The part where the Waterfront did a bait and switch by showing generously wide and direct renderings for their bike/scooter trail in the design phase, but then actually built an unnecessarily narrow and windy route? bsky.app/profile/qagg...

I know you're facing a lot, @mayorofseattle.bsky.social but hear me out. Make Westlake pedestrian-only again. One block, that's it.

Letting business/property owners override the Vision Zero safety team based on vibes is par for the course at SDOT and needs to change. Making intersections safer by improving visibility is a proven strategy. Of the proposed locations with pedestrian collisions, 0 remain in the plan.

Tom D. continues to crush it on NextDoor.

This literally just happened to me

One additional thing I'd note is that visitors increased 5.6% for the market while at the same time visitation for downtown Seattle was flat. Pike Place Market is outperforming the rest of downtown Seattle during the time period of the pedestrianization pilot 🤔

Me: what’s that black bird with the red on its wings called Bird watcher: that’s a red winged blackbird Me: holy shit

🚶 ⬆️ 💰 📈 Last spring/summer Pike Place Market pedestrian open street pilot coincides with increased sales! Restaurant up 10% Retail up 7% Grocery up 5.6% Remember: a pedestrian is a wallet with feet 🦶

"Waymo has told advocates that expecting it to respect bike lanes is 'too high a bar' because customers expect to be dropped off in them." To be crystal clear, it's illegal for a car to be in a bike lane. It doesn't matter what Waymo's customers expect; the company shouldn't be doing it.

Lake Washington Blvd will be open to people & closed to car traffic every weekend this summer from Memorial Day to Labor Day! The predictable schedule makes it easier walk, bike, roll, along, or drive to the boulevard. Thank you Mayor Wilson, community advocates, and Rainier Valley Safe Streets.

People who ride their bikes on the sidewalks should get 2-way protected bike lanes

Context: There’s this weird thing happening on Twitter right now where automatic translation is causing a super cool cultural exchange between Japanese speakers and Americans. People are going back and forth sharing their meals and it’s delightful. I’ve rarely seen anything like this on Bluesky.

Wishing Kemper Freeman a very happy I-90 light rail day.

Part of the experience riding on the first 2-line train across the I-90 bridge: - Waiting at platform: "Next train to Downtown Redmond in 2 minutes." Crowd cheers - On the train; "This is the train to DT Redmond." Crowd cheers - We start moving; "Next stop, Mercer Island." Crowd starts booing 😂

I'm no engineer, but could @seattledot.bsky.social could do something like this to solve this recurring problem? - Mount a metal plate to the bottom of a Toronto barrier, by gluing it on and drilling supports into the barrier. - The plate is wider than the barrier & extends out a bit into the road

@volts.wtf I haven't formally launched it (have been getting feedback yesterday and fixing more), but I'd invite you to try out my new website, Find The Right Bike! I ask four simple questions to help you pick the right bike, electric or otherwise and see the savings! (thanks for the call-out Cyn)

here’s a crazy fact: under congestion pricing, NYC subway ridership grew by more than the *total* number of riders on BART last year

Change is possible: Seattle's Westlake Ave Trail before/after The super useful Westlake Trail was carved out of a publicly owned parking lot. It was absurdly controversial at the time, with the loudest opponents being a “super yacht” marina. Now it’s loved and no one wants to go back.

Bid limits—prohibiting local governments from performing their own work over a certain dollar value—are a form of privatization that increases the cost of government.

This is just dumb. If the agency can't charge fares riders shouldn't be expected to have magically paid them.

URGENT BOLLARD ALERT. SDOT is going to the Pike Place Market Historical Commission next Wednesday to get initial guidance on the "physical protective barriers" planned ahead of the FIFA World Cup. The board is getting its temperature taken on a "hybrid approach" of bollards and vehicle barricades.

I was an ORCA card reader for Halloween

Great news: Julia Reed is reintroducing the presumed liability bill this session (it was HB 1518 last session). The new bill will be slightly narrower in scope. If passed, drivers will be presumed at fault if they collide with a pedestrian or cyclist in a bike lane, crosswalk, or intersection.

