Good transit oriented running this weekend! Rainier Beach Station to UW. Even found an appropriate Brooks ad in the station.

Why are single-stair buildings actually SAFER than two stair buildings in some circumstances? It seems counter intuitive… obviously, more redundancy is better, right?

Vehicular Cycling is what you do survive Safe Streets is what we do to thrive

This is a wild chart

this is all around just so fucked up.

The people cry out for more trains to Bellingham. Who shall answer their call?

End Big Government Parking Mandates

I'm glad that people are coming around to the fact that Democrats like these are just the Republican Party's unpaid interns. They're the reason your city is a punchline with your conservative relatives. They're the reason TX and FL get new Congressional seats while California and NY lose them.

I still can't believe Councilmember Padilla used *forcing a developer to reduce the size of an affordable housing project* as an example of how she is making housing more affordable for the people in her district!

Imagine the country is in the grip of famine and we are proud of how we refused to pass policies that would benefited the developers (grain silo owners and train operators).

“Yes, we lose 20 units. Perhaps it makes us more or less competitive, but 70 is better than nothing,” Deets said. Our current affordable housing target in cities is "better than nothing" 🫠 share.google/i3e0wsK6WVUb...

There was a hint in 2024 that China's Carbon emissions had peaked due to their massive roll out of renewables, which continues. Now the data from the first half of 2025 confirms that CO2 emissions in China are decreasing. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🌊🔋

Dealing with some city electeds in a nutshell.

Graphic I made based on Ben Franklin's famous political cartoon. Joe Picozzi, Frank Ferry, and Devlin Robinson must come together with the rest of the representatives to fund transit.

“Los Angeles leaders are once again demonstrating their cowardice and failing their own constituents who desperately need more housing—and they’re doing it at the behest of LA’s wealthiest, most entitled voters, who have consistently blocked progress on housing affordability.” - @hanlon.bsky.social

Why is there not an elevated/underground train line running down Geary Blvd? San Franciscans explain.

Excellent op-ed by Bellingham City Council candidate Andrew Reding on how we can bring down the cost of living in Bellingham: salish-current.org/2025/08/18/s...

SEPTA defunding is going to go down as a cautionary tale against fiscal responsibility. you can count every penny, achieve efficiencies that put your costs an order of magnitude below peer systems, never expand the network and focus only on maintenance, and still get curb-stomped

There’s a reason why every Hallmark movie is about “Big City girl moves to the countryside, meets hardworking country folk, and finds realizes that this is totally the greatest thing ever” because the inverse of this happens thousands of times a day.

Challenge: post your last photo in DC to show what a hell-hole it is. @blvdsubway.bsky.social

Spokane Port Townsend Bellingham Bremerton Bothell Shoreline

Please PLEASE let South Eastern Pennsylvania become its own state. Absurd that Philadelphia has spent the last year begging a state senator from a county with 40k people not to completely destroy our public transit system that moves 800k people A DAY

Hot take, people who hate cities shouldn’t be in charge of cities

Reminder that an initiative to repeal Washington's Carbon Tax, which adds up to 60¢ a gallon to the price of gasoline was rejected by a margin of 23%. People want climate leadership. ballotpedia.org/Washington_I...

I am officially blocked by Dean Preston. This is my proudest achievement.

Spokane turns around permits hilariously quickly.

Year old article but relevant to the ongoing discussion on traffic enforcement's relationship to safety. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Watching SEPTA beg for its life over upbeat music is just a deeply unnerving experience.

LET'S GOOOOO 🥳 @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social

California has the strongest soldiers because it absolutely has the hardest battles.

City of Subdued Excitement showing up the Emerald City. 😎

'Dutch-style' intersections keep pedestrians and cyclists protected from motor vehicles as they cross or turn. Design features include corner islands, physically separated lanes that carry through the junction, and dedicated signal timings for non-motorised users. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Been staring at this map in awe for hours. Even more so as district 1 really isn't different from existing district 2.

The Free Rider Myth – Who Really Pays for the Roads? momentummag.com/free-rider-m...

To ban duplexes because "fire safety" but still allow sfhs to be rebuilt is why I'm skeptical California is going to be okay. laist.com/news/housing...

Idaho continues to just be peak yikes. www.cyclingwest.com/advocacy/ida...

GOP reconciliation law killed funds for these reconnecting communities projects: —Portland I-5 cap —Boston I-90 parks/street grid —Philly Chinatown/Vine St. cap —Atlanta I-75/85 cap —Jacksonville Emerald trail —NYC Queensway trail —Austin I-35 cap —Dallas highway caps —Knoxville greenways

Perpetual plug if any of you fine Bellinghamsters would care to join the Strong Towns Bellingham discord: discord.gg/vbsEZAxww2 Lots of local city development discussion and train posting

We did it Joe!

They did the meme!

Thanks to SROs I'm living in one of the least affordable cities in the country while paying $672.50 in rent.

Tremendous article about how we made the most affordable housing illegal. I've lived in SFHs converted to SROs the last 12 years and they have saved me maybe $100k in that time.

This right here is some Grade A train for the brain.

This should be ringing an alarm bell for every urban thinker. Every city that descends into district-ism starts engaging in cronyism and zero sum thinking within the city. Not as bad as Philly's "councilmanic privilege" but it's a hard slide to stop. www.theurbanist.org/2025/07/21/s...

Closing streets is so unpopular.

My politics is just more of this.

I believe deeply in Ranked Choice Voting and citizens redistricting commissions but seeing how unilateral disarmament has led to this nightmare in office I begin to doubt.