Wednesday's Most Read # 1 - The Paralympic Village Was Proof That Truly Accessible Cities Can and Should Exist link.theoverheadwire.com/jwkg8 @teenvogue.com

Always good to dream big--how about a diverging diamond interchange for the Judkins Station ramp redesign? Might require some more eminent domain, but so worth it if we could eliminate traffic congestion on the ramps!!!

This isn't a joke -- we need your help to keep Graham Street station from getting axed. Please sign our petition and spread the word.

Like to hell with the median, use that space to widen the sidewalks and plant stuff between the sidewalk and the traffic. People might hate walking next to two lanes of traffic somewhat less if there were 4' wide planters between their delicate meat sacks and the two-ton death machines

Happy to have joined this walk! Rainier Ave S needs to be fully rebuilt — not just tweaked around the edges. The good news is that the Keep Seattle Moving levy designates Rainier Ave S for repaving, Vision Zero, bike, and bus projects. Seattle must coordinate those into a comprehensive rebuild.

And speaking of Line 2... Barbara Earl Thomas's art at Judkins Park Station, is absolutely breathtaking. I am a huge fan of Thomas--as an artist, writer, and human being--and I am in love with the station because of her.

"Historically, decisions regarding where & how to invest in the transportation system may have been made w/o full recognition of their impacts on the broader community or the unintended consequences of focusing on objectives like speed, vehicle throughput or cost of per-mile roadway maintenance."

Sound Transit Boardmember, member of the Rider Experience and Operations Committee, @kccclaudia.bsky.social checking out station access problems on Rainier Ave because, you know, rider experience matters.

Best day ever!!! So many happy ppl. The masses crave transit and public amenities. GIVE THE PPL WHAT THEY WANT

@nondriver.bsky.social arranged for @mayorofseattle.bsky.social to take a walking tour of the very dangerous pedestrian routes to the new Judkins Park station and a reckless person happily obliged by driving their Tesla into the crosswalk.

Really appreciate our electeds who took the time to tour the Rainier side of the new Judkins Park light rail today. There's still work to do to make this a safe and comfortable place for people to walk, roll, ride & live and it's going to take all of us pushing and dreaming of something better!

Advocacy may take a while but it does get results! I-90 ramps at Rainier finally have raised crosswalks and warning lights. @nondriver.bsky.social @jrock08.bsky.social @r343l.bsky.social

I think I have an idea that will solve the ST3 financial crisis…

If you are out for the 2 line grand opening consider making your way down to Hiawatha Place. It's a fantastic little collections of shops.

Ahead of the most important Link extension opening yet, @mayorofseattle.bsky.social, @kccclaudia.bsky.social, and many neighbors spent the morning dodging cars on the I-90 ramps this morning. We can and must build a safer environment for everyone, especially next to train stations.

"you're not a car!!!!" Might be the most appreciated piece of verbal harassment I've ever gotten while biking.

Really got intrigued by Dayton WA's wheat production history--especially this 1867 grist that arrived via boat from England. What a trip!

Fare recovery aside, the new BART gates have drastically reduced maintenance and repair expenses and reported crime on the system has almost halved: bsky.app/profile/bart...

At a community walk roll event near the future Everett Casino Road light rail station, so I am missing the Sound Transit board meeting, but please, please someone say something about not cutting the Graham Street Station. I'm so grumpy there's no coordinated advocacy to fight for Rainier Valley

Three Sound Transit fare embassadors on my car announced they are not checking fares- just providing information. Why are we paying people to do this when we have huge budget shortfalls. (I'm also streaming the ST board meeting talking about system expansion cuts).

Good morning! Got in around midnight last night after a pretty gnarly drive across Snoqualmie pass. Also what should have been a 4-hour drive took 8 hours because of EV charging. I have definitely been critical of overly heavy EVs with too much battery capacity, but the Chevy Bolt Zev rental was...

I love to see all the transit organizing for Ballard, but it makes me sad and frustrated that I haven't seen anything around Graham Street. The only elected I've seen speak out about it CM Foster.

Welcome to today's edition to adventures in getting around Washington State without driving. I feel a Walla Walla and I'm waiting for Columbia County Transit to pick me up at the airport and give me a ride to Dayton...

SDOT Tests “Water Park Experience” on Rainier Ave to Comfort Residents Concerned About Wild Waves Shutting Down This Year

The robot shuttle to the light rail at SeaTac died a quiet death, right? Haven't seen them recently, or the large QR code directional things they needed to navigate 500 feet.

