North King and South Snoco urbanist folks, come hang with us at Hemlock State in MLT 6/24. We’ll be talking w @ronpdavis.bsky.social about how to organize for regional urbanism, and lessons on campaigning as a shameless urbanist at the state level. RSVP —> docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Ok I’ve been encouraged to ask the smart people of Bluesky about the mystery of the suddenly-all Indian pop music Spotify discover weekly. This happened to me and one other friend that I know of this week. Neither of us regularly listen to Indian pop music. Anyone else? Why??

This Friday 3-7 -we’re gettin weird in the street in Downtown Ridgecrest for Park(ing) Day! After, we’ll pack it in and head to the pub to celebrate one year of Urbanist Shoreline 😅 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Shoreline Mayor @electroberts.bsky.social signs the ordinance eliminating parking minimums in new developments citywide. A huge win for housing affordability, climate, walkability, business & more! Great to see so many residents speaking in favor, and a nice reminder that we CAN HAVE nice things!

A good and reasonable thing happened today 👑

Policies that reduce driving are the best climate policies. Creative ideation is fine, but let’s double down on what we already know works

Working hard over here to rebrand “road diet” (restrictive, subtractive) as “safety fattening” (abundant, additive) please help!

We’ll be talking street design and pedestrian safety in North City tomorrow night - come thru! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Do your friends’ eyes not light up when you talk about transit, or parking minimums, or form based code? Sounds like you should come find some new friends www.eventbrite.com/e/may-north-...

Fellow bike and local produce guy @smart-ass-dave.bsky.social and I will be parkin’ bikes all summer long at the Shoreline Farmers Market and we need help! Honestly, find me a chiller and more pleasant volunteer opportunity. I bet you can’t. More info: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Come hang w US at Ridgecrest Pub on Tuesday 4/29! Happy hour at 7, optional casual convo about messaging for urbanist issues beforehand at 6. Meet some cool fun nerds. Tell us if you’re coming! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

If we have to stand on the side of a highway as visible political support for much-needed and voter-approved public transit investments then that’s what we’ll do! LESS FUSS MORE BUS.

Up in Lake Forest Park this morning with transit advocates to support completion of Sound Transit's Stride bus rapid transit project along Bothell Way. The project is facing a legal threat from opponents in LFP that could add years of delay.

Then onto Shoreline’s Hands Off rally - great turnout and good vibes. Still getting used to the suburban rally modality of standing on a corner and having cars honk approvingly at you. Next time can we at least take the street??

Lovely day to support better public transit for Seattle, Shoreline, Lake Forest Park, Kenmore and Bothell! 👉 Lfp4brt.org Thanks to @transpochoices.bsky.social and @ceceliablack.bsky.social of Disability Rights Wa for speaking out in support! LESS FUSS MORE BUS!

Not one of Indivisible’s rallies, but we want hands off our public transit.

Lots of important stuff happening tomorrow, April 5, but if you’re free at 10:30am we’ll be showing up w signs and chants to support the Stride S3 Bus Rapid Transit project that some locals in LFP have been threatening to sue to stop.

this is insane: Washington state is basically doing reverse congestion pricing, taxing sustainable/efficient forms of transportation to subsidize pointless highway widenings. and this is a state with a democratic trifecta! what is going on here

Housing advocacy often reflects a generational rift. But @marciapeterson.bsky.social explains why more housing options will benefit all ages www.seattletimes.com/opinion/more...

Awesome to see @marciapeterson.bsky.social back in print with an appeal to her fellow boomer homeowners on why they should be pro-housing 💪💥 www.seattletimes.com/opinion/more...

Can someone build a bigger brewery, too many urbanists around here 💚 u @theurbanist.org and everyone who came out, this was fun, let’s do it at least once a week

This is the only definition of fame I can support

Learned so much at our first Urbanist Book Jam - like a book club but instead of everyone reading the same book, you talk about a book you like and why we should like it too. Hang out, get smarter, meet some cool people. Anyway we’re doing it again next month: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Don’t forget to come hang out on Saturday evening w @theurbanist.org and a bunch of awesome folks who are making our north sound communities more liveable! Coolest thing to ever happen in Mountlake Terrace? Possibly! www.eventbrite.com/e/north-soun...

with all the debate around housing & trees in seattle... i got together w/ a bunch of friends (@analogist.net, @shirleyswirley.bsky.social, francesca and @justinoaksford.bsky.social) to put together an explainer on how we can maximize both. still in progress... enjoy! www.figma.com/proto/PI9mj9...

