Checked out the CV Link on this trip to Palm Springs. A smart reuse of existing infrastructure that creates a safe, continuous route for walking, biking, and even golf carts across the Coachella Valley. Comfortable walk and clear wayfinding throughout.

Waking up to sunshine, a pool, and warm desert air does, in fact, make you happier. Slow mornings. Blue skies. Nowhere urgent to be. Good morning from Palm Springs. 🌴☀️

The $5.6+ billion light rail line between South Kirkland and Issaquah is planned to open by 2044 but could see delays. Newly elected Mayor Mark Mullet wants the project to serve as an example of how to get creative in response to funding shortfalls. Story: www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/11/i...

The Seahawks Superbowl victory parade has taken over 4th Avenue and neighboring streets downtown. Upwards of a million expected. Pedestrianization on a massive scale. 🙌

Lots to love this Saturday 🚆 Link is leveling up: twice the frequency and two lines running between Lynnwood and Chinatown–International District. That means trains every ~4 minutes through the core. www.soundtransit.org/blog/platfor...

The city is estimating between 750,000 and one million will attend Wednesday parade

The Seahawks' parade will be Wednesday, per city spokesperson. Details to come in the morning.

Insightful piece from @davidzipper.bsky.social: “If AVs are 20% safer than human drivers and expand total driving by 30%, total crashes would increase by 4%” I think the jury is still out on how AVs are going to affect systemwide goals like Vision Zero.

NEW // Join Us for February Urbanist Socials and Waterways Presentation March 3rd By Diego Batres, events director at @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/08/j...

"They bought or inherited aging apartment buildings, hoping to bring home a little extra cash" ... bought, or inherited, whole ass apartment buildings

Amazon not done experimenting in Seattle, of course myballard.com/2025/12/05/f...

Mt. Tahoma (aka Mt. Rainier) was out this AM. 🌄 Even as a Seattle-area local, I never get tired of seeing her dominate the horizon. On clear days she’s a reminder of the beauty and scale of this place we live in, and of how lucky we are to be able to see this view not far from the city.

The SEA vs. Sea-Tac debate misses something big: Tacoma. Tacoma helped pay for the airport’s construction & people fly into Sea-Tac not just for Seattle, but for the entire Puget Sound—Tacoma, Mt. Rainier, the Eastside, & beyond. www.thetravel.com/seattle-airp...

The tech nonchalance of the announcement is notable. No acknowledgement of what the loss of the physical grocery store experience might mean or what impact these closures have in neighborhoods -- "Prioritizing our investments..." www.capitolhillseattle.com/2026/01/the-...

Amazon is closing all its Fresh and Go stores. I loved the novelty of the concept, but honestly, the stores never had the kind of soul or identity that makes you want to come back— like Trader Joe’s or PCC in the Seattle area. www.geekwire.com/2026/amazon-...

Normalize letting your friends take transit to and from the airport. 🚆💙 Airport pickups by car aren’t a love language—they’re a symptom of car dependency. Real love is cities that make getting to the airport easy without driving.

Had way too much fun riding autonomous taxis in SF—almost as much fun as the trains… almost. 😄 Feels like the future. Driving in dense cities is a task we can (and probably should) move away from humans and hand to robots.

The funniest thing that could happen under a Mayor Katie Wilson is the Seahawks winning the Super Bowl, the World Cup being successful and the Sonics returning

It’s finally happening. Cross-Lake Connection. The 2 Line meets the 1 Line on March 28. 🚆✨ More frequency. More reliability. One connected system across Lake Washington. www.soundtransit.org/crosslake

Say hello to a truly connected region on March 28! The Crosslake Connection is opening two new stations and a world of new possibilities for the Eastside, Seattle and beyond. 🚊✨   Explore this highly anticipated new connection and get ready to ride! 🎉 www.soundtransit.org/crosslake

Want this for Link too. Fare gates and tap-to-pay with credit cards would make the system feel more secure and more seamless. Being able to just tap a card and go matters. Begging you, ORCA. Seattle needed this yesterday. 🚆💳

SF for a long weekend. Let’s go!! 🙌🏾

New signage at Sea-Tac? 👀 The underground subway signs got an upgrade. Way easier to navigate the driverless train system now—clearer, simpler, less guesswork.

Seattle’s next significant engineering milestone is almost complete. The 2 Line Crosslake Connection will finally give the region two interconnected light rail lines, better linking Seattle and the Eastside. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Leadership built as a “boys club” or a “girls squad” misses the point. Gender diversity improves decision-making by reducing blind spots and balancing strengths. No single gender has all the answers; pretending otherwise leads to bad calls.

Ready for a Seattle break. Headed to SF tomorrow night for a long weekend. Excited for BART rides and exploring sights and adventures around the city.

