FYI I just got word that this event was pushed a week.

I don’t know that Seattle understands how lucky we are to have the urban design and land-use policy thinktank that is Mike Eliason, and also to have him on the Social Housing Developer

we're starting to dream about the improvements we'd like to see in the Junction! what problems do you experience? what would you like to see??

great meetup tonight! I think this was our biggest non-special-guest meetup with around 20 people, and 3-4 first-timers 🥰 thanks to everyone who came out!

Alki! @lynnbikesinalki.bsky.social !

✨weekly meetup tonight (Weds 11/12)!✨ 6-8pm ~ Great American Diner (in the Junction) All are welcome - especially first-timers! Super casual & friendly 🥰 grab food/drink (or don't!) Meet neighbors & chat about the built environment and what's going on locally! 🏙️💛 www.meetup.com/west-seattle...

This is your moment to find a group of folks to join up with; whether it’s @westseaurbanism.bsky.social or @seattledsa.bsky.social or @seattletru.bsky.social or @workingfamilies.org or @sngreenways.bsky.social or @laresistencianw.bsky.social one of the MANY other advocacy groups in our region

West Seattle light rail supporters are going to want to make sure they make it to this event on Monday night hosted by @cmtmosqueda.bsky.social, given the fact that light rail opponents are likely to turn out in spades. westseattleblog.com/2025/11/west...

Sure would be nice to have some lights on our only trail into West Seattle @seattledot.bsky.social

SEATTLE!!! We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!

Check online to see if your ballot has been counted, and if not, see if it's possible to cure. info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...

There's still a lot of curable ballots from Seattle (about 1,800). Most are unsigned or signature mismatches, and most skew younger.

I can't say experts in the transit and transportation field look to be particularly well-represented on the 100-person transition committee being rolled out here.

Executive-elect Girmay Zahilay has announced Doug Baldwin, Microsoft's Brad Smith, MLK Labor's Katie Garrow, and Seattle Indian Health Board's Esther Lucero as his transition team's co-chairs. Deputy Exec Karan Gill will be serving as the transition's executive director.

Before this street became a Stay Healthy street, this was a regular situation our neighborhood was dealing with. People were afraid to walk down the street:

Alki Point Healthy Street Sunday morning ☀️ 🚴🏻 🚴🏻‍♀️ 🚶‍♀️ 🐕 ☀️ You love to see it

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so many great connections and conversations at the Joiner Jamboree today! thanks to everyone who stopped by, we hope to see you soon! 🧡 🧵 of interesting groups and displays we saw at the fair below~

Next Saturday: Our big bowling beer bash to benefit the West Seattle Food Bank! Join us at the annual Beer Church Turkey Bowl. And the release of Beer Church IPA by @georgetownbrewing.bsky.social . washingtonbeerblog.com/beer-church-...

Yoooo #Seattle! Help feed our neighbors. With SNAP funding held up indefinitely and in the midst of massive inflation, tariffs, unemployment, and more... food banks are facing a crisis of need. Food banks can buy food at a ~3:1 rate compared to what you can buy, so cash is best. Please share!

West Seattle showed up. Very inspiring. Social connections strengthen Democracy ( really!) Watch the documentary “Join or Die” on Netflix re: Robert Putnam’s book Bowling Alone.

After many hours of studying and poking at maps of the streets and bike paths all around West Seattle, I think I am coming to the conclusion that we should really build a first-class bike route through the West Duwamish Greenbelt connecting the 21st Ave SW NG to W Marginal Way SW / Duwamish Trail.

We'll have a table at the Joiner Jamboree tomorrow (Sat 11/8)! Come up to North Admiral to say hi! 11a-3p 🚍50 & 128 ~ right in front!

Welp, the #Seattle storm this week re-leafed the Spokane Street bridge / Delridge Way SA / 22nd Ave SW connector bike paths, so I got out there again today and got it cleaned up again. Nice and fresh again, for now. ✨

URGENT BOLLARD ALERT. SDOT is going to the Pike Place Market Historical Commission next Wednesday to get initial guidance on the "physical protective barriers" planned ahead of the FIFA World Cup. The board is getting its temperature taken on a "hybrid approach" of bollards and vehicle barricades.

track your ballot: info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...

