… is from behind the windshield of a Cadillac. At least, that’s what Cadillac thinks.

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In DC’s most walkable neighborhood, Cadillac was offering to donate $25 to the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association’s Student Project for every attendee who took a test drive around the neighborhood in a Cadillac.

They could get a quick glimpse of some of Dupont’s historic rowhouses while keeping their eyes on the road to avoid hitting pedestrians or bicyclists, or see a a few neighborhood business establishments while weaving in and out of traffic-choked lanes of Dupont Circle. And they could do it all while saving the planet in the 18- to 20-mpg Cadillac Escalade Hybrid, which does a whopping 1 MPG worse in city driving than a regular, non-hybrid Toyota RAV4 SUV.

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David Alpert created Greater Greater Washington in 2008 and was its executive director until 2020. He formerly worked in tech and has lived in the Boston, San Francisco Bay, and New York metro areas in addition to Washington, DC. He lives with his wife and two children in Dupont Circle.