PubliCola confirmed this morning that the city settled with Jaahnavi Kandula's family for $29,011,000. The added $11,000, which the family requested in their lawsuit, is a reference to then-police guild vice president Daniel Auderer's "joke" that Kandula's life was only worth that much.

Stay for this bonkers interview with Rep. Adam Smith about his financial support from Palantir, facilitators of the ICE panopticon. prospect.org/2026/02/11/p...

"The Study's recommended configuration: One bus lane and one vehicle lane in each direction, plus dedicated space for people walking, rolling and biking. This balances multiple needs while prioritizing what works best for the most people." ‼️Honestly, a sea change for WSDOT. Kudos to Anna and others

You may remember Susan Honda from such discussions as, "why are we installing a sidewalk between a light rail station and a high school." bsky.app/profile/type...

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

There will be special shuttles tomorrow to help you connect into the downtown core. Note that many routes will truncate outside downtown necessitating a transfer to these shuttles. See Metro's rider alert pages for more. kingcounty.gov/en/dept/metr...

One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.

This massive interchange is justified based on traffic projections by Heffron Transportation. But guess what? THEY WERE WRONG, AS ALWAYS. (Update added by me based on SDOT annual traffic report.)

UPDATE: Sound Transit is partnering with @cascade.org Bicycle Club to host a free bike valet outside UW Station from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. So if you want to bike to the station and then take light rail into downtown, Cascade will watch your bike for you.

There's a national media event unveiling our new Amtrak Cascades trains in DC today. Here are some photos for you to enjoy! The Cafe Car is even stocked with our PNW favorites.

The best countdown signals count both the red and the green. Medellín.

I looked it up, and this is the actual definition of the word milquetoast:

How nice of the Seattle Times editorial board to give column space to Andrea Suarez, a local MAGA "leader" to promote her noxious ideas this weekend.

They're torture camps

Everyone's talking about the Super Bowl Ring ad. Super disturbing. Knowing Ring has partnerships with both Flock and Axon? Even more disturbing.

this rules and everyone opposed to it just sounds like this to me

Clearly if you want a Seahawks superbowl win you have to elect progressive leaders in Seattle.

#Seattle #Seahawks fans take over #CapitolHill streets

The only way any of the very tiny commercially zoned corridors in the wealthy lakeview neighborhoods become anything more than they are today is for them to have the density of Columbia City.

every. damn. time.

Hey, voters in (most of) Seattle and Vashon: the 100% on-line election for King County Conservation District 3 seat is happening now through Tuesday at 8:00p. If you’re a voter in the dark blue zone of this map, you can read candidate statements and vote here: kingcd.org/about/board-...

In case you were on the fence about buying something from Amazon…

Each mayor has to pedestrianize one street for every point scored by the opposing team.

This thread is how I learned Mike Dunn of Dunn Lumber is a member of the Discovery Institute

How surprised should I be that a business that tries to block the missing link bike trail also supports ICE?

That Route 8 is Metro's second most efficient route in generating ridership despite being L8 and unreliable, shows its massive potential with bus lanes and signal priority.

To all those who say “but air pollution is within legal limits” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Judging by the bike parking at the new-ish Seattle Convention Center Summit building, LEED Platinum doesn’t guarantee good bike parking. It was hard to find a spot that worked for my cargo bike. “Staple” racks will be so much better, and for an upgrade, why not adding some BikeLink lockers?

Kinda tired of G Line drivers being 2 minutes early leaving the 2nd stop. I've missed several because of this. @kingcountymetro.bsky.social

Saka gave a very long speech yesterday from the dais in favor of Complete Streets and road dieting 35th Ave SW to improve safety specifically. The pivot is real.

In his latest e-newsletter Rob Saka takes credit for SAVING CURBY, the traffic safety median he personally wanted to remove since before he was elected & was ready to pay $2 MILLION to do it until he got widely ridiculed for his absurd vendetta. What an utterly shameless & pathetic laughingstock

This is important stuff. Seattle alone has lost several key bus routes in recent years. We need to renew and expand funding so that we can bring transit to more people, and make it easier to get to our expanding, awesome light rail system.

Fundamental problem when "alternative" transportation systems are viewed as "nice to haves" instead of as critical infrastructure that people rely on.

RapidRide 48 when?

I can't figure out why the 2 Hour parking sign is here at Madison & Denny. The loading zone restriction covers the entire span of the regular sign (and more!). @seattledot.bsky.social

This is literally more private than any public bathroom www.portseattle.org/blog/all-you...

He's up for reelection this year. He does not deserve to be sent back to DC.

🚨ALERT🚨 The Pike Place Market Historical Commission is meeting next Wednesday, February 11th at 4:30pm to discuss the pedestrianization pilot. Sign up to speak and tell them you like fewer cars. (The motoring enthusiasts are expected to turn out.) www.seattle.gov/documents/De...

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.

Super frustrating to see we are only getting accessible pedestrian signals installed at four new intersections. Meanwhile the intelligent traffic signal program is going full tilt. Shouldn't we be making sure that everyone can cross the road safely before we start "optimizing?"

The block of Pine between 5th and 4th (through Westlake Park) should be transit + bike only.

@seattledot.bsky.social the curb jogging out and narrow lane width results in people rolling being on an arched path on the outside edge of the bike lane. Combine this path with drivers doing the same in the opposite direction due to the out of position barrier and you have a recipe for conflict.

Anna is living the meme (not the dream)

I was late, so I turned on tonight's Bainbridge Island Council meeting in time to hear deputy mayor Kirsten Hytopoulos giving a speech about how "density is a gift to development" and that the city is already "drowning in people of a certain income level" and doesn't need more market rate housing.

The story is much worse. To make room for SUPER YACHTS, Coast Guard ordered the bridge raised. This means a much longer on-ramp is now needed for trucking. So making room for SUPER YACHTS is slated to bulldoze apartment homes and trees. See www.theurbanist.org/2022/04/22/s...

Exciting to see that the @seattledot.bsky.social 2026 plan includes advancing design on a northbound bus-only lane on 24th from Boyer to Roanoke. Will be a big improvement for the 48. Hopefully they can advance all the way to construction soon!

Another day and another inch. The temporary bike safety barrier at Pine & 4th is now 11” out of position, reducing the bike right of way to about 3’. Well below the minimum lane width. @seattledot.bsky.social can we get a work order to restore this?

it's legit amazing how he continues to be 100% the wrong guy for this moment