Was this the plan all along?

[taps the sign]

This is the same intersection where a 6-year-old was it in June and where we held our "memorial for future victims": komonews.com/news/local/6... www.king5.com/article/news... SDOT offered an anodyne statement, but here we are

I've written a summary of my expert witness testimony from Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness vs. Burien, the widely-reported camping ban lawsuit that, for most of 2024, revolved around a map. henryspatialanalysis.com/news/public-...

This much

When @cascade.org announced its board elections, I followed up to ask if the candidates had public stances on this year's WA Bikes endorsements. Unfortunately I didn't hear back until today (voting closed yesterday), but I'm sharing the response for anyone interested in how these endorsements work.

LET'S GOOOOOOO

@wilsonkatieb.bsky.social wins and Reanimated Music opens — I'd call that a pretty good day!

Councilmember Rinck and transit leaders announce ‘Better Bus Lanes’ campaign council.seattle.gov/2025/10/22/c...

Important alert for people who like working while a light white noise is playing in the background, there is a family of whales singing next to the Moss Landing Marine Lab hydrophone right now and you should listen! radio.garden/visit/moss-l...

✨📊 Cold War Military Slides A reporter stumbled upon a treasure trove of Department of Defense slides from the 1970s and 1980s depicting data from missile systems, Soviet capabilities and America’s nuclear ars… 🔗 https://beautifulpublicdata.com/cold-war-military-slides

Low Traffic Neighborhoods make your streets quieter, safer and calmer! 🚗 47% less traffic 🏥 50% fewer car-related casualties 🚲 25% more walking/biking Less crime & better air quality! 🍃 Join our lunch and learn on Sept 30 at 12pm to learn more! RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Come out to Rooted in Roosevelt next weekend! It's free, a short walk from the Link, geared towards all ages, and guaranteed to be a lot of fun. I'll be emceeing! rooseveltseattle.org/rooted/

"Our neighborhood character includes our moral character" !!!

Go off SDOT

I was going to post about how amazing it was that I can now ride from Beacon Hill to South Park to Georgetown to downtown almost entirely in PBLs. But instead I’ll post this picture of a guy who smashed into the bike lane seconds after I rolled through:

TONIGHT: join @sngreenways.bsky.social's Northeast Greenways chapter for a social ride and happy hour at Burke-Gilman Brewing! Everyone who bikes in gets $1 off their first drink 🍻

Hello, Bluesky! This account automatically posts updates when the Census Bureau APIs add or remove datasets. See the full tracker at www.hrecht.com/census-api-d...

There's Work For All (1945) by Michael Young & Theodor Prager with 14 pictorial charts.

Battle for Health (1944) by Stephen Taylor with 13 pictorial charts.

After six years of collecting, I've finally assembled a complete set of Isotype Institute-illustrated NEW DEMOCRACY books with the addition of "Full Enjoyment". Here are some favorite details from each ...

Folk dancers beat the L8 @fixthel8.bsky.social

A bike network that isn’t inclusive of the needs of everyone who wants to safely use it is a failure Any biker thats clinging to exclusion should reflect on their views Every person we can get to use a city’s bike network is one more reason to advocate for safer and better systems to enjoy

My chart on the history of three infectious diseases — smallpox, polio, and measles — before and after a vaccine was available.

🏛️ images.uba.uva.nl 📍Celebes Sea View Map

Tour the Neptune Theatre in the U-District (1303 NE 45th St) for free this Saturday (or the third Saturday of each month) from 10 a.m. to noon.

Not enough people know about this chart, showing one of humanity's greatest achievements and one of our largest unfinished challenges — made much worse by the dismantling of USAID. ourworldindata.org/child-mortal...

Spotted in the park this evening:

We also made a list of elected officials in WA, in case you don’t want to follow everyone in a starter pack. It’s important to know what our electeds are (or aren’t) saying and doing right now👇🏾

Interesting-looking new study finding that "mode shift alone represents only 1/5th of the potential GHG benefits of increasing active transportation in a way that also reduces trip lengths through destination changes" doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

Mark your calendars for the 𝗥𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘁 neighborhood celebration on September 20, 2025! We're looking for local bands to play at the event as well as an artist to design our poster — both calls are open until June 28th. rooseveltseattle.org/rooted/

Hyperlocal post: Human People Beer soft launched in Roosevelt tonight, and it is excellent 🍻

Absolutely gorgeous video of a cougar using an underpass to cross I-90 near Snoqualmie Pass, via friends at Washington DOT. Be still my heart.

See you there 🚲

So many great lines in this piece, but Mary Wollstonecraft's take on Edmund Burke feels fresh two centuries later: “Misery, to reach your heart, I perceive, must have its cap and bells.” 🔥

The adolescents at DOGE are missing the huge multiplier effect the US Census Bureau has on the American economy. I use Census products daily for my small business, and those "obsolete" surveys are the data backbone for billion-dollar software tools.

www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025... We need to do better to make infill easier! It prevents sprawl and that means more forests and farmland remain.

Seeing Pike Place chock-full of people this afternoon, it's hard to believe that most of the outdoor market space used to be reserved for cars!

🚨 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁: 🚨 the 𝗺𝗯𝗴 package streamlines model-based geostatistics, with applications ranging from spatial ecology and epidemiology to regional planning. If you want to predict spatial outcomes based on contextual factors, this package is for you! henryspatialanalysis.github.io/mbg/

JUST ANNOUNCED: USDOT has approved the Record of Decision for West Seattle Link, allowing the project to advance out of environmental review and into the design phase. www.soundtransit.org/get-to-know-...

this is why i really like @nathenry.com's proximity map we can look at this and determine if it's actually walkable to anything in this case: not really walkable to groceries, library, schools, etc.

Op-Ed: Mapping the Missing Housing Opportunities in Seattle Growth Plan www.theurbanist.org/2025/04/19/m...

This is a clear illustration about how seattle’s proposed housing on heavy fast traffic arterials isn’t ’transit oriented development’, it is using future apartment dwellers as environmental shields to bear brunt of safety risks, traffic impacts and pollution we can plan for future neighbors better

I made an interactive map comparing five minute walks to transit stops (green) with Seattle's plans to allow more housing (brown/orange). You can explore the map and read my op-ed in @theurbanist.org: www.theurbanist.org/2025/04/19/m...

Op-Ed: To Save Trees and Orcas Build More Homes in Seattle www.theurbanist.org/2025/04/04/o...

The World Cup has the potential to be an iconic moment in Seattle city history, like the AYP Expo or the World's Fair — and we're off to a strong start with this poster! 🐋

This map is 🍒 Cherry! www.theurbanist.org/2025/03/22/g... Nice work @nathenry.com

rebranding the 15 min city.

It boils down to this: There used to be places where the poorest people could live indoors — even those with serious addictions, mental illnesses, criminal records, and disabilities. And now many of those places are gone.

A clear-eyed, authoritative look at where Seattle's cheap housing went, from Greg Kim (who's smartly absent from any social media). www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...