Got the chance to pretour the Judkins Station today with the WSDOT ramps workgroup, and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised at how quiet it was even being in the middle of a freeway. The sound barriers really helped. I didn't get to test the air quality monitor I brought -dead battery. Big...

When my kid was a toddler and completely obsessed with all construction equipment, and I didn't think I could handle another picture book about road widening, I made him a custom book about rebuilding Rainier with bike lanes, bus lanes and smooth sidewalks. photos.app.goo.gl/xg3kucd3txcp...

Rainier Ave S needs to be fully rebuilt — not just tweaked around the edges. The good news is that the Keep Seattle Moving levy designates Rainier Ave S for repaving, Vision Zero, bike, and bus projects. Coordinating those projects into a comprehensive rebuild is a major opportunity for Mayor Wilson

Practically a nautical voyage on the 7 bus this morning. The failing drainage on Rainier is so disrespectful to anyone who needs to walk along this major corridor -- you inevitably get soaked by trucks and passing cars, even waiting at the bus stops.

Oh look, we had green trolly tracks on Rainier back in the day. Probably much better drainage than the current get-soaked-by-sewer-water-puddle-splashes situation for pedestrians www.historylink.org/File/21393

Here are two more photos showing what US 10 did to Seattle's Little Italy. First dated 1954, second dated 1953. The destruction of the neighborhood came decades before I-90.

Do you live or work in Snohomish County? Come to our walk/roll event this Thursday with SnoTrac and @taskarcenter.bsky.social. This event will have Spanish interpretation -- and free lunch! RSVP required.

Seattle Times photographer @karenducey.bsky.social did a terrific job of capturing the stress of crossing the freeway ramps next to the new Judkins light rail station Read the full article by @nickdeshais.bsky.social, Can Seattle light rail repair what a freeway broke?

resharing because I think it's important for us to keep learning from places where change is happening -- and not just in Western Europe.

Almost the last train home.

amazing conversation about disability organizing with a room of bus advocates at Pittsburghers for Public Transit's Spring Training. Such a joy to learn from Dr. Josie Badger and Alisa Grisham. Check out their work if you don't know them already 👇

read about an alternative reality where reducing reliance on oil & gas is seen as a national security imperative👇

Omg Pittsburgh needs some bus only lanes. Going to be so late to where I was supposed to be because my bus is barely crawling in traffic. Everyone on the bus and the bus driver is grumpy.

Hello Pittsburgh! Here for a few days, and I brought a Brompton so I might have a little time for adventures. If you have any suggestions for food or bike routes, let me know.

Bellingham friends! Come join our scavenger egg hunt with Access Map on April 4.

While researching the history of bringing bikes on buses, I just discovered something: in the mid 20th century, buses in Australia and New Zealand had hooks on the front or back for mothers to hang prams off! Bus pram hooks were apparently a unique NZ+Aus phenomenon, found nowhere else in the world.

You know what would induce some trip flipping? Temporarily closing the highway on and off ramps to private vehicles at Judkins Station. Just as a little nudge. A week to prioritize people & transit over car speeds and let us all imagine what is possible.

The Interstate Bridge Project is channelling their inner Robert Moses: Say anything, promise anything to get the project started. They'say $7.5 Billion for "Phase 1," but their design means they'll be back and insist you pay for Phases 2/3. Start construction and you're on the hook for $15 billion

We'll all get to find out tomorrow at 11am at the Governor's Press Conference at the IBR Offices in Vancouver. Tune in: live on TVW in WA: tvw.org

Ferguson has a chance to axe this boated monstrosity.

👀 "the total cost of owning a vehicle has risen more than 40 percent since January 2020"

Well, this is annoying. But I'm secretly pretty happy. Time to build more trains, Washington! (Or at least paint some carpool lanes around Dupont).

There's a common misunderstanding by urban transit lovers that transit just doesn't exist outside of big cities. That really isn't true -- and while it's difficult to connect between counties, most smaller communities in our state have transit services. Mason Transit (Shelton) has 12 fixed routes...

I love that my kid has become a ferocious transit reader

Terrific @escapecollective.bsky.social article by @caleyfretz.bsky.social that really gets into the nuance of e-bike regulation. I agree pretty much entirely with his arguments. Though I'd like to see more research on disabled riders and throttle assist. I hear from disabled cyclists I know...