Fix the L8

You can follow the growth of the palm tree that was destroyed starting from 2007 here

From the Seattle community on Reddit: Bus Stop at Stewart & Denny is Destroyed Explore this post and more from the Seattle community

You can see the extent of the crash here

Almost TWO YEARS after a driver veered off the road and destroyed a bus shelter, fully grown tree, and concrete seating, the shelter has been replaced.

We’ve been begging for improvements here since the crash. Thank you @seattledot.bsky.social @kingcountymetro.bsky.social for coming through!

Seattle’s next mayor is willing to meet with anyone, including Trump Katie Wilson wants a mayor's office that reaches out proactively, that has open lines to grassroots organizations and that builds political support from the ground up.

"And, in her most specific pledge, she wants a bus lane on Denny for the chronically late No. 8 Metro route."

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Shout-out to @intcreator.com for submitting the listener question for Route 8!

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Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson: "I want to put bus lanes on Denny" (40:47)

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🏆 congrats to Nick and Jason for winning a Hall of Fame award for their clever campaign to Fix the L8 🚌

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This bus is 21 minutes late

Seattle Route 8 when?? 😍😍

Congrats, Katie! We can't wait either!

Check out our latest article covering how Route 8 riders and pedestrians compare to the number of drivers along Denny Way

Spoiler alert: it's a LOT closer than you would think

We've been blown away by the support we've gotten for our campaign and still can't believe how many people showed up to Race the L8.

TCC has been an invaluable ally and we are honored to receive this recognition.

We'll continue to fight (and race) until we get bus lanes on Denny Way.

Ghost buses have been rampant, so Fix the L8 Ghost Bus-ters set out Thursday night to track them down while asking riders to email to local leaders and remind them to vote!

Make sure you vote by Tuesday, ideally via a ballot drop box!

📹: @juanjpg.bsky.social
📷: @melodysummerfield.bsky.social

Big news: Alexis Rinck's Better Bus Lanes budget amendment officially has five co-sponsors, giving it majority support on the city council.

Huge win for Route 8 riders and will hopefully get the ball rolling on some Denny Way bus lanes 🔥🔥

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Rinck Launches ‘Better Bus Lanes’ Campaign with Transit Advocates » The Urbanist # Flanked by a crowd of transit advocates, Seattle Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck announced a

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Excited for city council to officially call on @seattledot.bsky.social and @mayorofseattle.bsky.social to build full, two way bus lanes on Denny Way!!

Thank you for your leadership, @councilmember-amr.bsky.social. We are beyond honored to have been able to stand and speak alongside you for this announcement.

Here is a video of the event for those who missed it (courtesy @juanjpg.bsky.social): www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy-6...

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Orange construction barrier and empty bus stop pad

It's been twenty-two months since a driver took out the bus stop at the very heavily used Denny and Stewart 8 stop and it still looks like this.

Doing my part for the buses! Let’s fix the L8!!!! @fixthel8.bsky.social

A common excuse we hear for SDOT's refusal to install bus lanes on Denny is that WSDOT could be opposing them. However, @juliareedwa.bsky.social checked, and WSDOT is “unconcerned” about potential impacts to I-5 traffic. The state’s ready to talk bus lanes on Denny, lets get them built!

👀 "An entire lane of solo drivers on Denny Way between Seattle Center and I-4 can fit into one articulated Route 8 bus, and a dedicated transit lane would allow that bus to be over four times faster than driving along this section"

Cars just don't scale well, especially in dense cities.

Page 1 of letter from Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda in support of bus lanes on Denny Way

Page 2 of letter from Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda in support of bus lanes on Denny Way

Thank you for your support, @cmtmosqueda.bsky.social!

Hopefully!!

The first bullet point is actually only 2.5x, not over 3x. I-5 S traffic has about a 29% share of people from eastbound Denny at Denny/Stewart/Yale and by brain went "that's less than 1/3 so over 3x" but that's not how math works. I need to get some more sleep 🙃

Jason