We must fully build out ST3: to Ballard, West Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, Issaquah, and Kirkland. @sound-transit.bsky.social, do not stop short, and do not pit neighbors against each other!

NEW OP-ED// Op-Ed: Reconnect and Automate Ballard to West Seattle Rail to Save ST3 By Scott Kubly, Trevor Reed via @theurbanist.org

Communities across the region are mobilizing to save ST3 and force the Sound Transit board as well as state legislators to step in and fix this, ensuring we build the whole system as voters intended. Learn more at @transpochoices.bsky.social, @seattlesubway.org, saveballardrail.org, & others.

If you want to save light rail to Ballard, now's the time to speak up! Tell Sound Transit that they need to build the system we voted for. Great to see people organizing to make sure our voices are heard. saveballardrail.org

Amazing turnout on a sunny Saturday to save Ballard rail! Thank you to everyone who came out to help organize and build the movement. If you couldn’t make it, visit saveballardrail.org to get involved!

Out here at the Denny & Terry hydration station with @seattlesubway.org

In bad news for everyone but copywriters I guess, it’s been “fixed”

Look, a rule is a rule...

So... a funny thing happened when they were making the Club World Cup navigation signs...

Thought experiment: You just got out of a baseball game and everyone has an AV waiting for them. How is that going?

Nine years ago, I joined some friends from @seattlesubway.org to engage in some tactical urbanism by using sidewalk chalk to indicate the future downtown Redmond link station and to encourage a “yes” vote on ST3. Happy to finally see this station up and running!

Redmond Link has arrived and is really pretty great, actually! seattletransitblog.com/2025/05/10/w...

These are the two transportation accomplishments on the mayor’s campaign website.

Do you think WA needs more housing around transit? Sign in "PRO" to show support for HB 1491, the Transit Oriented Housing Development bill in the Senate: app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifie... @theurbanist.org @tech4housing.bsky.social @houseourneighbors.bsky.social #Seattle #housing #urbanism #waleg

It would be really nice if Democrats picked a side and fought for good things.

This is one of those cases where we hope to be proven completely wrong in time. We wish CEO Constantine nothing but success in delivering on Sound Transit’s promise: High quality transit, built and operated for riders first.

Whoa…. We agree with the Seattle Times Editorial Board about something related to Sound Transit. Historic moment, this. www.seattletimes.com/opinion/edit...

I’ve seen these in Europe, cool they’re making their way to America

Sound Transit’s CEO Search Should Be About Leadership, Not Political Deals via @publicola.bsky.social, by @seattlesubway.org publicola.com/2025/03/06/s...

Dow Constantine is the wrong choice for @sound-transit.bsky.social CEO. publicola.com/2025/03/06/s...

I’m sure we can all guess where this is going. The price tag of endless ST3 process is about to go way up.

The Washington Senate just approved SB 5501, banning employers from requiring job applicants to hold driver's licenses for any jobs where driving isn't an essential function of the job. app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/...

We find this response unconvincing. www.theurbanist.org/2025/02/26/c...

Oh great, let’s push all this transit work into an opaque part of city government with a history of car centric results. What could go wrong? www.theurbanist.org/2025/02/24/m...

every single transportation conversation ever

ONLY MOAR TRAINS!!!

This is a good statement.

sic semper tyrannis

Spartacus moment for every downtown to roll out congestion pricing

We feel pretty strongly about the @sound-transit.bsky.social CEO search. It’s a big deal. We did a press release and everything. www.ncwlife.com/news/northwe...

1). They are right 2). This is awesome

This is a minor thing considering this week’s Sounder issues, but: 1). Check out these sweet bollards! 2). Note how far away the train is from the platform entrance. 3). The gates stay down long after the train stops. @sound-transit.bsky.social - Any insight on why 2/3 are the way they are?

The next Sound Transit CEO has to get the agency back on track. The stakes are incredibly high. They have to get it right. @sound-transit.bsky.social

Sound Transit’s search for a new CEO needs to be transparent. This is a consequential job and the region can’t afford a wrong move like letting the board self-deal. Beyond that, Constantine simply has not been an advocate for riders since ST3 passed. www.theurbanist.org/2025/02/15/d...

Ok, now the hard part. Housing folks: Assuming this brings $50M the first year and then slightly less every subsequent year, what do you build?

Scenes from the Prop 1A party

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Amazon Concerned New Tax Will Take Away Money It’s Saving for Donation to Third Trump Inauguration: bit.ly/42LXfJR

BREAKING: I’m hearing the great Donald Shoup has passed away. Few urbanists can really be called game-changers, but Shoup powerfully changed how we see parking rules and their huge affect on cities. The recent revolution in parking standards was inspired by his unique work. Thank you Donald. #RIP

Trump is a fascist but the actual reason you can’t afford a home is NIMBYs like Robert Reich himself fighting against building housing in their neighborhoods

It’s comp plan night everybody!!!

Congestion Pricing is creating tremendous benefits. Subway Ridership: ⬆️ 13% Bus Ridership: ⬆️ 6% (⬆️ 21% weekends) Transit Crime: 🔻36% Fatal Car Crashes: 🔻44% Trip Times: 🔻10-30%

🚨 We have a passenger rail improvement priorities bill by @juliareedwa.bsky.social / @staterepjuliareed.bsky.social!! 🚆 🚆 🚆 By 2035, it sets goals for Amtrak Cascades as follows: - 2.5hr trip time with 14 RTs for SEA-PDX - 2.75hr trip time with 5 RTs for SEA-YVR - Minimum 88% on-time performance

Save the date! Two new stations on the Link 2 Line in Redmond will open for passenger service on May 10. Read more: www.soundtransit.org/system-expan...

Oh good, handmaids rules for transportation funding. They keep outdoing themselves on how stupid and evil they can be.

As long as Seattle keeps electing NIMBYs, state law is the only way we’ll ever make real progress on housing.

Anti-housing forces are making their voices heard on the comp plan. Are you? oneseattleforall.org/petition-cou...

Everyone who has ever waited on a bus that never came feels this.

What do you call it when someone makes no effort at all to say things that are true?