Excited that my first action as the new Tacoma Bike and Pedestrian Advisory Board co-chair is to recommend Tacoma move forward with impact fees to fund transportation projects. Many cities both larger and smaller than #Tacoma have long embraced impact fees to fill gaps -- it's time we join them.

happy bday Irish writer Oscar Wilde, b.1854. “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”

This makes me so proud of the church I grew up in.

Last night at our annual fundraiser, we announced our new name: Tacoma On the Go. We're formalizing that we're working for safe mobility for all across Tacoma, not just downtown. So, so deeply appreciative of all the support as we head into our next era!

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

Bikes 🤝🏻 Transit The partnership of my dreams 😍 @kingcountymetro.bsky.social @cascade.org

Vancouver's TransLink is a rare success story in North American transit, with ridership almost matching pre-Covid levels. It might be the only big 🇺🇸/🇨🇦 agency that has *expanded* total bus service since 2019. I spoke w/CEO Kevin Quinn about lessons from TransLink's rapid recovery. 🧵

Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"

Supreme Court: of course states can regulate, and restrict access to, medical procedures if there’s a compelling public interest Colorado: (bans conversion therapy for minors) Supreme Court: no not like that, we only meant abortion

Not mentioned in the story: 🔹 The biggest danger for scooter riders is cars 🔹 Unlike cars, scooters almost never kill another person walking/biking/scooting As I said to someone complaining about "dangerous" scooters, "You get hit by a car, and I'll get hit by a scooter. Let's see who feels worse."

Sold my old Subaru's Yamaha roof rack to a young guy from Tacoma who just bought his first bike. 🥹 I am so excited for him to discover the freedom and joy of biking. (Also, I tried giving it away for free but it needed a $50 fee to draw interest, so funny).

My heart goes out to all the Crosscut reporters. Puget Sound is in desparate need of more investigative reporters and they did an incredible job. Having started my career as a newspaper reporter 20 years ago, it breaks my heart to see so many great journalists let go so callously.

It's difficult to go about daily tasks with the ever-rising authoritariamism, from ICE to attacks on free speech. I started working on a short story about freedom of speech and a heroine who fought back. It doesn't feel like much but it's better than hopelessness and despair.

This game could have been an email. #WNBA #SEAvsLV

Officially won my #WNBA fantasy league today, thank you Jackie Young and Napheesa Collier! The joys of being a pretend GM.

Shoutout to libraries for keeping fiction and non-fiction separate, that is not easy to do these days

The constitutional crisis of SCOTUS saying Brown people can legally be taken off the street for being Brown has me angry and sad. Just went swimming at the gym to clear my head. But it's hard not to be furious right now.

Social team is on fire for Mamdani.

The SCORE act doesn't Close Title IX loopholes that deny thousands of women's roster spots, address House settlement-related Title IX violations, or ensure women can fully participate in & benefit from NIL. And it could overturn unrelated laws – including the one used to prosecute Larry Nassar.

More of this: Spokane outlaws warrantless ICE enforcement at events on public property

"It has led here, to this moment, where all three branches of the GOP-controlled government have been willing to torch the republic and democracy that generations of elected officials and citizens have tended for 249 years simply to please Donald Trump and avoid running afoul of his temper."

Received great news from Regence WA that all 3 Moderna, Pfizer, and Novavax #COVID vaccines will be covered 100% at in-network pharmacy locations this fall. Once again feeling lucky to live in this state.

Federal Judge Strikes Down Florida’s Book Ban Law | Court rules Florida’s expanded “Don’t Say Gay” law is unconstitutionally vague, violating the First Amendment and censoring acclaimed books. | www.metroweekly.com/2025/08/flor...

White woman puts Mexican flag on her truck to waste ICE’s time.

Why do the Storm not want me to be happy? #WNBA #SEAvsATL

The number of children injured or killed by cars while walking or riding a bike has fallen steadily since the 1970s, but CDC researcher note that this decline is not because streets are safer, but because fewer kids are out and about in the first place.

"You should not be afraid of someone who has a library and reads many books; you should fear someone who has only one and he considers it sacred, but he has never read it." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Just crashed my bike on South Tacoma Way. Got close passed by an angry driver when I had to take the full lane (thanks bike lanes that end at intersections, you're the best 😡) This is a policy choice, Tacoma.

Throwback Thursday to when I used to be the "team" researching 300 candidates for Fuse's PVG. But seriously this guide is an incredible resource and you should use it. Was especially helpful for my decisions on School Board candidates here in Tacoma.

Sharing this GIFT LINK so people can’t say they didn’t know what’s been happening in our name. wapo.st/3GZuXCW

It's on! Some ways to get presale tickets: - Support The War on Cars on Patreon - Support @nerd4cities.bsky.social on Patreon - Become a member of @cascade.org - Become a member of @townhallseattle.bsky.social See you in Seattle!

Car buyers will now be allowed write off up to $10,000/ year in interest paid on qualifying auto loans Car drivers can still get over $3,500 in parking tax benefits too But, bike commuters got their $240/year benefit cut It's not about the budget, it's a preference & subsidy for people who drive

I’m at the Capitol, it’s past midnight, and as of right now, Republicans do not have the votes to pass their Big Bad Betrayal Bill and kick 17 million Americans off their health care. Democrats are united in our opposition. Let’s keep up the pressure and kill this bill.

Cutting off tens of millions from health care just to own the libs

This @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social video is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The numbers he cites, the strategy and results they produced — it’s the future. When have you heard *any* campaign talk about this, ever? (Video split in 2 to fit in Bluesky’s limits)

Wow so you’re telling me everyone who cheered on the Iraq war is on board with this now too? And so are the people who opposed the Iran nuclear deal and killed it? You’re kidding.

Here's the video clip of Skylar Diggins answering my question about Nneka Ogwumike's greatness being overlooked. Diggins got very emotional when talking about Nneka. #WNBA #NothingButStorm

I biked to the Lincoln District food walk by myself for the first time, and then over to the Pride event to hear a talk on banned books. It feels good to get more comfortable navigating Tacoma by two wheels.

My love of Goodr sunglasses for cycling made it on the @cascade.org blog: cascade.org/news/2025/06...

I want my tax dollars to fund: - public schools - public libraries - public transit - public bathrooms - public parks & plazas - public lands - public roads that are safe for all people - public services to help people These investments make our cities and towns better for everyone.

Wow. RFK announced via a Wall Street Journal opinion piece that he is removing all 17 members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices, which is the expert panel at the CDC that decides who is eligible for vaccines and whether insurers should cover them.

I tend to think about what is happening to America right now as the ongoing attempted murder-suicide of multiracial democracy by a white nationalist minority and it’s very frightening but what’s happening in LA feels like a good sign that we’re not going down without a fight

kind of just endlessly sad and grieving that there are so few voices in the public sphere making the basic principled argument that immigration is an affirmative good in every way and the best way for this country to serve humanity is to welcome people who want or need to leave their homes

I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

Just coming back online from five days in Olympic National Park, and wow a digital detox + time to hike and hope and imagine in nature makes me feel like a newly charged person.

Is that...? Bah gawd! That's Paint Map's music! THEY'RE BAAAACK. It's Memorial Day Weekend, so expect heavy traffic everywhere. While we pause most of our road work during the holiday weekend, you should expect delays because there's (gestures broadly) a LOT happening.

well well well, if it isn't the thing everyone said would happen

FYI new COVID wave hitting. Two #Seattle friends just reported positive tests, is anyone else seeing it here?