This is terrible for the city and for anybody that cares about our civic health. A very sad day.

Truck manufacturers are suing California over an emissions deal they signed: that's bad news for Californians, the trucking industry and the truck makers themselves. Oped in @latimes.com by Guillermo Ortiz of @nrdc.org and Craig Segall, formerly of @airresources.bsky.social

Seattle isn't perfect, but it is one of the best places to live car-free and car-light in the U.S. We need to build on this momentum.

As far as I can tell, this is the entirety of the nearby available bike parking for @soundersfc.com matches. This is not adequate! Am I missing something or... ??

🚨The Denver City Council voted 9-3 to abolish minimum parking requirements citywide for all uses. This means more room for homes, small businesses, and people—not empty asphalt. A major step toward a more affordable, sustainable, and people-focused city. 📍Denver, CO

100% same.

I'm so impressed by our local candidates this year! My Seattle primary ballot: Mayor: @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social KC Exec: @claudiaforkcexec.bsky.social City Attorney: @electrory.bsky.social Position 8: @alexis4seattle.bsky.social Position 9: Dionne Foster Parks and Democracy Vouchers: ✅

My team at @sightline.org is growing again! We're looking for someone with research and writing chops who's eager to address the climate crisis through state and local policy in the Pacific Northwest. Application deadline: July 21st. Spread the word!

TAKE ACTION: Tell California legislators that they shouldn’t give ports a license to pollute. They must vote #NoOnSB34 earthjustice.org/action/now-i...

"Republican senators insist they don't know how or why the tax was inserted into the bill they're rushing to pass. No senator is taking credit for or defending it. And at least one wants it removed." www.nbcnews.com/politics/con... by @frankthorp.bsky.social and @sahilkapur.bsky.social 🔌💡

Here in Washington state, 3,866,398 acres are on the line. This includes some of the most carbon-dense forest in the world, with immeasurable value for climate resilience, biodiversity conservation, and human health and well-being.

I finally wrote about a Seattle transit topic that comes into my head every single time I'm walking downtown. It's time to bring transit back to First Avenue. www.theurbanist.org/2025/06/11/o...

"4 minute peak Link service"

The Bremerton City Council just voted 6-1 to become the fourth Washington city to completely drop any mandated off-street parking in new development, following in the steps of Spokane, Port Townsend, and Bellingham.

Hey! We've been working away on #parkingreform campaigns + also testing how best to **talk about parking reforms ** including qualitative + survey message testing! There's more to figure out in this space, but here's our preliminary recommendations + talking points! www.sightline.org/2025/05/28/h...

Open letter from auto dealer calls on Toyota to ‘do better’ on EVs

Think you can hide from our activists? Think again! This crew started the afternoon protesting Rep. Tom Barrett's vote for the disastrous budget bill and ended outside @slotkin.senate.gov office to protest her support for repealing the California EPA waiver. michiganadvance.com/2025/05/22/p...

The House budget includes a $250 annual EV fee—framed as fair compensation for lost gas tax revenue. But at 18.4¢/gal, a 30 mpg gas car would need to drive 40,000+ miles to pay that much. The average driver logs just 14,000. This isn’t about fairness. It’s a penalty on clean transportation.

This federal program was supposed to help states build out a network of EV charging stations that would help drivers across the country. Despite the money already being allocated, the Trump administration has paused the funds.

Toyota's "electrified diversified" banner ads you see at the airport or the ballpark around town drive me a little bonkers because they are essentially rebranding gas powered cars and hoping consumers still think they're super green.

Truck makers like Volvo & Daimler are lobbying to help kill CA’s clean truck rules. “Multi-billion dollar companies would rather not spend their money right now…even if it means the entire U.S. freight sector falls behind.”—says Craig Segall, former CA air regulator, The Hill. 🔗: buff.ly/gFmnu5H

🚨 Emergency Action Alert 🚨 Senators @peters.senate.gov and @slotkin.senate.gov must stand firm against attacks on state clean vehicle standards. Drop what you're doing and call them NOW to tell them to VOTE NO.