Please email 📨[email protected]📨 in support of $150,000 for Admiral Junction walkability in the next week! 💪 A short and sweet email will suffice, bonus if you can include a relevant personal story ~ Please let us know if you need any help at all with this or have questions!

📣 This race isn't over folks! 📣 Make sure your vote counts! Tap the link below to check on your ballot. ☑️🗳️: info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...

reminder! NO meetup tonight!

Dionne Foster, Alexis Mercedes Rinck, and Eddie Lin are all set to win their races when it comes to the Seattle City Council, and Erika Evans will replace Ann Davison as the City Attorney.

reminder about tomorrow:

The $150,000 proposal for the Admiral Junction walkability needs your input to get into the final budget. Email [email protected]. Best results in person at council chambers, Thursday @ 5:00. @westseaurbanism.bsky.social

CM Saka has informed me that $150,000 for the Admiral Junction walkability improvements has been proposed. @westseaurbanism.bsky.social

⚠️ our Wednesday 11/5 meetup is CANCELLED! ⚠️ ...because most of us will be at the (sold out) CityNerd/The War on Cars event downtown! we'll see you there or see you next week! 🧡

Drop your ballot ***in the ballot box*** before 8pm tomorrow!

West Seattle absolutely needs safer streets, I'm not surprised it's been an outlier. #urbanism

Imagine going back to using this space for parking.

Seattle Department of Transportation is setting aside 200,000.00 to work on a design to make walkability improvements to the Admiral Junction intersection in West Seattle. This is something championed by Alki Bike and Board to improve the out of car experience. @westseaurbanism.bsky.social

Bruce Harrell's parks district renewal funds one hundred (100) tree plantings per year.

Rob Saka wants to take money *directly* from transit service funding to pay for a new "Chief Transit Security and Safety Officer" at the City of Seattle. That's despite the fact that King County is directly in charge of many of the things this new position would be trying to direct.

This morning several A Cleaner Alki friends gave public comment at the Seattle City Council Select Budget Committee for CBA SPU-002-A to allocate $100k to SPU for community cleanup services through Adopt-a-Street. Unfortunately statements were limited to 45 seconds, so here's my full statement:

I've been calculating the amount of each Seattle neighborhood elementary attendance area that overlaps with its walk zone. In how much of the city can kids walk to their assigned neighborhood school? Here's the answer!

Riding with West Seattle Bike Connections in the beautiful Seattle rain this morning, to the Grand Opening of the East Marginal bikeway. Thanks to Don Brubeck and the rest of West Seattle Bike Connections for this moment of progress.

The first year I moved to Seattle I was riding my bike to work and came upon the scene as the EMTs were covering Lance with a sheet. It was the first time I really reflected upon the dangers those outside of cars face everyday, and think about it often still. May this never happen here again.

return your ballots! 🗳️✨

Celebrate this major milestone! 🎉 Join for the East Marginal Way ribbon cutting — with food, drinks, and community joy. 📍 E Marginal Way S & S Hanford St 🕥 Sat, Oct 25 | 10:30 AM–Noon Let’s fill the new bike counter with rides! 🚴‍♀️ Event Details: sdotblog.seattle.gov/2025/07/30/h...

After more than a decade of advocacy, East Marginal Way has been transformed from one of Seattle’s most intimidating streets into a safe, connected corridor between West Seattle and Downtown. 🚲✨ Read the full story: www.seattlegreenways.org/get-involved...

Well there goes my commute, literally. Spokane Street Bridge really needs to not open during peak hours like all of the other moving bridges in Seattle.

Another day, another case for grade separated transit to West Seattle

So, full disclosure: the forecast isn't looking so great for this one, so bring your rain gear. If it's raining, we'll likely go under the Viaduct to celebrate, but it won't dampen our spirits. A little rain won't stop us, after all, we're not made out of sugar.