Kicking off our book club w a crowd pleaser. Come hang out and talk Happy City! (Read the book, or listen to a podcast, or watch a YouTube video… low barrier book club folks, brains are full rn) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We’ve got some good momentum and energy going up here, come hang w us and @theurbanist.org.web.brid.gy on March 15 and let’s see what we can build together! www.eventbrite.com/e/north-soun...

Yeah, as a civic minded Shoreliner with a day job in NYC transpo politics I experience kind-and-reasonable whiplash every day

Here’s your Shoreline City Council thread, including discussion (but no vote) on eliminating parking minimums. We’re filling a bunch of seats tonight to remind our lovely council that housing rules and parking mandates drool

Spend part of your Saturday in the cozy sweet spot of the bikes/maps/public library Venn diagram. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Nobody could agree on a book for our book club, so instead we’re all gonna read different books and then take turns summarizing the most mind blowing ideas in them. “Urbanist books” is verrry loosely defined here. This could get silly. Join us? docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The one & only @caryw.bsky.social breaking down small developer math for a bunch of urbanist and urbanist-curious Shoreliners today at our “Ask a Developer” event. An informative, practical, engaging convo on how to make our cities more affordable, walkable, green & friendly. I learned a ton!

At least one non-dumb thing happened today. Excited to see this progress

MTA to Feds: Drop dead

No idea if it will help save Congestion Pricing from the Trumphammer of Stupidity, but this lil map of where the tolling dollars go is super cool to see

Not a drill, Seattle Bike Disco’s Friday route rolls right thru Shoreline! I’ll be there, will you?

New @cascadepbsnewsroom.bsky.social: For disability rights advocates, Seattle's comp plan is seen as a chance to improve accessibility in the city because it will allow more apartments in more neighborhoods. www.cascadepbs.org/politics/202...

The best way to not come across as a nimby organization is to not advocate for less housing.

Urbanist Shoreline will be hanging out at Ridgecrest Pub tomorrow night at 7 - come say hi! I’m leading a storytelling workshop beforehand. It’s full, but hoping to do something like this again in the near future. Stories get the goods!

Everyone in Shoreline should order their coffee beans from new local home-roaster Orcabay. Coffee roasting genius Moon will hand deliver your beans and your day will instantly improve. Seriously good coffee, folks

The US DOT says it's planning to prioritize areas with high marriage & high birth rates for funding. Our new analysis @urbaninstitute.bsky.social shows this would disproportionately fund: —Communities with a higher white resident share —Low-density areas —High-income areas —Car-dependent areas

Shoreline’s council will hold a public hearing to discuss interim rules protecting the Firlands Giant Sequoia and discuss raising fees from $260 to up to $15,000 for big tree removal interurbancanopy.substack.com/p/tree-prese...

Sidewalks: shovel em if you got em, Shoreline!

Every word I read about congestion pricing reminds me of when they reintroduced wolves in Yellowstone and the whole ecosystem started working correctly again.

Oh look, my mom, a 30-year Maple Leaf homeowner, is kicking ass (again) and standing up for more housing choices!

I just want to underscore this, one more time. The Harrell Admin's growth plan would destroy more trees than the density-forward option that the city studied and set aside. Density is good for trees. That's from the city's own study.

Not one American voted for the person who is laying waste to the federal government and hijacking the secure data of US citizens. I just wanted to lay it out: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Gosh! I dunno, what should we do??? We'd better study the issue for another 6 years

Washington's coolest cities support parking reform, pass it on. >Bellingham >Port Townsend >Spokane >Bothell >Shoreline

This is my mom. She’s gotten fed up w her Maple Leaf neighbors’ gatekeeping and has recently moved from arguing w nimbys on NextDoor to stepping into some real organizing for housing abundance 💪 ✨ I will tell her she’s blowing up on Bluesky