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Bellini Square, Naples Italy. Photo by me. People playing music.

Bellini Square, Naples Italy. Photo by me. Man walking past tables.

Bellini Square, Naples Italy. Photo by me. People dining.

Every neighborhood needs a leafy pedestrian plaza—a place to meet friends, grab a bite, or just relax.

I’m here for the niche Seattle zoning jokes.

When it happens…it is essential—for what remains of America’s standing in the world—that we celebrate in the streets.

Overheard in Italy: “No. I don’t want to wear an American flag.” Customer to sales associate selling a jacket with a small Ralph Lauren logo.

You just had to use this one instead and you’d be correct as well as fun.

New excavations in Regio V - Pompeii Sites POMPEII. NEW EXCAVATIONS IN REGIO V. AFTER DECADES, A NEW AREA OF POMPEII IS EXCAVATED 270 years after the discovery of Pompeii, the Archaeological Park celebrates its wonders by announcing … keep it ...

There are spots where you can watch ongoing excavation, though it’s pretty slow. pompeiisites.org/en/press-kit...

The urbanism of Pompeii.

Also…I visit numerous places and Pompeii is absolute S-tier stuff. Worth 5 hours plus.

Pompeii. Photo by me.

Early zebra crossing.

More than a decade!

This east-west connection from the Seattle Center to SLU is something @qagggy.bsky.social and @sngreenways.bsky.social have been working on for years now. Excited to see the next step towards a more permanent design! www.seattle.gov/transportati...

It was pretty chill today. December is a good time to visit.

Modal filter at Pompeii. Pedestrian zone beyond. Photo by me.

Modal filters are my Roman Empire.

Lots of people on a street in Naples Italy. Photo by me.

The urbanism of Naples.

Bollards with tables on top in Naples, Italy. Photo by me.

Bollard-top beverage tables are my niche brand of urbanism.

Annual ridership.
Naples Metro system: 42 million
Elizabeth Line: 200 million

Line 6 real-time passenger information display: “15-minute average times.” Ok.

Naples has the weirdest metro I’ve seen. Overbuilt stations; wide range of rolling stock quality from this modern open gangway beauty down to slow, rickety single-car trams; crap payment systems ~paper tickets~; 15-minute headways wtf on line 6; low ridership.

Red room. Photo by me.

Green room. Photo by me.

Naples Chiaia Monte di Dio metro station.

TV on a wall in Naples, Italy. Photo by me.

Seattle World Cup idea: Just mounting televisions on a wall along the sidewalk.

Dawn v. Dusk (after a long day of Vespa emissions) over the Gulf of Naples

Today Sound Transit builds upon its proud legacy of TOIL (transit oriented indoor lumberyard).

Four Neapolitan bollards.

This is the way. 😎

Toledo Street in Naples, Italy.

Pedestrian commercial streets are wildly popular in every corner of the globe.

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Diverter across an arterial with cyclists and pedestrians. Photo by me.

Low-traffic neighborhoods reduce the nuisance of rat-running motorists and create safe space for walking and biking.

Bench with a cutout for a tree. Photo by me.

Well-shaded bench in Stoke Newington.

Most benches in the neighborhood are larger.

It’s not Holland but the tulip bollards on Goods Way through Kings Cross are a nice touch.