SDOT has updated their post about Denny Way bus lanes and have uploaded the full traffic study, which you can read below. In short, it's a 516 page document that does not mention mode shift or alternate routing a single time. seattle.gov/documents/De...

Pike Place Market is rethinking its streets — less room for cars, more space for people. 🚶‍♀️🚲 @kenjilopezalt.bsky.social + @nerd4cities.bsky.social share how the Limited Car Access Pilot is reshaping the Market + what it could mean for Seattle’s future. 🎥 Full Vid: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhJb...

til @kenjilopezalt.bsky.social is a fellow e-cargo biking dad great discussion w/ @nerd4cities.bsky.social on the long overdue pedestrianization of pike place market seattle needs more car-free and car-light spaces. hope we'll see actual leadership in delivering them soon youtu.be/VhJbzQn_amY?...

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renters are nearly 60% of the city - and the millionaire mayor and councilmembers just keep doing everything they can to funnel them into the most toxic and dangerous parts of the city. what a f*cking joke. zero representation.

The Seattle Transit Advisory board sent a letter to SDOT in response to their Seattle Transportation Plan 3-year Implementation Plan on Tuesday. It includes scathing language surrounding their traffic study on Denny Way and we wholeheartedly agree with it. www.seattle.gov/documents/De...

This morning @councilmember-amr.bsky.social called for the council's transportation committee to pursue some type of formal inquiry into the decision to rule out additional bus lanes on Denny Way's most congested blocks to get the Route 8 out of traffic.

We have brought up the idea of piloting bus lanes on Denny for Seattle Center's FIFA Fan Zone multiple times and SDOT always just brushes it off as absurd. We need fast and reliable ways for ALL Seattleites to participate in the World Cup, not just the ones who can afford a game ticket.

WHAT IF WE HAD POLITICAL WILL? Transportation dollars are scarce, but a new progressive mayoral administration can make a big impact without breaking the bank. Here’s my list. 🧵

International District resident Ratta says that the council needs to "open up" North Seattle, calling the Comp Plan a reinforcement of past city redlining.

Confining new apartments to lots facing loud, polluted, high-traffic arterial streets is profoundly inequitable. www.sightline.org/2021/10/19/c...

* NEW YORK'S MTA SAYS 17.6 MILLION FEWER VEHICLES HAVE ENTERED MANHATTAN, DOWN 12% SINCE CONGESTION PRICING TOOK EFFECT IN JANUARY @reuters.com

my book is about the planning development that prioritizes people - while responding to climate, community, affordability, zoning codes that restrict dense multifamily to the most toxic streets. our status quo does the exact opposite, see this thread: bsky.app/profile/holz...

Most of our time in a car is waste. You can tell because we try to fill the time with music or podcasts or idle thoughts so it feels less like waste. We eliminate this waste by creating dense, walkable neighborhoods where transport is minimal and what remains is healthful and socially enriching.

“Our planet is burning, our city growing, and our traffic worsening. If our city can’t make the bus faster than juggling or jumping rope, what exactly are we doing to solve these crises?”

today between 10:43 and 11:43 am I counted cars illegally entering Bell St. from 4th Ave. or Bell St. signage prohibits through traffic and turns onto Bell. I confirmed with the Healthy Streets Outreach Team that only emergency vehicles can enter here. yet I counted 14 cars illegally entering

Arterials like Rainier and Aurora are straight, flat, and direct to where people want to go. This is exactly why they should have protected bike lanes. Asking people to double their route by taking side streets navigating neighborhoods and hills is poor planning.

We’re 4.5 years from Seattle’s 2030 Vision Zero commitment and SDOT hasn’t committed to any designs or plans to change MLK Way S’s lane configuration at all before then. Does SDOT believe drivers will magically improve on MLK by 2030 on their own? What are we even doing here?

So proud to stand strong with Seattle VA workers who are being stripped of their contracts & rights to bargain by Trump. These public servants do the vital work of caring for veterans, including many who are homeless. When workers and unions are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back!

Better L8 than never! Last month, I raced the 8 with community members who’re fed up with the tardiness and unreliability of the #8 bus line. Transportation issues can be complicated, but in this case, the solution is simple: we need bus lines on Denny! Get out the red paint.

i can't wait for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social to try and one up each other on affordable housing, sustainable mobility, and public health like if @climatemayors.bsky.social actually lead on climate

Waiting for the L8 at 5th and Denny… Can’t wait to break out the red paint!

