The problem with Katie Wilson is she’s not a sociopath, which means she feels normal, awkward human emotion when asked to take credit for things that occur through her leadership role in coalitions. Harrell doesn’t have this problem and will, in fact, take credit for good things he actively opposed.

Since the Westlake fountain is being demolished, I wonder if the stone blocks could be repurposed by @seattledot.bsky.social for traffic calming on school streets and similar places. Seattle lacks the bounty of granite stones that you see across New York City.

The Epoch Times—a far right propaganda outlet—has "news" racks all over Seattle.

Increasingly, sadly, when I look at a Seattle police officer, I wonder whose side they would be on, if push came to shove, ours or Trump's. Their "guild" leadership doesn't inspire confidence. Consistent with this thread though, the ones I saw at No Kings adopted a generally benevolent posture.

I like this new speed cushion strategy from @seattledot.bsky.social that puts posts on the outside edge to protect the bike lane so that folks don’t swerve into the bike lane to avoid the cushion (and people biking don’t have to go over them). Seen on 23rd Ave S on Beacon Hill

London has the most school streets of any city in Europe but most look like this one by my place in Hampstead (a signed, narrowly timed, photo-enforced closure).

Update on last night's crash off the West Seattle bridge: one person is dead and three are in serious or critical condition. The car they were in plunged 80 feet from the ramp between SR 99 and the bridge, landing upside-down. spdblotter.seattle.gov/2025/10/19/d...

My proposal for the next iteration of McClure School Street involves clearer signage, concrete barriers on the drive-side, street art, and street furniture to further discourage driving during closures...while permitting school bus, emergency, and disabled parking access.

It’s a gorgeous fall day high atop Queen Anne.

Advocates got nearly half a billion dollars into the levy above and beyond what Harrell wanted (which Harrell now wants to take credit for).

#NoKings Seattle

Bruce Harrell would have been happiest with a $1.1B inflation-adjusted continuation of the previous levy. Advocates pushed internally to get it to $1.35B and then publicly to $1.55B, with a 2:1 vote in favor.

Amazing being together with so many fellow antifa.

Perfect. #NoKings

Girmay addressing the #NoKings rally.

We're a mixed family here at the Qagggy household (Ryobi and DeWalt).

I spent the summer visiting school streets in Europe and recently SDOT built a sad (but welcome) one at McClure on Queen Anne where my kid attended school for a year. Now that I have nexus with the program, I plan to focus on improving it.

That’s insane. You can see the ball flying out of the stadium like some sort of asteroid.

Doing my part for the buses! Let’s fix the L8!!!! @fixthel8.bsky.social

Who transportation orgs are endorsing in the 2025 general election + WA Bikes snubs several bike champions? #SEAbikes #Seattle

Wow, I wonder how Bruce Harrell would trash Seattle Neighborhood Greenways if one of us ran for office. The mayor seems to have absolute contempt for the advocacy community.

I am happy when people use "subtle cues" in scare quotes. It is the "brick color" of my transportation advocacy...shorthand for a shared experience and perspective.

We need a strong bike advocacy organization in the State of Washington and I fear this ad will turn away potential donors.

Thomas Horton's maps of Queen Anne's public stairways are now on the Queen Anne Historical Society's website. Check them out and climb all 120 of them!

In Barcelona, it's tricky to do a Before & After because the After quickly becomes another Before.

I visited Barcelona in 2021 (left) to see their school streets then returned in 2023 (right) to see their “green axes” and I just realized this is the exact same spot.

Cities everywhere need to do a better job providing places to sit.

This mailer has a creepy stalker vibe that I find off-putting.

We have the same encroachment issue on Queen Anne Boulevard. I hope one day we will have a parks director willing to defend public land for public use.

Cities aren’t loud, the American bald eagles screaming over my house are loud.

Did you know the City of Seattle has an artist roster? It's a great source for anyone wanting to add an artistic element to their project.

Yikes. This list demonstrates exactly how checked out Sara Nelson has been. She is not serving us well at all. Vote Dionne Foster. dionnefoster.com/Sarasrecord/

I’m visiting SDOT to talk about school streets.

BEFORE AND AFTER. New York City is taking good streets and making them better.

David is a climate reporter with a global scope but this is the best local urbanist interview of a politician or political candidate I have heard.

I like how Mayor Harrell's fundraising email makes a bunch of dubious claims and then says "But here's the truth."

[On Aurora Ave] "I think that it requires that kind of vision from the top to say, “Look, this is the direction we’re moving in and it’s not going to be popular with everyone, but we’re doing it.”" @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social

Hey, does anyone know: Is FIFA a sports governing body or is it a crypto scam? They want you to spend hundreds of dollars for the "right to buy" a ticket, at a later date, at an undisclosed price.

Shared Streets permit access for cars while allowing everyone else to go about their business in peace.

All these people in cars would be a traffic jam. Instead, it’s a city.

That skinny tower obscuring views of the Empire State Building, shown here obscuring views of the Empire State Building.

you can buy two of my books for less than the price of one, and give the second to the politician in your life who most needs to be ecodistrict- and stair-pilled www.amazon.com/Building-Peo...

If I was on Katie’s transition team, I would recommend keeping Rico and immediately accepting Adiam’s resignation. I would appoint Francisca interim (she’s 100% ready on day one), assemble a national search committee like the one that found Sam and Greg, and strongly encourage Francisca to apply.

Despite lacking a Shared Streets Law, New York City has used its unique speed limit authority and tactical expertise to create some excellent examples.

NYC BEFORE AND AFTER: East 17th Street functions better with fewer car lanes and more space for people, bikes, and greenmarket loading.

American landscape architects really need to stop using the word "woonerf" until they get their act together.

Good.

Toronto barriers are heavy and linked tightly to one another, giving them some rigidity, but they work by absorbing impact, and need to be reset after a collision. If they are not reset, obviously, they create a hazard and the impact resistance of the entire row is degraded.

I stopped posting to late-stage twitter but…I decided to drop this one over there too and within a few minutes it got 1,700 likes and a pig-pile of hate from the anti-bike crowd. Classic.

On streets like Summit Avenue on Capitol Hill, we should be de-paving the curb zone to plant trees.