This area at Duwamish head was converted from angled to parallel parking last summer, leaving some dead space right next to the Alki Trail. Now there’s a picnic table thanks to @westseaurbanism.bsky.social. Perfect place for a morning coffee!

A bombshell new report reveals that top military officials have kept Trump out of the room during Iran war operations because they fear his erratic behavior will put troops in harm’s way. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Pike Place Market just released new sales data for Feb 2026. Looks like Jan+Feb 2026 had 11% higher sales than Jan+Feb 2025 (before the pedestrian pilot)! Congrats Seattle, you managed to find a way to shop at the market in the dead of winter without driving your cars through the middle of it.

Sound Transit can halve the cost of light rail to Ballard and West Seattle by building them as a connected automated light rail line with slimmer stations, according to two transit experts who have launched the Sound Transit Now campaign. Guest op-ed: www.theurbanist.org/op-ed-reconn...

It’s April and there is still no public seating at Pike Place Market on the street — people are sitting on the curb or standing. Give people a place to sit on the street!

We put together a letter campaign to remind Sound Transit and elected officials how important it is to keep light rail to West Seattle on track. If you live in, work in, or visit West Seattle, please send an email 💪✨ we made it quick and easy! actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Rob Saka Filibusters Own Coffee Order: bit.ly/3WIGP0L

Seattle’s commitment to multimodal transportation: bikes, meet stairs

A new housing development near Lake Stevens is bulldozing a forest and calling itself The Timbers. Is this sprawling, car-dependent place really the best place to build new homes? Couldn’t we be allowing more housing in our core cities and protecting these forests?

not only does australia send most of the gas it extracts overseas, it uses more gas **just for preparing the other gas for sending elsewhere** than it does for all domestic gas power generation www.energy.gov.au/sites/defaul...

The world’s richest 1% are people who make more than $140,000 per year. Maybe instead of a private jet in the thumbnail, they should have put a recently purchased single family home in Seattle.