10+ MILLION RIDES IN 2026: bike and scooter share is BOOMING in Seattle, growing 60% since last year. We share the work we’re doing to make this popular way to travel in the city better for everyone and celebrate its many benefits on the SDOT blog. Read it now: https://bit.ly/45qrWVd

Ready to start seeing more trains on the I-90 floating bridge? We’re starting pre-revenue operations on the 2 Line’s Crosslake Connection 🚊 Head to The Platform blog to find out what that means for passengers and for the region: www.soundtransit.org/blog/platfor...

I was going to make a video on the Federal Way extension, but I am getting sick of my GoPro losing footage for seemingly no reason. Not sure if its getting old or what. I'll probably just postpone it until after getting a new camera and try again next month.

So, they finally add volume sliders to Mario Kart World and of course they do it in the most Nintendo way possible. Instead of sliders from 0% to 100% across different sound types, it's a toggle for the music to go from Normal to Loud, with loud barely being louder than normal.

So annoying when people ride the wrong way in these bike lanes.

live view from cuomo hq

After waiting the entirety of the Switch era for a new Mario Kart game, it wasn't particularly good, so I made a review of it. youtu.be/eC2QuFrtGbo

I was in New York City a few weeks ago, and it was the perfect opportunity to capture footage for congestion pricing. youtu.be/K-IXL1h2b7o

BREAKING: Sound Transit expects to conduct its first LIVE WIRE test on the I-90 bridge TONIGHT, at around 11pm. "A single light rail vehicle will travel at incremental speeds between 10 and 55 mph to test power systems between Mercer Island and Judkins Park stations, including the I-90 bridge."

I just uploaded a video on what makes Redmond, Washington a model for transit oriented developments: youtu.be/VWD0y-ZS-NI

I have a Redmond video almost ready to publish. I am just waiting for Sound Transit to drop the July ridership data. A big difference is Downtown Redmond actually takes you somewhere. It's easier to absorb riders when people actually live near the transit station.

Some good news for once: Federal Way Light Rail Extension On Track for Early Opening www.theurbanist.org/2025/07/10/f...

Downtown Redmond Link is officially open.

Darn. This has to be one of the most annoying delays for a major transit expansion. From "the rail ties are borked" in 2023 to maybe opening two years after the starter line.

I made a short about Pike Place Market going car lite www.youtube.com/shorts/tXOLW... I also learned something fun about shorts thumbnails: you can edit them. You have to do it through the YouTube app. Not the studio app, the YouTube app. Of course, they have to make it as annoying as possible.

theseus shut up for one second. it's the same ship. it's called maintenance. that wasn't so hard now was it

The main reason I am looking forward to the 2 Line crossing Lake Washington later this year is how much easier it will be to access all the game development jobs in Bellevue, Redmond, and even Kirkland. I've been sticking with my current employer because they allowed me to work from remote

Washington State Senate just passed a very substantial transit-oriented development bill, which has also been passed by the state house. The bill would: —Upzone areas near rail & BRT stations to average floor area ratios of 2.5+, with inclusionary zoning —Eliminate most parking requirements

Having to pay for that Nintendo Switch 2 tour "game" is dumb. Straight up.

For April Fools, I decided to make a silly urbanism video. youtu.be/Y9VHUhFc7E0

I made my own, please sign chng.it/CVV6CKsdH5

I decided to deactivate my Twitter account (or maybe I should call it X to signify that the real Twitter died long ago). It's become too much of a cesspit to be worth using, but at least Bluesky is an adequate replacement.

Seattle people, if I'm back around soon what are some transit, rail or urbanism things to film/cover that would make a decent topic for a fleshed out video?

I finally finished my video on why I don't like Twilight Princess: youtu.be/mJ-NXzboYLo

I ended up making a short on the Montlake Lid. The next video will be about why I don't like Twilight Princess. youtube.com/shorts/pxn-M...

I uploaded a new video last night, but I decided to take it down after some comments let me know it presented a false dichotomy. Not sure if I'll revisit the topic. The script was sitting unfinished for months and decided to push it out on a whim anyway.

Now for something completely different, a review of Echoes of Wisdom: youtu.be/ovNAB51TOOk

Spokane is pronounced Spo-can. How silly of me to pronounce it as Spo-kane, like the antagonist of the Command & Conquer series. It was obviously can.

I figured I should do a video on Kemper Freeman eventually, so here it is: youtu.be/0Gkx1Ya4yFA

Lynnwood Link Extension is Finally Here! youtu.be/kz4bBzdiZHU

Link Light Rail Line 2 is finally open! youtu.be/YX3geNinM0Y

I captured a bunch of footage for Link Light Rail's second line. It was jam packed all day today for the opening celebration. I am hoping to have a video ready tomorrow.