I’m leading another transit-themed free group ride this Sunday! 4 mile family-friendly ride, visit light rail stations, view new transit infrastructure, & pass through a tunnel (twice!) Start: ID/Chinatown light rail station Date/Time: Sun Oct 19 at 11 am Register: cascade.org/rides-events...

I will be there! You should join the ride, as it will showcase useful connections between the Seattle Waterfront, West Seattle, South Park, Georgetown, and SODO.

Packer: City staff created shovel-ready design for Lake Washington Blvd safety upgrades before Mayor Harrell cancelled them #SEAbikes #Seattle

1. Yesterday, the press gave Gavin Newsom favorable coverage for signing pro-LGBTQ+ bills. Little noticed, however, was that he vetoed one of the most important ones: a bill allowing trans people 12 month HRT stockpiles, protecting them from federal threats. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Ride the historic route of the Seattle-Everett Interurban Railway and hear interesting stories in my latest video: youtu.be/ZVvHoDFQsBg

It’s been 4 years since I last did the Kitsap Color Classic, and I had a blast combining biking with light rail and ferry all through the day. The colors shone through with the flowers, trees, & cyclists. I took a detour to visit the Chief Sealth gravesite which I found meaningful @cascade.org

It’s pronounced cyclist.

Wonderful time riding as a trio with our bikes on West Seattle Water Taxi & back to Waterfront via trails & brand new bike infrastructure along East Marginal Way on this crossover between @cascade.org & @kingcountymetro.bsky.social We took a couple fun detours because we wanted to see more stuff

Who do we mean when we say “Black Seattle”? This mayoral race isn’t about personalities—it’s about whether symbolism becomes substance. What do “seats at the table” mean if the rest of us go hungry? My latest column for the @soseaemerald.bsky.social

Bikes 🤝🏻 Transit The partnership of my dreams 😍 @kingcountymetro.bsky.social @cascade.org

I’m leading a few group rides in October that are part of a collaboration between @cascade.org & King County Metro to promote the combination of biking and transit! Learn more about the transit-themed rides that I & fellow ride leaders are hosting in my latest newsletter: mailchi.mp/66e0811b92f9...

UPDATE (October 6): I heard back from the project team. They couldn’t work out an easement with BNSF in time to be part of this project, but it will be addressed in the next couple of years as part of a bigger project to demolish the nearby building to the west. @seattlebikeblog.com

A PAC supporting Bruce Harrell has now raised more than $1 million from wealthy donors, and soon they will use it to attack me so that our city stays unaffordable. With less than a month until election day, I want to make a few things clear. #thisisyourcity

1/2 I heard that the Elliott Bay Trail near Terminal 91 had reopened, so I checked it out, and I have good news and bad news. Good news: -trail is open again -awkward bridge has been replaced with a nice flat wide paved trail

E-bikes are an absolute game-changer in terms of giving more people the option of going car-light or car-free, but adoption is threatened by the ongoing moral panic. As the article notes, the solution is not restrictions on e-bikes, but creating more infrastructure to support e-bike riders. 1/2

Had a wonderful bike commute during which I saw some familiar faces, pretty scenery, and even some rain that caught me at the end. Bike more equals happy more @gordonofseattle.bsky.social

Priztker: if federal agents fired upon journalists and protesters, when unprovoked, what would we call it?  I don't think we'd have any trouble calling it what it is. Authoritarianism.  So let's not pretend it's something else when it happens in our American cities.

I’m glad my late grandpa who served in the fight against fascism in World War II did not have to witness a standing President promote such dangerous fascist policies. I will keep my distance from those who still support a president actively threatening me & my loved ones www.npr.org/2025/09/30/n...

NEW STARTER PACK! This time I’m hoping to encourage and support global urbanists from OUTSIDE North America here on Bluesky, so hopefully this will help! Who’ve I missed? Just joined? Let me know! I’ll keep updating, so please keep checking & sharing this pack! And let’s try using #GlobalUrbanists.

It's easy to see this speech as just weirdly performative, but there's a lot more—and a lot worse—going on here. The meeting & speeches are part of a larger project aimed at promoting the military leadership’s partisan alignment with the administration. How? 1/

Awesome time leading a free bike ride with @cascade.org & @sngreenways.bsky.social along new infrastructure connecting Chinatown with Georgetown & South Park en route to a celebration hosted by @seattledot.bsky.social & many others. A lot of folks advocated for this infrastructure for many years

Big shout out to commenter Hat who eagle eyed that the Cascade calendar and @seattledot.bsky.social's news release had different start times for the downtown to Georgetown route Sunday. Ride leader @bobco85.bsky.social confirmed that it leaves Hing Hay Park at 10:45am. #SEAbikes

Bike routes from Georgetown to downtown and South Park officially open + Dual celebration Sept. 28 #SEAbikes #Seattle

Why do we teach pedestrian safety like drivers are wild bears?

