Republicans:

The federal gas tax is 18.4¢ and Republicans would scream if you raised it even a cent but their stupid war raised the price of gas by 60¢.

I think @hannahsabiohowell.bsky.social will have strong positions in support of cycling. See if you can spot the clues!

HERE IT IS. Seattle's draft enabling legislation for Shared Streets under SB 5595. seattle.legistar.com/ViewReport.a...

Had a great meeting up at Future Crockett Plaza this morning with reps from the Queen Anne Community Council/Queen Anne Farmers Market/Queen Anne Chamber of Commerce. I think we'll have good support for the project, which is going into design this year. www.crockettplaza.org

Curb space is a valuable, publicly owned resource. Charging less than market rate is a subsidy and we all bear the burden.

The magic of a really good wonk communicator is that, even when they are talking about terrible things, they make you feel better, just knowing that smart, competent people are out there. Nobody does that better than Emily. She's the best.

This made me feel weirdly hopeful? Just hearing an expert talk about the problems of sunsetting fossil fuel infrastructure…we’re all yearning for those kinds of problems.

Hostile architecture is all like "How can I make this public space less appealing?" And we wonder why our public space is so unappealing.

The world is such a—I don’t know the words to describe it—that I rode past this situation in Ballard today and it didn’t feel out of the ordinary.

Ha, local single-stair hero makes good!

This is vibes-only but...single-stair just feels safer. Instead of a single wall of windows and a long hallway, like you find in a double-loaded corridor building, a single-stair building has the stairs right outside your unit. And you've got windows on 2 or 3 sides, not just 1.

Check out Mike in the New York Times! @holz-bau.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/b...

I forget what I was talking about when I noted a “revitalized waterfront” back in 1996.

I was harsh on the Monorail but I lived in Uptown (née Lower Queen Anne) and worked downtown and rode it often when I wrote this in 1996.

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The population of King County actually rose by 615,000. (Close enough?)

I FOUND THE ARTICLE advocating to build @sound-transit.bsky.social...ghostwritten by me and printed in the Mercer Island Reporter. I'll post it below (🧵thread!) and you can tell me if it aged well or not. I wrote this in 1996!

As a Board member and coalition leader at @streetsalliance.bsky.social, I am immensely grateful to Josh for guiding us through this process.

I tried listening to KUOW again today and now they're just whining that "everything is so political" as if this moment in American history isn't particularly perilous.

My Washington State tax is going to go up and that's a good thing. We had the most regressive tax structure in the country for DECADES.

This gets so cringe near the end...I just...

PLEASE HELP US SHARE THIS: “We’ve let the lies be far too successful, and that’s significantly hurt our cities. No more.” It’s our blunt NEW @usa.streetsblog.org op-ed sharing why we’ve created @urbantruth.bsky.social. SPOILER: We need to call out the lies and tell the truth much more persuasively!

I love the World Cup. I attended my first game in Paris in 1998 and I've got tickets to this one. But FIFA is a criminal syndicate.

FIFA announced its "distributed approach" to Fan Zone locations, which it says "is designed to spread economic benefits across neighborhoods and ensure that fans from every corner of the city can share in the excitement."

It was very satisfying to watch Ray delete the freeways in this video.

I endorse Ron. He will be really good at this job. But dislodging an incumbent isn’t easy so he will need our help.

After 13 years of working for @sngreenways.bsky.social, I'm now working for @streetsalliance.bsky.social! Wait, what? Read more on @theurbanist.org

Seattle Neighborhood Greenways becomes the Seattle Streets Alliance #SEAbikes #Seattle

Trump puts down Noem.

A.I. gets all the hype but the only innovation truly benefitting society right now is happening at the Met Market bakery department.

I am looking forward to everyone seeing the new Seattle Streets Alliance brand in the wild. It's a new and exciting era for our movement.

NEW! Seattle Neighborhood Greenways is now Seattle Streets Alliance. streetsalliance.org

Hear me out: cocktails are too expensive.

What’s the deal with laugh-clappers? People who clap when they laugh.

We could have this too.

I would love to be surrounded by more art but my preference is not to require it. Good art rarely emerges from compliance with a requirement.

I like how London's Underground Railway is just called the Underground. It's like referring to cars as the Horseless.

@cmeddielin.bsky.social @councilmember-amr.bsky.social @mayorofseattle.bsky.social @girmayzahilay.bsky.social This signal misalignment at MLK and Alaska/Oregon delays the light rail daily. What are @seattledot.bsky.social and @sound-transit.bsky.social doing to coordinate?

We're getting closer to a pedestrian plaza in the heart of every neighborhood. Mayor Wilson's transition team report:

Easy, effective.

When I was a kid, my mom asked me to make salad dressing and, fortunately, I didn’t have to figure out all those spices because we had a jar of this thing called allspice.

My ride in Palm Springs.

20 years from now: “So, when I was a kid, famous pop stars would ride to school with me and my friends. We had Justin Timberlake and Benson Boone and Zara Larsson and it was just a normal thing.”

Bollards keep cars out but let people pass.

Worst President? Yes, of course. Worst person? Tough category but quite possibly yes as well.

What a mayor

Reminder that the media (social or otherwise) you choose to interact with is up to you. For example, I fly into a blind rage when I listen to KUOW these days, so I have chosen to ration my intake.