platform of Metrorail's Glenmont Station in Maryland. There are side-by-side overhead electronic displays for the two tracks. Both displays include the text "RED LINE FRIENDSHIP HGTS LEAVING 5 MINUTES."
Closeup of a button labeled "press button for bus arrivals audio." The button is pressed. Then pan to a two-line overhead electronic display inside a bus stop shelter with the text "M44 N Bethesda 26." Display then changes to show the two lines "M20 Silver Spring 8, 28" and "M42 N Bethesda 10, 39." Then pan to the overhead label "Judson Road" on the shelter. Finally, pan to a Metrobus bus stop sign numbered 2000696. The audio below is heard during the course of the video; "Bethesda" is pronounced with a long E at the start. Route M twenty to Silver Spring, first bus arriving in seven minutes, second bus arriving in twenty-nine minutes. Ruta M veinte, destino Silver Spring, primer autobus llegan siete minutos, segundo autobus llegan en veinte y nueve minutos. Route M forty two to North Bethesda, first bus arriving in ten minutes, second bus arriving in thirty-nine minutes.
Closeup of a roadside electronic display. Header text: "July 21 12:01 pm." Footer text: "Georgia av+Blueridge Av 2000542." There are three entries for bus arrival times.
At the end of an underground platform at Metrorail's Glenmont Station, a metal cabinet with a sign pasted across its doors and another in the upper-right-hand corner.
At Metrorail's Wheaton Station, white-on-brown overhead signage on a concrete wall, including an arrow pointing to the left by the text "Parking, Buses." Image from July 21, 2026.
Wide view of entrance to Metrorail's Wheaton Station. No station area map is visible.
At Metrorail's Wheaton Station, two sides of the attendant booth. Plastic literature holders are visible; all are empty.
Inside Metrorail's Wheaton Station in Maryland, a rack of Ride On bus schedules. Only schedules for routes 4, 8, 9, 37, and 40 are visible.
Outside Metrorail's Wheaton Station, wide view of bus bay G. Inside a shelter, a black shoe extends through where a back panel would go.
Inside a Metrorail station, a poster headed "Wheaton: Looking for a Bus?"
At a Metrorail station, a two-panel backlit display headed "Information." Left-hand poster is headed "Station Area Map Glenmont."
On the attendant booth at Metrorail's Wheaton Station, a running, landscape-orientation overhead electronic display.
At Metrorail's Wheaton Station, side-by-side eye-level portrait-orientation electronic displays. No popup windows are visible.
Outside Metrorail's Wheaton Station in Maryland, wide view of bus bay P. Just beyond the shelter, a sign pole.
Outside Metrorail's Wheaton Station, wide view of top of a bus stop shelter. A working overhead real-time ddisplay is visible. At left, a Ride On bus stop sign numbered 15414.
Smart phone Scrabble game with the tiles H, E, P, blank, A, T, and S on the player's rack.
Outside Metrorail's Glenmont Station, wide view of bus bay G. An intact bus shelter with an empty poster frame is visible.
In Glenmont, Maryland, a roadside electronic message board with the text "Spanish Service Saturday 6:00 PM."
Inside Metrorail's Forest Glen Station, an information display with two side-by-side backlit panels. Left-hand panel is headed "Station Area Map Forest Glen."
An overhead sign headed "The following are strictly prohibited in the Metrorail system."
View north along Georgia Avenue of an overhead white-on-green street name sign including the text "Olney-Laytonsville RD" and the number 3400 to the right of a right angle bracket.
Roadside sign pole holding, from top, a yellow rectangle, a black-on-white sign with the word "new," and an black-on-white sign with the text "speed limit 35." In background, Silver Spring Assembly Building.
In Maryland on Georgia Avenue north of Aspen Hill Road, a sign pole with, from top: an orange rectangle; a black-on-white sign with the word "new;" a black-on-white sign with the text "speed limit 35;" and a black-on-white sign with the text "photo enforced."
