The first 3 stops of the future 3 Line Link Light Rail could finally start construction this year, with opening targeted for 2032. www.king5.com/article/news...

“Having a car should not be a requirement to building a life of one’s choosing.” 🚶 🚴‍♀️ 🚌 🚆 -Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson at the Sound Transit Crosslake Light Rail Opening

Opening Day for the fully connected 2 Line 🚆 Getting to the Eastside by rail is a game-changer. More access to jobs, food, culture—and yes, the mall 😅 Two fully operational high-capacity lines now. Big step toward a real regional system.

Lots of cash getting squeezed out of a very small chokepoint. ft.trib.al/BQ9cmpS

“No ties to the United States” In a globalized world, that phrase feels almost meaningless. Everything is connected. “Ties” just depends on who’s defining them—and why. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/w...

To most people, March 28 is just another day in Seattle. But w/the 2 Line finally connecting the Eastside to Seattle, the region hits a major milestone. Yrs of patience, persistence, & plenty of lawsuits later—we’ve built the foundation of a true regional metro. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Closed the door on my first solo place in Minor this week. Loved the charm, the Pike/Pine energy, and easy access to the G and the 2 (though not the diesel engines at night… bring back the trolley buses).

And just like that, Capitol Hill Station turns 10! The station is one of the most influential and busiest in Seattle’s Link Light Rail Network. www.capitolhillseattle.com/2026/03/happ...

Did a reverse doomscroll this week to shake off an end-of-winter funk (spring, please hurry up). Instead of getting pulled into the noise, I focused on the good. The people, the moments, the memories. It reminded me that even when things feel heavy, there’s still a lot to be grateful for.

Great piece. And a good reminder that “Dems are likelier than Republicans to have proof of citizenship” ≠ “the SAVE Act would backfire on the GOP.” If you believe that you have yet to learn the importance, in the Trump era, of thinking like a scoundrel. www.offmessage.net/p/class-cons...

“Engineers, pilots, air traffic controllers, and ground crews made aviation extraordinarily safe not by polling passengers, but by treating safety as a non-negotiable foundation, and then inviting the public to make choices within that foundation.”

One-sided narratives make it easy to pick a hero & a villain, but the real world is rarely that simple. It’s possible to criticize the use of force & the actions of the powerful while also acknowledging that indirectly causing harm to other people through others is also wrong.

Seeing the Seattle Convention Center and Seattle Center struggling financially is a twist for Seattle’s once booming economy. dispatch.conventioncityseattle.com/dispatch/202...

Trying to take in information slowly this week. Reminding myself that the world is rarely a simple story of good vs evil. States make questionable choices. Others support violence that harms civilians. Reality is messy. Most conflicts live in the grey, whether we like it or not.

1/ Big milestone this week: Seattle Neighborhood Greenways is now @streetsalliance.bsky.social. I joined the organization in 2023 and one of the big projects waiting for me was helping guide this rebrand.

Pombom 🔥

We need stronger tools in Seattle to incentivize property owners to treat renters fairly. When units sit vacant by choice instead of being leased, that decision tightens supply and drives up rents for everyone. In a city facing a housing shortage, holding homes off the market has consequences.

Amazon is shrinking in Seattle and is no longer the city’s #1 employer as head count falls below 50k. www.seattletimes.com/business/ama...

One of the best negotiation tactics a mentor taught me: sometimes the power move is taking a deep breath & walking away from a bad deal. And sometimes it’s less subtle — telling folks to kick rocks & making a different move.

Not great to see a property management company in the news for shady business practices. Guide is definitely guilty of junk fees and pushing out low-income residents from what’s supposed to be affordable housing. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Much of my point here: www.seattletimes.com/opinion/pede... No matter the law or traffic control devices, ensuring our safety falls to us, and most of us have gotten very good at it. I can see a rolling RTOR coming 60 feet before the intersection!

Questions we should be asking this decade: How do we get a Taco Bell Cantina in Seattle? 🌮 While we’re at it… can we make open container drinks a thing here too? 🍹 Because yes to late-night tacos and yes to letting people enjoy them responsibly in the street. tacobellcantinas.com

Lime was the MVP of the Seahawks Super Bowl parade. 🛴💚 www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/19/s...

The Rainier Ave Youth Committee is hosting a listening session about traffic safety on Rainier Ave S this Saturday at 1:30 at Rainier Vista's Wilcox Center. If you live or work in the Rainier Valley and have ideas to make the streets safer check out this event!

Seattle transit has leveled up this decade. More light rail miles. Stronger bike connections. And finally, seamless tap-to-pay across the system. It’s getting easier to not drive in this region. www.geekwire.com/2026/seattle...

NEW STORY // SDOT Bike Corral Plan Draws Fire in Pioneer Square Story by Ryan Packer via @urbanistorg.bsky.social // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/20/s...

Just awful. My heart goes out to this person and this woman, her family, friends, and community. Everyone should be able to safely get to where they need to to. Hard to know without more info, but a bike/scooter corner corral here might have been sufficient to slow the turning driver.

This week is a collision of calendars. Mardi Gras. Lunar New Year. Ramadan. So many overlapping messages about how to live: celebrate, indulge, reflect, fast, pray.

Visited San Diego’s historic Brass Rail this weekend. Incredible sound, lights, and energy. Even with all the progress we’ve made, queer spaces still matter. We need places where we can fully be ourselves and not just fit into the world outside. Grateful these spaces continue to exist.

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. 🚆💳