The lines are getting married!!!

FWIW, I’m probably going to grab a lime!

Telling…

New from me...when SDOT released the 2026 transportation levy delivery plan in late January, the question on my mind was: how can this plan be shaped by a Mayor who wasn't in office to see it put together? Here's my attempt to answer that: www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/09/2...

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS

The Seattle City Council is proposing to scale back the range of construction projects required to get project-level State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) review in a bid to boost homebuilding. The proposal will go to full council on Tuesday, February 10. Story: www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/07/s...

Laughing over here in the PNW where we haven’t had a winter 😭

Awesome news!

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You don’t see this work in most cities. Thanks @seattledot.bsky.social for leading in the USA!

Huge news for @qagggy.bsky.social

🚌 Today is the first time Seattle transit riders can pay the fare with a credit card or smartphone The new feature launches on Rapid Ride G, and will be rolled out across the bus system in the coming weeks 📲 I wish I was in Seattle this week to try it out! 🙋‍♂️ Give it a try & tell me about it here

Epic video

🚨🚨🚨Trolley wire spotted on E Madison St!

Massive 👀

This is so depressing ☹️

This shit in Minneapolis is just so incredibly sad

Epic day for an epic announcement!

Awesome stuff

Get ready — I‑90 light rail connects our region on March 28!

So because we don’t have better public transit and universal health care we must let people drive drunk? What?

Los Angeles is almost certainly the worst governed major blue city in the entire country at this point

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First confirmation today at the Seattle Freight Board that SDOT plans to upgrade the existing paint bike lanes on Elliott and Western Aves in Belltown to protected bike lanes as part of a planned repaving project.

Can "The Late 8" become "The Great 8" ???? 🙌 🚌 🙌 www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/15/k...

If you bike around Belltown, Tuesday's bicycle advisory board meeting will be a good one to watch. www.seattle.gov/seattle-bicy...

today is a big day for people who like buses

ouch!

Mayor Wilson yesterday delayed the removal of an ecampment in Ballard, which is notable. Also notable: The city has removed more than 100 smaller encampments and RVs since Jan. 4. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

We are beyond honored to have joined Mayor Wilson this morning to announce an executive order for bus lanes on Denny Way. We can't wait to finally Fix the L8 and see what she has in store for the next 4 years of Seattle's transit

Huge congrats to @fixthel8.bsky.social and @nicksattele.bsky.social and everyone else who spoke up and asked for better buses!!

Very similar cost to West Seattle Link for six times as many riders.

Major Milestone for the Utility Project that will add a bus lane ;)

Soooooo when will @mayorofseattle.bsky.social make her first policy announcement? Or SDOT initiative?

JPOW literally said

hahahahaha that's funny

This is incredible!!!!!

🚨🚨🚨 Mass Timber 340-Unit Apartment proposed on 3rd and Pike days after @mayorofseattle.bsky.social sworn in!

Hey @seattledot.bsky.social are y’all testing out corner island protectors for the crosswalk and bike lane at Pike and Harvard? 😍

Dionne Foster: "Build the damn trains!"

While not an overnight thing, would be nice to get this shovel ready project done already!

While I do think the entire story is overblown, a return to pre-Covid policy doesn’t seem like the answer either considering outcomes (ever increasing drug overdoses/deaths etc.).

Mike Solan, the high-profile and divisive president of the Seattle Police Officer’s Guild, is no longer seeking reelection, he announced last week. His second term ends next month.

"YOU'LL KNOW WHEN I ANNOUNCE A POLICY CHANGE, BECAUSE I'LL ANNOUNCE A POLICY CHANGE." —Mayor Wilson

More good news: Sales at Pike Place Market were up 7.2% in October! Or to quote the PDA's own words the market has had "exceptional sales performance of our tenants." (pikeplacemarket.community.highbond.com/document/fd1...) 📈 So far every month of the pedestrianization pilot sales have been up!

One day earlier, NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will be sworn into office at the old City Hall subway station 🚇 transit riding renters are taking office in NYC and Seattle 🗳️ 2026 is gonna be the Year of Speeding Up the Bus 🚌

Still sort of surreal we are getting a mayor who *rents an apartment on Capitol Hill*

Great stuff!

I’m hoping that our new Mayor actually brings some Space Needle Thinking and action over the next four years!

What was the Space Needle thinking big item Mayor Harrell got done?