Imagine them locking eyes across a crowded ballroom

IYKYK ..... Had to sketch this guy. Drop a comment if you know where this character is from #illustration #art #design #drawing #graphicdesign

Sound Transit's new monthly status report on system expansion (released today) pegs the grand opening day for Federal Way Link at December 13, 2025. And for the full East Link line at April 25, 2026.

BIRD! My most recent commission - a really fun challenge making non-standard VTuber models! This is my test live tracking my motion in VSeeFace to make sure it's all working correctly🪶

The quickest way to crank out pedestrian refuge islands would be for the elected officials to provide a steady annual budget for in-house staff to design & construct the islands We did that in LA for Vision Zero for a while The key to making it work is long term local funding & ability to hire

I like how Mayor Harrell wanted to provide examples of his work on affordable housing in his latest newsletter but just sort of gave up.

The Race the L8 videos also make it clear that the drivers are losing too. We've created a road so bad that drivers in real cars lose to a toy car on the sidewalk.

once again my socializing is cut short because the 2 Line only runs until 9:30 IT IS STILL LIGHT OUT THERE SHOULD BE TRAINS RUNNING

Congestion pricing by the # ‘s 6 months in: * 67k fewer drivers entering zone daily * Delays in Holland Tunnel down 65% * Traffic deaths down 32% so far in 2025 * $500m projected this year for MTA capital improvements * B’way attendance +12% * Subway ridership +7% So yes this program is a SUCCESS.

BEFORE and AFTER: Paris removed cars and added… ✅ greenery ✅ a public restroom, and ✅ two lovers strolling hand-in-hand

A reminder that Mayor Bruce Harrell controls both the police department that's refusing to charge in this hit and run and the parks department that's failing to make the street safe.

Today an escaped fugitive walked out of custody and took a train to my neighborhood and cops did nothing to apprehend him, but they DID spend the afternoon patrolling the queer beach and harassing trans people over their clothing

They were like "what feature does this carpeted grocery store need most"

we got xbox 360 recomp tools before gta 6 😭🙏 github.com/hedge-dev/Xe... this is insanely fucking impressive work from everyone involved

US DOT has renamed the competitive RAISE program back to BUILD & changed merit criteria for winning projects to: —Eliminate goal of increasing walking, biking for public health —Eliminate goal of engaging with unions —Eliminate goal of electrification www.transportation.gov/RAISEgrants/...

WA Legislature Update: The presumed liability bill just dropped in the hopper. This treats drivers who injure a cyclist or pedestrian like the owner of a biting dog. lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/202...

Some cities, like Barcelona, have transformed streets so dramatically, it seems like AI...but it's real. And any city can do it.

looking for a way to fix Amazon RTO traffic Seattle? it’s right here

In September 2019, SDOT presented a congestion pricing timeline with a "we are here" arrow. I added a red arrow to indicate where the mayor pulled the plug.

every single time, congestion pricing becomes way more popular after it’s implemented traffic sucks, but people refuse to believe it will go away until it actually does

"Curious whether Congestion Pricing is having an impact on commutes in NYC? Take a look below to compare traffic data before and after Congestion Pricing begins on January 5th, 2025." h/t @goodroads.bsky.social Cc: @thewaroncars.bsky.social @transalt.org www.congestion-pricing-tracker.com

this is INCREDIBLE, congestion pricing is already working wonders traffic at 4PM on the average Sunday vs today Holland Tunnel: 30 mins ➡️ 10 mins Lincoln Tunnel: 10 mins ➡️ 4 mins Williamsburg Bridge: 10 mins ➡️ 5 mins

It’s happening! Tonight, MTA Chair & CEO Janno Lieber unveiled one of the signs at the entrance to the Congestion Relief Zone. Tolling begins at midnight. Learn more: congestionreliefzone.mta.info

Joined a group of public transit enthusiasts excited for congestion pricing who sought to be the first people tolled by the program at midnight

This is the exact spot where the mass murderer entered Bourbon Street from Canal Street.

As @drtaragoddard.bsky.social put it in a recent @thewaroncars.bsky.social podcast, it's the "exonerative tense," a feature of windshield bias.

every year around christmas time the ballet dancers who play the rats in the nutcracker come out with a series of unexplained banger tiktok videos and anyway this is my favorite part of the holiday season