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Everyone interested in advocating for safe, comfortable, and enjoyable places to walk and ride in the Central District and Capitol Hill should follow @centralseattlestreetsforall.org and check out their website to learn more.

Central Seattle Greenways is excited to announce our new name:

🎉 Central Seattle Streets for All

What's not changing:

❤️ Our belief that all people should be able to get around safely without a car. Our passion for making Seattle a better place. Our partnership with @streetsalliance.bsky.social.

Seattle Neighborhood Greenways is now Seattle Streets Alliance!

After 15 years of organizing for safer streets, our work has grown far beyond neighborhood greenways.

Our new name reflects a broader mission: making every Seattle street safer and more welcoming for people who walk, bike, and roll.

Op-Ed: Why Seattle Neighborhood Greenways Is Rebranding as Seattle Streets Alliance » The Urbanist # After 15 years fighting for safe streets, Seattle Neighborhood Greenways is excited to become Seattle Streets Alliance to more accurately reflect the nature of our grassroots organization’s mission....

After 13 years of working for @sngreenways.bsky.social, I'm now working for @streetsalliance.bsky.social! Wait, what? Read more on @theurbanist.org

So I finally got my Lake Washington Boulevard sidewalk repair FOIAs back. Guess what, former Mayor Harrell's administration designated the sidewalk repairs as "low priority." The repairs were slated to happen last summer. www.seattle.gov/parks/about-...

Image of busy urban Street with shops and people walking. Text says “Wait, we’re afraid of walkable distances now?“ via Urban Truth Collective.

“Wait, we’re afraid of walkable distances now?”*

*best response ever to the manufactured conspiracy theories about “15-Minute Cities” and the simple idea of having more things we need nearby. #UrbanTruth

Diagram of proposed home zone showing the modal filter on S Oregon Street near 34th ave S. The modal filter will make future greenways on 35th/Leticia and Renton Ave S work.

Do you think that Seattle needs to address cut through traffic?

Do you like modal filters?

The John Muir Home Zone project is proposing a new one, but we need to show community support for it by emailing HomeZone@seattle.gov.

Truck parked blocking the crosswalk at SW 17th and Henderson, van parked in daylighting.

My experience every single time I walk along my healthy street. Then there’s this

I was almost hit last night as I crossed the street with my dog by a Jeep that blew a stop sign at high speed. I was on a greenway, next to a school, with a flashlight.

We need to make it absolutely painful for cars to drive fast on city streets, asap.

Even when SDOT is trying to say stuff well you can still see engineering speak sneak in, here using "fatality" instead of killed or death.

I simply do not trust SDOT to respond honestly to community requests for safer crossings. Look at the brushoff they gave me when I asked them to paint a crosswalk as part of a larger project -- a year ago it was "we'll consider it when work is done," today it's "actually we won't consider it at all"

"Meanwhile, grassroots efforts have taken place near the intersection to help make the crossing safer including printed signs and barriers dragged into the street..

One sign reads: “These barriers make this intersection safer by improving visibility as you approach the intersection.”"

Motorists in cities create barriers for people. They move with a sense of entitlement and intimidate even when being respectful.

This brilliant campaign from Quebec shows exactly what it takes to get motorists to actually yield. We have to prioritize human lives and safety over vehicular momentum.

Many cyclists gathered with a man speaking into a megaphone

Cyclists in road

Riding in downtown

Cyclists gathered in road during vigil

Tonight Critical Mass Seattle rode in honor of Lilliana Moreno, who was killed by a car at the intersection of Pine and Bellevue in Capitol Hill a week and a half ago. We rode out and held vigil at the intersection before continuing on. Our friends and neighbors should not die on our streets.

Is that closed or obstructed?

Closure would imply a plan and a detour. That looks more like a careless obstruction.

Critical mass has taken the intersection

Critical mass has now taken the intersection where Lilliana was killed by a driver

@seattledot.bsky.social had the option to do the bare minimum (install, or demand the property owner install, wheel stops to prevent encroachment by parked cars) when they repaved Nickerson...but they declined.

A busy urban street. A cyclist wearing a white helmet and teal shirt riding a light-colored road bike is stopped behind a crosswalk. She is next to a white SUV.

Street view of Pioneer Square with historic brick buildings, a bike lane, crosswalk, and a 'STOP ALL WAY' sign. A pedestrian crosses as vehicles line the street.

It’s happening! Yesler Way is getting a new protected bike lane from Occidental Ave S to the waterfront.

London made a plan, consulted the public, and approved the plan. Can we get the London Process in Seattle?

Seattle Superbowl Victory Parade Spurs Ridership Records for Transit and Scootershare » The Urbanist # Sound Transit tallied a record-smashing day, exceeding 200,000 boardings on Link light rail during Seattle's victory parade day. Lime added nearly 60,000 rides on its shared scooters and e-bikes.

We've updated our article with the newly revised figure of 225,000 boardings on the Superbowl victory parade day, by far the high-water mark for Sound Transit's light rail ridership. www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/19/s...

Everything our neighbor to the north in Vancouver, BC says here rings true in Seattle, and across the US.

“This was not an accident. This was the predicable result of the city’s failure to act upon a know problem.”

Join Central Seattle Greenways for their monthly Happy Hour today at 6pm!

Come connect, get involved, and rant/rave about transportation in Central Seattle.

📍 Chuck’s Hop Shop - Central District (Union)

Look for the bike helmets and transit nerds — patio if the weather’s nice!

“Because safe streets don’t happen by accident, if we want less traffic, healthier neighborhoods, and streets that welcome people instead of speeding vehicles, we have to stop treating safety as optional and start treating it as essential infrastructure.”

Graphic showing a busy urban arterial clogged with cars and trucks. The text says that car dependency does not equal freedom. Mobility freedom comes from mobility choices. The image is tagged with the Urban Truth Collective logo.

They still want us to think cars equal freedom. But car DEPENDENCY is the opposite of freedom.

Mobility freedom comes from mobility choices.

#UrbanTruth

Here's a piece I wrote explaining my top request coming out of interviews I did for Mayor Wilson's transition -- a clear mayoral directive that ensures that every project that touches our city encourages reduces VMT. Read more 👇

Sigh. @seattledot.bsky.social being suprisingly shitty with information despite promises. A disappointing vaccuum around this death at City Hall www.capitolhillseattle.com/2026/02/city...

Thank you for the notice. It’s great hear a flagger will be directing traffic flow.

Please keep in mind wayfinding will still be incredibly important so people clearly know how to navigate around the closure when flaggers aren’t present.

A message from the Seattle Waterfront:

A segment of the waterfront bike lane will be closed near Pier 62 as early as February 25.