Thank you @heinrich.senate.gov for standing up for clean air, for clean cars and trucks, and for the expert, technical rulemaking at the U.S. EPA, that we used to have. Polluters are driving the car now.

Bad news: Senate Republicans look set to invoke the "nuclear option" to gut clean vehicles standards. The Senate has never before overruled the Parliamentarian on a Congressional Review Act resolution. If this passes, fed agencies will struggle to take ANY independent actions to uphold statutes.

📢 New Yorkers deserve clean air! We have the technology, we have the plan, but we need leaders to lead. This #WorldAsthmaDay, it’s up to @governor.ny.gov to protect our air & follow through on #CleanerTrucks! Make your voice heard: act.sierraclub.org/actions/Nati...

Giant sequoias in Detroit? Cool.

📣 New Yorkers are demanding clean air! Thousands of diesel trucks rumble through NY neighborhoods, spewing dangerous pollution into homes & schools.

The Secretary of Transportation apparently believes every tired myth about bike lanes you have ever heard, including that they cause congestion, somehow put cyclists in harms way, and don't attract riders. Here's an explainer about why he's wrong, according to decades of data from agencies he runs.

The Washington TOD bill —Requires mid-size & large cities to zone for average of 3.5 FAR near rail, 2.5 FAR near BRT —Eliminates parking requirements for most apartments & mixed uses —Pays for inclusionary zoning through property tax exemptions For more on the bill:

Why the Transit Oriented Development Bill is just really so damn awesome. rondezvous.beehiiv.com/p/brilliant-...

How can you not be romantic about baseball?

Passing the time with an enjoyable activity -- watching the line cutters get busted and sent to the back of the line. #FAFO

When will Mount Rainier have car free access? www.theurbanist.org/2024/12/17/o...

This is how you lead. ❤️

“It’s difficult to overstate how existential the tariffs are for the bicycle industry. Imports account for 97% of the bikes purchased in the United States, of which 87% come from China, making it ‘one of the most import-dependent industries in the U.S.’” heatmap.news/economy/trum...

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

Clean trucks standards are being systematically attacked in states across the country, so it's really encouraging to see examples like this of strong legislative leadership. www.sierraclub.org/press-releas...

Is there any state that has passed an e-bike tax like budget writers are proposing in supposedly deep blue Washington?

Important caveat for the largely excellent abundance agenda: It's what you build too, not just how much. (This is a great thread.)

I have family who are around today because of cutting edge cancer research. A lot of people are having that chance taken away from them.

Today, more than 100 electric school buses are operating in districts statewide! New York making steps to make clean air a reality for our pupils and communities! #electricschoolbuses @governor.ny.gov

I'm old enough to remember her campaign, when she praised @jessdbateman.bsky.social's missing middle bill, wanted the draft Comp Plan to go even further (study Alternative 6), and said we needed more housing so that young people could stay in the city. (This was less than two years ago.)

Trump plans to allow industries to seek exemptions from enviro regulations, including integrated iron & steel facilities and coke ovens. This will kill more Americans without creating a competitive manufacturing sector or long-term employment.🧵 subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

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Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.

Here's Washington State Senate Dems taking budget pointers from bright red states by raising operating costs for transit agencies and proposing a giant tax on e-bikes, just years after passing an e-bike rebate program. Make it make sense!

some more congestion pricing Ws: Broadway attendance: up 21% Restaurant reservations: up 7% Pedestrian traffic: up 4% Retail sales: up $900M Commercial leasing: up 61% Subway crime: down 37% Car crashes: down 50% Honking complaints: down 69%

Washington is one step closer to passing what would still be the most ambitious state-level parking reform bill - a big win for housing and a better transportation system. Exciting - and I hope other states are paying attention!

Want to feel hopeful about something? States are stepping up amidst the federal government’s assault on funding for transit, biking, and walking: abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...

Love to see this win for Washingtonians on a Friday afternoon.