tonight I learned, from the Seattle Times' lawsuit alleging Seattle police violated state public records law and a settlement with the Times, that SPD rushed to respond to a KOMO records request, providing documents in less than a month that a Times reporter had been waiting on for almost 2 years.

There is no reason why SPD should stall for 3+ years on public record requests. Every other department has figured out how to reasonably respond to them, as mandated by state law.

Thanks for this, Erica. These demands are a surprise coming from the same administration that wanted to cut $1.6 Million from the @seattlechannel.bsky.social 2026 Budget. It would have eliminated all original programming including coverage of news, interviews and debates with elected officials.

The plan's text: "Make Use of Every Square Foot" The plan's actual proposals: add a center median to the most obvious street in the entire neighborhood to pedestrianize, giving 0 space back to other uses

Looking forward to the Wilson Administration getting a crack at the draft Downtown Seattle regional center plan. As it stands right now, we're apparently only planning on public transit having priority on one single street downtown, which is wild.

Fun fact: Seattle Police Department paid an average $86,836 for each patrol vehicle in 2020: www.seattle.gov/documents/De...

Ferguson proposing $3 billion in bonds for highways and vehicle ferries and then proposing to divert hundreds of millions in Climate Commitment Act dollars a few days later is such an incredible one-two punch.

Safe streets don't build themselves. 👟🌟 The road-building lobby spent $267M last year to get what they want. That's what we're up against. America Walks wins because we believe in 'people power' to create safer, more walkable streets and communities for all. Donate today: buff.ly/ABbkxOf

This is 404 Media's @jasonkoebler.bsky.social waving at himself through a Flock camera; one of 60 we learned was left exposed to the open internet. Not only could anyone with a link livestream it, but some admin portals were open with no login credentials required. www.404media.co/flock-expose...

Seattle Fire is currently responding to a driver hitting someone walking at MLK Jr Way S and S Myrtle Street, at the north end of Othello Station.

Thinking today about this sentence: "Every $100 increase in median rent is associated with a 9 percent increase in the estimated homelessness rate, according to a 2020 report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office."

Rail $395 million Public transit $753 million Debt $1.7 billion Highway upgrades $5.3 billion someone who is good at transportation planning please help me budget this. my state is dying

Refusing to do the necessary work to make our transportation system safe for everyone means continuing to put our first responders in harm's way. www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/a...

The author on this story took sixteen paragraphs to get to the fact that this would be paid for with debt. We are so cooked. komonews.com/news/local/g...

I would have been there to ask a question about public transit, or safety, or the cost of saddling future generations with extra debt so we can pave more lane miles, but this event was held somewhere remote so the Governor could stand in front of maintenance equipment.

See: “Developing road networks that brute-force driving as the only comfortable and convenient option.”

For those who haven't been on the boulevard in thew last year, the data alone tells us that there has been a positive transformation: pedestrian deaths fell from 7 in 2023 to 0 so far this year. Yep, zero. More yet to do! @tvrr.bsky.social www.oakrapidresponse.org/posts/intern...

Just once, I'd like to see Dick Durbin *try* to explain the actual mechanisms by which repealing 230 will protect children from being exploited and abused. There will be hand waving about how it will "open them up to litigation" but that's not an answer.

I don't think @governorferguson.bsky.social should get to call himself a Democrat if he's content with the second-most regressive state tax regime in the county.

Roger Millar: "Glide path to failure" Bob Ferguson: "Looks good to me"

Governor Bob Ferguson has proposed using the state's debt capacity to pay for new ferries, along with maintenance and preservation on the existing boats. Debt service is already 12% of the state transportation budget, more than WSF's entire budget, and 149% of the state public transit budget.

In 2023, despite only one of its two boilers still running, the Centralia coal-burning power plant remained Washington’s largest source of: --heat-trapping carbon dioxide --particulates --sulfur dioxide --nitrogen oxides --carbon monoxide, and --mercury www.kuow.org/stories/wash...

A public disclosure office that takes a year to provide one document, while providing absolutely nothing at all in response to other requests for the entirety of 2025, is doing concealment, not disclosure.

I sued the Seattle PD in 2024. During settlement negotiations I proposed the city complete an independent audit of the SPD's compliance with the WA Public Records Act as part of our settlement agreement. The City Attorney's Office outright refused.

Inform the future of Occidental Ave S between S King St & S Royal Brougham Way: take our survey now. This street connects people to Pioneer Square, the Waterfront, nearby neighborhoods, and major sports and entertainment venues. Survey: survey.alchemer.com/s3/8601953/O...

