Gordon Padelford

Carmel color beer

Bitburger 0%. Crisp, with strong floral notes and a bit of hop zest, but pretty smooth. My main complaint is it’s not very carbonated. Nice. 8/10

Christmas tree pen

1st & Pike Plaza is a temporary Christmas tree pen, so if you live downtown and need one check it out!

Location on a map

Seattle Fire is currently responding to a driver hitting two pedestrians, an adult and a child, at 15th Ave S and S Angeline Street in Beacon Hill.

Good. Intoxicated driving is a factor is ~20% of fatal crashes every year in Seattle.

The more robust solution is mandating cars to have built in anti-drunk driving tech, but until then, we have to do what we can.

Faded sharrow and bike sign

Followed the 19th Ave signed bike route this morning — a holdover from the 2007 Bicycle Master Plan (www.seattle.gov/documents/De...). It has no safe crossings at intersections or traffic calming. Just signing bike routes is not enough to make a difference — they must be safe and convenient.

YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity! How This Small City Tripled Its Cycling In Just 11 Years

Interesting point at 4:39 of this @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social video

This citys cycling grew once it shifted focus to bike infra. on major roads, not just side streets bc:
- that’s where destinations are
- that’s where danger is
- it made bikes more politically visible

youtu.be/mpWm45qting?...

Democrats can retaliate against these GOP gerrymanders with new maps in Illinois, Maryland, Oregon, & Virginia.

They could flip 7 GOP seats to make up for this & new GOP maps in Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, & possibly soon Indiana.

Imposing costs is the only way to deter the GOP from doing this

They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.

Seattle's inability to turn any street into a Christmas Market continues to be an embarrassing missed opportunity (instead we have an walled off little market you have to pay to enter).

"[Wilson's] resume and her messaging around transportation, safety and transit, with MLK and Rainier being some of the two most dangerous roads, I think that resonated with folks,” [D2 Councilmember] Lin said. “Super excited to get to work with her and have a strong partner on floor seven.”

What exactly will our transition team do? I wanted to take a moment to talk to you about it. #thisisyourcity

1. Wagons/estates are still thriving in countries w/ much more severe fuel economy standards
2. "choice" was taken away from consumers by automakers demanding a higher profit margin
3. again how is nobody at CNBC interjecting to say "the shape of a station wagon has nothing to do with fuel economy"

Satsuma box on bike rack

Not to brag too much, but I got the store’s last box of my favorite satsumas 😎

"The proposals were...welcomed by the American Petroleum Institute..."

The CEOs of both Ford and Stellantis, who are there to celebrate the rollback of vehicle emissions standards (which will drive climate change), are standing right behind Trump as he makes these racist comments.

We have a virtual volunteer orientation tomorrow night if you want to learn how to advocate for this :)

Reposting this 🧵 in case you need a little inspiration today that change is possible :)

fatal crashes down 50% where deployed

Red light cameras are a slam dunk safety measure. They reduce fatal collisions by 50%, and there aren't really other tools to prevent people from brazenly running red lights. We should be scaling these widely. (from a presentation at Seattle City Council this morning)

Pedestrianized streets let kids be kids (and let parents relax a little)

Trump has now pardoned a murderous drug lord who smuggled 400 tons of cocaine into the country, AND the guy who ran the Dark Web's biggest drug marketplace.

Congrats on being sworn in today @linforseattle.bsky.social! Excited for your strong leadership for D2 on the council!

Parking lot for a suburban (ish) mall in Montreal (Place Versailles)

If you go to a suburban mall, you will probably have to park outside and walk in. You don’t expect to drive in to your store.

But for some reason in urban areas it’s considered an injustice if you can’t park directly in front of the store you want to go to.

Mayor Elect Wilson: "To the people of Seattle, I say, what I am able to actually accomplish in office will depend on you..the support and the pressure and the people power that you all are able to build in the months and the years ahead.”

seattlegreenways.org/volunteer

seattlegreenways.org/donate

The average American outlives the ability to drive by 6 to 10 years (men vs women). Seniors deserve cities where they can independently get around, and not be isolated.

Unfortunately, not everyone is on board with this vision. We lost about $2,000 in donations because we took a strong stand for an affordable and walkable city this year. If you agree it was the right thing to do, please donate if you can — it will be matched today! seattlegreenways.org/donate

At the Seattle City Council Transportation Committee meeting today Councilmember Kettle did bring up bridges... to ask about the Magnolia Bridge study 😑

Awful. Hope this teenager heals quickly and fully.

The 15th Ave W and Emerson St interchange is a dangerous mess for everyone — whether you're walking, biking, trying to catch the bus (there are two rapid ride stops right there!), or driving. Ballard Fremont Greenways is advocating on this issue

Chaîne humaine pour protéger les enfants qui vont à vélo après que l'administration municipale d'Outremont, soutenue par la mairesse de Montréal Soraya Martinez Ferrada, l'a démentelée pour l'hiver.
#velomtl #polmtl

...it's not like this street goes past four schools, the library, food bank, community center, and grocery store or anything...

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"Over the year, bike and scooter share carried about 60% as many trips as the state’s $2.15 billion SR-99 highway tunnel under downtown Seattle. During summer months, that number may have been more like 80%."