Erin Palmer's son playing TranspoBINGO on the Metrobus. Image by Erin Palmer Erin Palmer’s son playing TranspoBINGO on the Metrobus used with permission.

It’s that time of year again. HandlebarsDC and Erin Palmer are bringing back #TranspoBINGO, a COVID-safe game that encourages active transportation and pushes for improved public transit and infrastructure, for 2021. Take the challenge and bus, Metro, bike, walk or roll your way to #TranspoBINGO.

The game officially kicks off on Feb. 4. During the week, mark as many squares as you can on your bingo card, and be sure to post about your #TranspoBINGO progress on social media.

Tune in to our virtual happy hour on Feb. 3 at 8 pm for the #TranspoBINGO card reveal. We’ll wrap up the challenge with another virtual happy hour on Feb. 11 at 6 pm. with prizes for the winners.

For more information click here. #TranspoBINGO events are co-hosted by the Coalition for Smarter Growth and GGWash.

Wednesday, Feb. 3

Be a part of the conversation on transit equity: Organizers for Transit Equity Day are hosting a virtual community hearing on transit and want testimony from the public from 3-7 pm on Wednesday, Feb. 3, and from 11 am to 3 pm on Thursday, Feb 4. Click here to learn more about this event.

Thursday, Feb. 11

What will the future of retail look like?: Retail has gone through tremendous disruption since the pandemic, impacting how we move, what we buy and how we buy it. The Center for Retail Transformation and the Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship of the George Mason School of Business, and the American Institute of Architects Washington DC is hosting an online webinar to take a look at how “we preserve and rebuild a viable retail industry” in the region. This event will be held from 9 to 4 pm on Feb. 11. Click here to register. Costs for this webinar range from $50 to $110.

Tuesday, February 23

The Taking Nature Black Conference, sponsored by the Audubon Naturalist Society (ANS) and its partners, returns this year with a new theme: “Call and Response: Elevating our Stories, Naturally!” and over 50 speakers lined up to chat about everything from climate change to environmental justice and environmental joy. The event will be from Feb. 23 - Feb. 27. Click here to register. Ticket prices range from $20-$50.

Check out more urbanist events at ggwash.org/calendar. Do you have an event you’d like to see featured in the weekly events post? Submit it here!

Continue the conversation about urbanism in the Washington region and support GGWash’s news and advocacy when you join the GGWash Neighborhood!

Tagged: events

George Kevin Jordan was GGWash's Editor-in-Chief. He is a proud resident of Hillcrest in DC's Ward 7. He was born and raised in Milwaukee and has written for many publications, most recently the AFRO and about HIV/AIDS issues for TheBody.com.