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@seattledot.bsky.social it’s great to see micromobilty parking planned for the NW corner of Broadway & E Olive Way!

However it’s too far from the corner to also serve as physical daylighting and prevent the parking lane from being used as a right turn lane.

Can it be moved closer the corner?

a woman in a white shirt is sitting in a classroom and making a funny face . ALT: a woman in a white shirt is sitting in a classroom and making a funny face .

Elderly parents: We walked to school in the snow, uphill both ways.

Me: 🤤Mmmm...walkable neighborhood.

love this new york times clip. they recently did a story about how sesame street's set has changed over the years, along with our urban politics.

IG nytimes

At large elections favor the majority. They were used to bypass the voters rights act because if there's no districts, there's no one representing the monitory district.

Weight Watchers Podcast Episode · Maintenance Phase · 03/16/2021 · 51m

Never forget that Weight Watchers got its start by charging money for a free city-run diet program. We released a whole WW episode a few years ago: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

Can't believe the city would waste time and money building these car lanes and creating so much congestion for bikes.

white text on black background We’ve made it so that automobiles can go everywhere at the expense of children going anywhere

Expense.

Marco to Brommelstroet wearing black button down shirt with arms folded standing on street. Trees are in background.

New!

We received a lot of requests to release our bonus with Marco te Brömmelstroet, aka “The Fietsprofessor," about a study he co-authored with @ianwalker.bsky.social on where motornomativity comes from... so here it is!

Plus, better language for better streets.

thewaroncars.org/2025/05/06/e...

I'd bet that patch job was done by Seattle Public Utilities. They have a habit of that.

WA residents, you have until April 23 at NOON to enter drawing for e-bike rebate vouchers funded by Climate Commitment Act ebikeswsdot.aptim.com. Customer service 7am-3pm does get to all messages.

#WSDOTActive #WEBike #EBikes #FamilyBikes #CargoBikes #BikeTooter #cycling #BicyclesChangeLives

Our work, and especially all you have done, to advance active transportation threatens the petrochecmical-patriarchy. Happy to be in this with you! They are starting to feel threatened, which means we are making a difference. ❤️

Remember: Our work to advance active transportation threatens the petrochecmical-patriarchy, and they are beginning to feel threatened by us. DON'T LET UP.

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

Biking and 15 minute cities, combined with pedestrianized spaces CAN make a difference.

Jackie Chan uses his bike for transport, recreation, and kicking ass in the alleys of old Hong Kong in Project A (1983)

Happy #BicycleBirthday, Jackie!
April 7, 1954

To be express routes, by definition, they do.

There is a lot of effort that goes into planning express transit service, and for good reason. The public expectation that it shouldn't cost anything and that it's just 'buses on highways' is used by anti-transit advocates to argue that agencies and projects are mismanaged. The nuance matters.

Specifically, Express and BRT service should serve longer commute distances, have fewer stops, and travel in HOV lanes to move faster and at a reliable headway. Private systems often work on the backs of the public systems only after the infrastructure is already in-place.

It's also not as easy as just selling it as traffic reduction... See: Seattle Times

My fantasies don't include highways. 😂

I'm not reverse engineering anything. I'm trying to undo the mistakes we made to make room for something better. Hopefully something that doesn't enrage and kill it's users.

There's a madman attacking us from within. This chaos means those of us with means are working harder than ever to clean up this mess... There's a lot that needs being done, but that doesn't we aren't paying attention. It's hard to fight back while you're also struggling to stay afloat.

I lived Broadway in Seattle in 2016. The marches started right after the election and continued, almost daily, the women's match in 2017, and BLM protests starting in 2017 culminating in 2020.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's...

I've seen some people outside of the US saying, 'finally the Americans are speaking out.' 1) there has never been a time when we were silent. 2) we have been in the streets since 2016. 3) most of us work a lot and don't have the luxury of time to be in the streets protesting.

My point is that it's not as easy as 'jusr hiring drivers and buying vehicles.' A lot goes into real transit planning and system engineering, even on highway BRT systems. It's cheaper than building rail, or new freeways, but I would appreciate it if you didn't minimize it!

We have been speaking out and fighting back, you've just only been able to hear the other side.

Crazy that in 2025 this is what we have to march about.

Perfect.

It's not quite that easy! Getting buses on and off the highway, with safe stops, and route connections route plans or active mode infrastructure is critical. Likely signal and striping to bypass cars. Lots of work is going into the I-405 BRT to make it work. It IS worth it though!

Portland OR Hands Off Rally

Oh wow: Portland Oregon is NOT KIDDING
#handsoff

Seattle is alive today. 🇺🇸