The ol' Delridge bike commute experience

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It's a good morning for some colorful new bike lane barriers in Belltown.

Imagine being the guy who sold the Sonics to Oklahoma and then wondering why people in Seattle don’t like you.

Wow these folks went and made what I've always daydreamed of making

I called this in, but @seattledot.bsky.social this is an injury (and lawsuit) waiting to happen. It's been several days. Westbound cyclists on Jackson are forced to merge into the streetcar lane. I didn't see a signed detour onto Main or sidewalk (which has a bus stop). And King doesn't go through.

The City of Ottawa posted the raw speed data from before and after Doug Ford banned speed cameras and the effect is so obvious it's not even necessary put a line marking when that happened. This chart shows the percentage of drivers going 15km/h or more over the posted limit.

Phase 1 of @mayorofseattle.bsky.social ‘s Denny Way Plan is done! ✅ We’re excited for boosted Route 8 speed and reliability and can’t wait for Phase 2 this August!!

Whoever makes the top two for the governor's race will be asked non-stop about what they will do to lower gas prices and there really isn't much they *could* do. This is going to drive me insane because the honest answer is, "this is exactly why we need to get off fossil fuels"

lol glad our highway infrastructure famously needs zero maintenance

Anchorhead replacing Starbucks in the Junction is about as good as it gets

Hot take: I think it's ok if people want to own pickup trucks, we just need to design them to not be high-hooded child-dozers like we used to:

@amtrakcascades.wsdot.wa.gov Should we talk to Bike Link about adding some more storage boxes outside of King Street? It was so nice to bike to the train and leave my bike in a safe spot but I got the last one of the four that are there. Great infrastructure add on!

This section needs: - Reduce to one travel lane each way - All curb parking becomes 3 min loading with a couple ADA - Use liberated space (two lanes!!) to add bike lanes, widen sidewalks, and plant trees

So glad we added bollards to Union Station to prevent illegal parking here.

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All of the traffic I experienced on California Ave this morning was caused by people parked in the travel lanes or attempting to parallel park. I really don't think "arterials" should be used as parking lots.

For your consideration

Oh hey, it's Highland Park Way being dangerous af surprise surprise

I'm so tired

SCL doesn’t ask the public if we want safe transmission lines. SPU doesn’t ask the public if we want safe watermains. Boeing Field doesn’t ask the public if we want a safe runway. WSDOT doesn’t ask the public if we want safe bridges. Why does SDOT put safe streets up for debate?

I think it would be a smart political move for @mayorofseattle.bsky.social to pull a major bike project from the transportation levy and announce it's moving forward on Bike Everywhere Day

All of this these light rail delay stories just make me sorta wish we'd get taken over by China already

It's bad but getting back to a low gas price society shouldn't be our goal either

I love how Bezos had his newspaper write an article about how he doesn't like that he was being compelled to pay taxes

The real big brain is to eliminate street parking but also have smaller fire trucks but we're only allowed to piss off one group of entrenched interests at a time.

I am 110% convinced that public houses for life safety projects absolutely need to go the way of the dodo

The fact that there are TWO TV news crews here is just a much bigger indictment of how TV news in our city works than anything I could ever say about it. This is about fifty parking spaces.

Y'all, this is over a small stretch of street parking

I’m here on Queen Anne where city officials will face neighbors angry that on-street parking will be removed to make room for fire trucks.

I love how in Europe and Asia folks are going "welp I would usually drive or fly but it's too expensive now, guess I'll just walk or take the train" while we in the United States are suddenly struggling with even being able to go get our groceries now

It would be good for stories focusing on the impact of gas prices to mention that it's so painful for drivers because our country has spent decades implementing car-centric policies that have made driving a necessity in many places. If you have other options it's easier to weather price increases.

Seattle's livability is not defined by its population density but our infrastructure and safety nets. Amsterdam is a far more livable and family-supporting place to live and is 50% more dense than Seattle. Telling people to leave or not have kids here is akin to xenophobia.

The math on being a parent in Seattle doesn't make sense. Need two incomes to pull it off, but that means you need to pay for expensive daycare. Now you need to do drop off/pick before and after your statistically above average commute of 30 minutes each way. Oh and don't forget to cook + exercise.

Gas prices are spiking like crazy, but hot take? They need to stay that way and Democrats need to not run a platform assuring folks it will get cheaper again.

I got the Laurelhurst Community Council's meeting minutes before they took down their website. You'll never guess what they had to say about the helicopters flying sick kids to the hospital: www.thestranger.com/news/laurelh...

I'm getting triggered every time I see Jackson St now

My kid is totally capable of riding a few miles but not old enough for me to trust yahoos in cars without a protected bike network.

I like that this person posted how they don't like how the gasworks stacks are going to look without ladders by posting pictures showing that you can't even get a good look at them to begin with

Am I missing some recent narrative on the left of folks not being satisfied with mayors like Mamdani and Wilson suddenly? What am I missing? This is from a Through the Static Instagram comment section

Love that these guys got light rail before Ballard /s

Pulled the full clip. This is Federal Way Councilmembers Susan Honda and Jack Walsh, as well as Federal Way's Senior Traffic Engineer Jason Kennedy.

YIKES: The Seattle Times rejected a union request to not replace workers with AI saying "Journalism doesn't mean journalists." www.instagram.com/p/DX7Tkxpj55...

We really need to bring parking enforcement back to the Find It, Fix It app

Thank you @downtownseattle.bsky.social for fixing this!

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They should start making 'compact' parking only lanes. Draw a parking line and if the car doesn't fit it gets towed. (Cars parked on sidewalk also towed.)

Sounds like Westside Bicycle is on the struggle bus

Every conversation re current events feels like this anymore

tangentially related: have you seen the before/after occidental park/mall photos? (before from www.flickr.com/photos/seatt..., after is google maps because I seem to lack a photo)