Seattle’s economy right now? A bit rough. Tech layoffs have hit the region hard, pushing unemployment above 5%. Tough moment for a city that’s ridden a strong tech wave for the past decade.

Impromptu visit to the Frye Museum on First Hill this past Saturday 🎨 Small, local, and always free. Loved the European-style exhibit and the chance to slow down in the middle of the city hustle. #SeattleArt #HiddenGems

There had been a lot of lobbying of Mayor Wilson by affordable housing folks over Office of Housing leadership. The "fire Maiko Winkler-Chin" voices have won. She's one of a number of department changes Wilson just announced.

The First Hill Streetcar isn’t a Link stop, but it’s been doing real work for First Hill, Yesler, & Little Saigon for 10 yrs. If we’re serious about transit, we should give it priority and connect it to the South Lake Union Streetcar. That’s how you turn “okay” infrastructure into something great.

One of the best pieces of advice I got early in my career: say no to acronyms when branding. Acronyms create confusion & often signal that the name you’ve chosen isn’t strong enough to stand on its own. If your brand can’t earn meaning on its own terms, odds are the audience won’t either.

My three main projects this year are: 1. McClure School Street and "School Streets 3.0" 2. Crockett Plaza and "a pedestrian plaza in the heart of every neighborhood" 3. Shared Streets enabling legislation and rollout

MLK Day rally marching down Union. Happy to see so many neighbors out celebrating and keeping the dream alive in Seattle.

The Port of Seattle often feels out of touch with the people it’s meant to serve. When it comes to a public institution like Seattle-Tacoma Airport, building community buy-in matters. Engagement works better than chastising the public for how they speak. www.paddleyourownkanoo.com/2026/01/15/s...

A sign of things to come? 👀 Are we finally moving away from calling our light rail “Link Light Rail” (a total mouthful) and toward Link… or just the train once interlining starts? New signage is giving me hope as we approach — gasp — two connected train lines later this year.

Sunset views from the Overlook Walk to sail into the holiday weekend. Still one of my favorite places to unwind after a short but sunny winter day.

Join us tomorrow (Saturday January 17) from 4:00-5:30 pm and share your thoughts on what we can support to make SE Seattle safer for people to walk, bike, roll, drive, & take public transit!

Transit riders have been forced to sit through traffic on Seattle’s slowest and least reliable bus for decades. Finally we have a mayor willing to prioritize mobility and the climate to improve our transit system and give Seattleites the freedom of mobility they deserve. Roll out the red carpet!

Not sure if this makes me a bad person, but I automatically unsubscribe from every political text I receive. I really don’t like that political campaigns are exempt from spam laws and can message people without explicit consent. It’s frustrating, invasive, and counterproductive.

Having some tough conversations with fellow Seattleites lately. It’s a blind spot, but it is possible to hold progressive values & still practice racism at the same time. Good intentions don’t cancel harmful behavior. Don’t get stuck in the blind spot.

Didn’t expect King County Executive Girmay Zahilay to emerge as a champion of RTO for county employees. He’s taking a balanced approach that clearly centers service to county residents over employee preference or work-style comfort. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Yikes — Seattle’s social housing developer is facing leadership challenges, raising real questions about vision & execution. Hoping the new interim CEO can stabilize the ship & keep efforts to build social housing moving forward instead of letting momentum sink. 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 congratulations to the amazing community volunteers and advocates @sngreenways.bsky.social and @fixthel8.bsky.social who paved the way for this change. I'm so proud of you. And thank you Mayor Wilson! #Seattle

Promises delivered — fixes coming to Denny for the L8 from the Wilson Administration. 🚌✨ Let’s get our buses out of traffic and make transit more reliable for riders. Full Executive Order: wilson.seattle.gov/wp-content/u...

Promises delivered — fixes coming to Denny for the L8 from the Wilson Administration. 🚌✨ Let’s get our buses out of traffic and make transit more reliable for riders. wilson.seattle.gov/wp-content/u...

Smart glasses still have a ways to go. With limited battery life and functionality, the reality of leaving your phone at home for a wearable is still out of reach. Phones are still required for everyday life. www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...

I love seeing little improvements like this little bulb for reducing the turn radius pop up overnight. Thanks SDOT! This makes the bike lane substantially safer by turning cars to be perpendicular to people on bikes as they turn.

The world has a trade imbalance — and relying on one country as the “world’s factory” isn’t sustainable long term. The disruptions of the early 2020s showed us exactly why diversification in manufacturing and supply chains matters. How do we get there? apnews.com/article/chin...

Don’t mourn the loss of Ross. Better things to come. Seattle needs to focus on *getting new construction back up & running*. Third Ave is a prime candidate for a more walkable, dense, transit-connected downtown. www.connectcre.com/stories/21-s...