I'm really not being hyperbolic. You could dig through a thousand stories on Brendan Carr from yesterday and not find a SINGLE ONE that mentions he's taking an unprecedented hatchet to consumer protections Not even as maybe useful context buried in paragraph 18

People will fight it. Then they will get used to it. Then they will demand it elsewhere. But god will people in Seattle fight it.

We've got to figure out how to break this self fulfilling doom loop - projected car traffic volumes requiring us to maintain lane capacity for future traffic volumes that materialize because we've maintained lane capacity

With all the road washouts, the state transportation budget is going to be a mess. Maybe it's time we started looking at cutting projects that increase highway capacity and induce more sprawl. Here's $86 million we don't need to spend.

Seattle Fire just responded to a driver hitting someone walking at 12th Ave and E Cherry Street. The person who was hit is being transported to the hospital.

I've had conversations on behalf of Aurora Reimagined Coalition with at least 3 different people on Wilson's transition team in the past couple weeks who reached out to us first. That's more than we had with Mayor Harrell's office in the last 4 years despite our repeated attempts of outreach.

We're days from a new administration taking office, but Katie Wilson's limiting factor when it comes to making zoning changes won't be what's in this plan today. It will be how fast the city can conduct environmental review around what changes she'd like to see on top of Harrell Admin priorities.

People seem to like pedestrianized spaces, even in the winter. Sure would be nice if Seattle had more of them.

Wealthy Laurelhurst says density for thee but not for me

@ssowersby.bsky.social do you know what happened to WA leg efforts to enact a state privacy law? I know we got WMHMDA, but for a while there was a comprehensive privacy bill with some momentum every session. #waleg

"Tweaking conventional models around the edges" is a great way to describe the Puget Sound Regional Council's new draft transportation plan, up for public comment through early February: www.psrc.org/planning-205...

A growing Rainier Valley is incompatible with continued car-centric infrastructure. Our geography stresses this point. If our Electeds are serious about substantially improving life in this city, there is no better place to start than fixing Rainier Avenue for daily life.

NEW STORY // Op-Ed: It’s Time to Imagine a Safer, More Connected Rainier Avenue Op-Ed by Anna Zivarts (@nondriver.bsky.social) via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/14/o...

Thank you to neighbors & activists who held a vigil last night, raising the visibility of this tragic crime. We must shine a spotlight on traffic safety — thankfully the vigil resulted in a nearby business coming forward to share potentially helpful video footage with SPD officers on the scene.

I was so sad to hear about the death of a cyclist due to a hit-and-run on Beacon Ave. Allie was a beloved community member, avid biker, & advocate for safer transit & streets. My condolences to their family and friends. But condolences are hollow if we don’t take action to prevent the next tragedy.

While we don’t yet know all the details of this tragedy, we do know that we can save lives through better street design. Making our streets safer, especially for the most vulnerable road users — people walking, biking, and rolling — will be a high priority for my administration. #VisionZero.

The crowd here at the vigil did comply with SPD's request to get out of the road by 10pm. The SPD supervisor who came out to talk with the crowd did say that someone approached them with potential camera footage from overnight specifically because they saw tonight's vigil.

HAPPENING NOW: A group of protesters have reportedly taken over the intersection on Beacon Hill where someone on a bike was killed by a hit-and-run driver early this morning. I'm not on the scene yet, but was sent this photo from Beacon Avenue and Stevens Street.

This is no parking after 11. One of our few pedestrian plazas. The fact that there’s a Seahawks game is more reason to keep this open to people not free parking. No half-assed sandwich board today. I really hope the @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social admin commits to giving this back to people.

couldn't agree more. there's nowhere in Seattle RRFBs are good replacement for a 4-way stop. I especially dislike them where greenway routes cross arterials. Drivers do not yield unless you aggressively step or roll into the road even with lights activated. and sometimes, they don't even stop.

Just after midnight last night, a driver struck and killed a 38-year man who was riding his bike at Beacon Avenue S and S Stevens Street in a hit-and-run. spdblotter.seattle.gov/2025/12/14/d...

We could have beautiful streets in Seattle. Where people linger and kids play. Where we measure how community thrives rather than how fast vehicles pass through. Where health & wellbeing is a priority. I think our new mayor @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social could make that happen. With our support.

Here's your full breakdown on Sound Transit's analysis of deferring construction on a second downtown tunnel as part of Ballard Link, including last week's board discussion that suggested the issue will be fully put to bed at the full board this coming Thursday. www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/13/e...

Looks like the PNW's most expensive highway project ever will not be giving us an updated cost estimate on Monday after all.