Transportation costs are the second largest burden on American family budgets (17%), after housing (33%)! To address the affordability crisis, we must create cities with abundant housing of all types (subsidized, social, coop, market rate) and make walking, biking, and taking transit convenient.

KUOW just released some great coverage of the race, listen below! We're meeting with SDOT 8/18, hopefully all the ongoing attention around the race will push them in the right direction! Working with folks at @transit.app as well to keep up the pressure www.kuow.org/stories/your...

@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social has been garnering policy and legislative wins for years. and unlike bruce, has always been on the right side on affordable housing. on mobility. on urbanism. on safe streets. on public health. on childcare. on climate action. katie as mayor is going to be so great

I’m thinking this morning about all the people who I thought were pro-housing & pro-transit who endorsed Bruce Harrell, who hasn’t lifted a finger for either in his whole career, and wondering if any of them will have the integrity to admit that they made a mistake in pursuit of access & influence.

We need more transit and more housing and a more livable and affordable city and Katie is the one that’s gonna do it!

Tonight, we got results that were even better than we hoped, and it’s likely to only get better. Seattle, you showed up! It’s clear that voters want change. This is your city. Join the campaign, and let’s get this done!

If you live in Seattle, today is a great day to remind your friends that our mayor sucks shit and they should vote for Katie Wilson tomorrow

NEW: The full list of amendments to Seattle's Comp Plan are set to drop Monday, but we have a preview of @alexis4seattle.bsky.social's proposed changes: -Restoring 8 entire neighborhood centers -Removing parking mandates -Allowing corner stores everywhere www.theurbanist.org/2025/08/01/r...

There is a sad dynamic playing out behind the scenes with the Aurora project right now. The legislature earmarked $50 million to reimagine the street. But the mayor isn’t interested in bold change. So SDOT is doing the bare minimum. And if SDOT continues on that path, they’ll lose the money.

Last night, at Candidate Survivor, I had the opportunity to break out some very rusty harmonica skills. See, campaigning is fun. Campaigning is fun? Campaigning is fun.

NEW STORY // Bus Advocates Race Route 8 to Bolster Case for Improvements www.theurbanist.org/2025/07/22/b...

Since 2020, we’ve dumped $20M into Denny way for “smart signals” and a street repaving. $0 has gone to improving the least reliable all day bus in the city that traverses it.

😂 @westseattlebikedad.bsky.social: « Another reader, Anthony Avery, who bikes through West Seattle, said his commute was unchanged as he has “made the intentional decision to not be held hostage inside a two-ton metal cage for hours of my day.” » 👏 👏 👏 😂 😆 🤭 www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Someone recently commented to me about bus lanes, "I hate what they did with Westlake, it is so braindead stupid". So I took my camera with me during rush hour traffic to show how amazing the bus lanes are working, and more importantly, how delusional such a claim is.

Pulled some older footage captured in 2022 to compare to now. Never have been in the market with so many others. A million times better and no going back now.

I was happy to endorse @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social about a split second after she announced…and today it was a pleasure to cast my vote for her. Let’s elect a mayor with a positive vision for the future of Seattle!

buildings that aren't deeper than 45 feet. open space. space for trees. space for playgrounds. quiet streets. the US urban planner's mind cannot comprehend

And to top it all off: a driver swerving into the oncoming traffic lane to make a left turn while their light was red, nearly hitting a pedestrian with tires screeching the entire way.

Nothing to see here, just your average experience on Route 8 (thanks @juanjpg.bsky.social for the video!) • Bus takes 16 minutes to go one block • Riders give up halfway and just start walking • 2 other buses manage to catch up in the meantime

If you're going to interview a business association head who's opposed to bus lanes, you should also interview a transit rider who will benefit from the changes: this seems pretty simple to me. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

You know what else is pretty cool? Bus lanes.

Check out our new TV ad! Together, we can build a Seattle that actually works for working families. #ThisIsYourCity WilsonForSeattle.com

Katie Wilson is getting message-tested as "angry", meanwhile Bruce Harrell can't get through a Q&A with, uh, West Seattle Indivisible without getting defensive. westseattleblog.com/2025/07/here...

Is this even an endorsement?

the ghent station bike parking is... whoa we don't have anything close to this at our light rail stations

wow omfg it's even better than i could have imagined bike urbanism FTW

Lake Washington boulevard is for people!