A whole lot of Seattle council members are convinced you can’t build on hills. Maybe they should walk around Capitol Hill or Queen Anne sometime.

Guys please come to the comp plan hearing Friday, I’m begging you besties

I was going to post about how amazing it was that I can now ride from Beacon Hill to South Park to Georgetown to downtown almost entirely in PBLs. But instead I’ll post this picture of a guy who smashed into the bike lane seconds after I rolled through:

For some reason @seattledot.bsky.social has geofenced the streets of Yesler Terrace so bike share bikes lose most power just as you hit the hills. Meanwhile the cars are all going 25+. I with SDoT didn’t see bikes as a bigger threat than cars.

Another great parking job by @seattledot.bsky.social, blocking the entire sidewalk next to the light rail station. It’s telling about their priorities.

Overheard on Beacon Hill: “You can’t drive downtown anymore because of all the bike lanes!” and “Bike lanes make it more dangerous for bikers.” Of course said by someone who probably hasn’t rode a bike since they were 7.

We have no trees on our property (our backyard is townhouses) but live on a tree lined street (15th Ave S) and it’s wonderful. We have beautiful trees outside our window and a shady front yard. CM Moore doesn’t know what she’s taking about.

Here is the alternative to urban development. Tree activists trying to stop new infill development aren’t just anti-housing, they’re anti-tree.

What @nondriver.bsky.social said a thousand times over. Let's get rid of the "passing lane." Use it for a bike lane, turn it into parking, fill it with rocks. Let's make it harder to speed along a street that is a light rail corridor and that cuts the Rainier Valley in two.

I just heard @markusja.bsky.social giving a great presentation before the Washington Building Code Council on how to make it cheaper and easier to build middle housing. He did the job they seem unable to do despite being told to by @davina425.bsky.social, @jessdbateman.bsky.social, and others.

SDOT recorded cars going up to 70 mph on Rainier. The solution? Paint and post and flashing beacons. I’m sure that will fix the problem…

Klondike Gold Rush National Park center in Pioneer Square is slated to be closed by the Trump Administration. A loss for our city: www.npca.org/articles/707...

@sound-transit.bsky.social I took a stroller into Pioneer Square Station. One elevator is closed with no information about alternate routes, the other was filled with piss and a wet floor sign. If you’re going to tell folks to not take the stairs, get you house in order first.

I sent a comment and so can you!

The Victor Steinbrueck Park closure it a crime against the city. It’s a public space and people should be able to use it. I hope this is getting someone to consider reform of the Historical Commission, because they are clearly out of control. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

We have a monthly meetup on the 20th at Big Time Brewery! www.theurbanist.org/2025/02/11/j...

There is no hope for Seattle if we can’t stop letting cars park in Occidental Square, one of our finest (and only) plazas:

How is Dow Constantine in the running Sound Transit CEO? He is a political hack with no transit system expertise who has spent years adding cost and delay to our much needed rail expansion. The fact he is in the running proves how unserious the ST board is. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Ann Davis has another challenger for the city attorney position: www.voterouse.com?fbclid=IwZXh...

I think of this every time I see a flexpost that has clearly been run over many times. SDOT thinks the paint on a car is more important that a biker's life. That or they just prefer that delivery vehicles park in bike lanes.

If @adamsmith.house.gov is meeting with Chris Rufo he’s lost my vote forever.

You wanna speak up for more housing in Seattle? Tomorrow is a big opportunity to tell the city to welcome new folks and let more homes be built: oneseattleforall.org/events/

The urbanists may have a publication (@theurbanist.org with all of 3 paid staff), but the NIMBYs have the Seattle Times!

The Seattle Paradox: we are blessed with enlightened voter who will tax them selves to pay for big projects, and cursed by small minded leaders who squander every opportunity they are given to do great things. See also social housing.

What Seattle’s mayor means when he says “Space Needle Thinking”:

overwhelmed by disappointing leaders & reactionary neighbors? experiencing existential dread? come hang out tomorrow! let's talk about what we can do together to try and steer us to a more livable future. casual & friendly - all are welcome. we'll be upstairs 💞 www.meetup.com/west-seattle...

Seattle is being run by the most uninspired people. They are going to doom us to years more of high housing inflation.

If blue states can’t figure out how to grow their housing supply and economy then democrats better figure out how to flip some states. If neither of those happen we can look forward to republican control of the presidency for a long time.

Seattle people be sure to get your pro-more neighbors comments in about the comp plan! The NIMBYs are organizing:

While Seattle has been moving backward on its streetcar connector, Portland had been moving forward on an extension: www.kgw.com/article/news...

If you all appreciate the work that The Urbanist does and the positive effect they have had on our region as bet the years then please join us for our 10 year anniversary celebration and fundraiser: www.theurbanist.org/2024/10/29/j...

Help grow a small but mightly news organization! This could be you or your friend or your random LinkedIn connection!

Welcome @urbanistorg.bsky.social to Bluesky as an active user! Anyone interested is Seattle/Puget Sound urbanism should follow them.

Today’s One Seattle drop is proof of the need for state level reform and for a TOD bill. The big changes in Seattle are due to state laws, not local initiative. We are a city that can’t think big, we need someone else to make us. one-seattle-plan-zoning-implementation-seattlecitygis.hub.arcgis.com

OPCD’s Seattle Downtown survey is such a collections of false choices. Should we prioritize bathrooms or art? How about a mix of housing or affordable housing? Very little about reducing car impacts. Nothing about reviving retail. You can waste your time as well: www.surveymonkey.com/r/WVVSY33?ut...

SDOT can’t continue the S. Alaska St protected bike lane all the way to MLK (the most dangerous part), but has space for a second W. bound lane that only goes a few hundred feet? I pass this everyday dropping off my kid and it makes me mad every time. It’s like they aren’t trying to keep us safe.

The Beacon Hill bike lane keeps creeping south on 15th. I think this is going to be a game changer of a project for us southsiders!

everyone says design review is a program that assures high quality buildings, but here we have 2 buildings, 1 that went through it and 1 that didn’t. can you guess which one did? the one that did added 8 months and six figures to the cost.

So happy to be supporting @AlexforSeattle for Seattle council district 3. She has the experience and values that Seattle needs to take on its biggest issues. She has my support and democracy vouchers!