The frustrating thing about reading articles like this is that while the suggestions are generally helpful, they overestimate their effectiveness. Traffic safety is like safety around grizzly bears: there are a lot of helpful suggestions to try and be safe, but sometimes the bear still attacks you.

I wrote about one man's quest to not have to ride in pitch black darkness through South Minneapolis. Modern day Don Quixote here, except the windmills are lampposts stripped of copper. www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...

Went on a bike ride for a haircut and to test out the route (uses the entire Georgetown to Downtown Safety Project) for a celebration bike ride in the Duwamish Valley coming this Sunday with @sngreenways.bsky.social @seattledot.bsky.social @cascade.org It feels so good to be able to ride again!

Seattle's bike network is finally headed south! Thanks to @sngreenways.bsky.social and @seattledot.bsky.social for the awesome work and am glad to finally be able to report on this update youtu.be/IfaC-WTDQI0

Bike to every station on the SkyTrain Expo Line in Vancouver BC with me & my friend Nick in my newest bike transit video! We did this ride the day after finishing the RSVP. Enjoy! youtu.be/zsPZeigcl5s

"I have commuted by bike through the rough roads of Beacon Hill for a decade. Now that the project is complete, I get to experience another joy: watching groups of kids commute to school using the bike lanes. What a difference this makes for our community." sdotblog.seattle.gov/2025/09/19/b...

Things are set up and we're getting started! Come check out what community orgs have put together to spark joy, art, fun, and community! Bellevue's first-ever #ParkingDay is underway!

The Beacon Hill bike lanes are open! + Community celebration Friday #SEAbikes #Seattle

Welp, it’s been a while since I last caught it, but I am positive for COVID-19. Turns out my feeling tired yesterday was for a good reason, but still ughhhhhhh I hate this

Missing Link Found Alive and Shivering in Seattle City Councilmember’s Basement: tinyurl.com/4xv3efu6

In a Hitleresque speech, JD Vance says there can be no unity with the left and vows to use the government to dismantle non-profit NGOs and liberal civil society who he says promote violence and terrorism.

when she had her job at msnbc i was always frustrated because i could see her biting her tongue and then finally boiling over and they could not contain her, now that she is free and easy she is a lot more fun to watch. and i am "spicy" AF 🤍☪️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

After two years of public process to discuss potential improvements to Lake Washington Boulevard, the city has tabled the second half of the safety measures it had planned to install on the street this year.

I had a blast today attempting to bike the route taken by the historic Seattle-Everett Interurban Railway from its original start at former Shirley Hotel in downtown Seattle to the old Everett depot. I also saw related goodies like an original Interurban train car. Biking & history are the best!

AOC: Whether it is a member of congress, whether it is the President to assume and assert and cast blame when the FBI has failed to even apprehend the assailant, is absolutely an irresponsible action.

The fact that MSNBC contributor Matthew Dowd was fired for accurately (and honestly being rather soft by simply calling him "divisive") describing Charlie Kirk's bigotry is actively concerning.

1/2 In regards to the victim who just died, we do not need to mourn awful people. Much like with the death last year of anti-gay activist Anita Bryant, I do not celebrate Charlie Kirk’s death, and I can only hope that his bigoted ideas fail in the long run.

From tactical to traditional & everywhere in between, Park(ing) Day always brings out the best examples of urban seating. Our cities could be more pleasant & accessible if we used some the space where we store cars to store *people* instead. Come see what's possible in Bellevue on September 19th!

The first East Link train under its own power on the floating bridge!

I rode the RSVP (Ride from Seattle to Vancouver and Party, hosted by Cascade Bicycle Club) for the first time and had a blast. Check out my recap: youtu.be/q6XqJrWoByw

Like the safety of our streets, sometimes the other madness from local government authorities should also have to pass the 7-year-old test. As per @seattlebikeblog.com second post below: "I just explained what happened to my 7 y/o, and she scrunched her nose and said, 'That's really mean.'"

1/2 This is par for the course. We’ve had: -years of repeated rounds of public outreach & taxpayer money without much to show -secret meetings between mayor’s office & car advocates to remove planned 3-way stop outside Mt Baker Beach -last second rollback of expanded Bicycle Weekend dates/times

What I woke up to this morning. @cmsaranelson.bsky.social @councilmember-amr.bsky.social @cmmarksolomon.bsky.social how many collisions, injuries, and deaths are necessary before Seattle gets serious about excessive speed on MLK? We need urgent action to slow drivers.

It’s clear that the city does not value the Bicycle Weekends program, and this is a slap in the face to everyone trying to enjoy one of Southeast Seattle’s best parks through walking, biking, and rolling. We’re trying to get to the bottom of this, but it stinks really bad

Seattle permitted a car commercial shoot in the middle of Bicycle Weekends and an accessible cycling event #SEAbikes #Seattle

I made lifetime blood donation #45 at the newly renovated @americanredcross.bsky.social facility in Seattle; it looked nice and spiffy (and has a popcorn machine)!