In Forest Glen, Maryland, view north along east side of Georgia Avenue north of Forest Glen Road. In foreground, a sign pole with two stacked signs; top sign includes the text "Keep Maryland beautiful;" bottom sign has the text "$1,000 FINE."
In Forest Glen, Maryland, view north along west side of Georgia Avenue south of Tilton Drive. In foreground, an empty white metal sign pole by an empty concrete pad.
Outside a Metrorail station in Maryland, a bus stop shelter labeled "Forest Glen." At the back of the shelter, an empty poster frame.
One side of attendant booth at Metrorail's Forest Glen Station. Literature holders are visible; two hold Ride On schedules for routes 7 and 8; the others are empty.
Wide view of entrance to Metrorail's Forest Glen Station. No station area map is visible.
Wide view of exit from Metrorail's Forest Glen Station. A lone Exitfare machine is visible.
At Metrorail's Glenmont Station in Maryland, a panic-bar-equipped door labeled "Area of Rescue Assistance." To the right of the door, a white-on-red sign with the text "area of refuge."
Closeup of stacked bus stop signs. Top sign is a Metrobus bus stop sign numbered 2000734; it includes a "M20 metrobus Silver Spring" entry with no weekday qualifier.
At Metrorail's Forest Glen Station in Maryland, on the platform for trains to Glenmont, a blank overhead electronic display.
View along platform of Metrorail's Glenmont Station. In foreground, a pair of "next train" signs for the two tracks. In background, a pair of overhead electronic arrival time displays for the two tracks.
At Metrorail's Glenmont Station, a sign pole topped by three Metrobus signs. There is no "Bus Bay D" sign. At eye level, an electronic display including the footer text "Glenmont+Bay D."
Outside Metrorail's Glenmont Station, a sign pole including a sign with the text "Bus Bay E." At eye level, an empty mount for an electronic display.
Closeup of a roadside electronic display with a button labeled "press button for bus arrivals audio." The button is pressed twice; no arrivals audio is heard. To the right of the display, a dangling sign with the text "Bus Bay C."
Closeup of a button labeled "press button for bus arrivals audio." The button is pressed; no arrivals audio is audible. Then pan up and left to a working overhead electronic display. Then pan around to bus stop signs, one a Metrobus sign numbered 2000985.
Closeup of two stacked bus stop signs. On top: a Metrobus sign numbered 2000734 and 28288 with entries for Ride On Route 41, Metrobus Route M20, and Metrobus Route M22. On bottom: a Ride On sign numbered 28288 with entries for Ride On routes 33, 41, and 51.
Inside a Metrorail station, a two-panel backlit display headed "Information." Left-hand panel holds a psoter headed "Station Area Map Forest Glen."
Closeup of a poster headed "Bus Information From Glenmont Station Bus Bay B."
At Metrorail's Glemont Station in Maryland, literature holders on one side of the attendant booth. None hold Metrobus schedules; one holds an item titled "Your Guide To Metro."
On the outside of a Metrobus, an ad including the text "Injured? Call Malloy. I'll Make 'em Pay!" There is no phone number.
In Montgomery County, Maryland, view along Spartan Road of site of a removed bus stop. No bus stop sign pole is visible.
Wide view of a bus stop with a Metrobus sign numbered 2005510. No Ride On teal-time display is visible.
Screen shot from a Nokia Android 15 phone, including the text "Emergency number" and "Can't call 988. Only emergency services or personal emergency contacts can be called."
A phone lock screen including the text "Your PIN contains at least 4 digits," a number pad, and a grayed "OK" button.
Closeup of an overhead rail arrival display. No arrivals are shown.
Closeup of a pedestrian call button. The button is pressed twice; the LED indicator for the button remains off. Then pan around to the intersection of Wayne Avenue and Colesville Road in Silver Spring, Maryland.
At Metrorail's Hyattsville Station, advertising sign including the text "Sovren," "Settle into Comfort at Sovern," and "livesovren.com."