Josh Holland

Who transportation and safe streets groups have endorsed in the 2025 primary Your ballot is in the mail for the 2025 primary, and they are due August 5. But summer is super busy, and it is far too easy to lose track of time and forget. So vote early. Turnout tends to be muc…

Alright, #Seattle, let’s do this! Today’s the day. Get your ballot in. We need to pass the King County Parks levy! And we gotta show everyone that Katie Wilson can win in November. Our voter’s guide: www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/07/18/w... #SEAbikes

It’s Election Day, Seattle! 🗳️

Make your voice heard—drop your ballot in a drop box by 8 PM or ensure it’s postmarked today if you’re mailing it in (no stamp is needed).

Your vote helps shape the future of our city.

#SeattleVotes #VoteLocal #KCVotes #WAelex #ElectionDay

Get a taste of a Taiwan night market at this upcoming Seattle festival The two-day So Taiwaneasy festival, with food vendors, music and activities, takes place Aug. 9-10.

Waterfront Park is quietly becoming the place to be on Seattle’s waterfront.

Loving the pilot programs and pop-up experiments. They’re not afraid to test, iterate, & see what sticks.

Can’t wait to check out Taiwaneasy on Pier 58 next month. 🌏 🇹🇼

www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

Pike Place with the famous sign.

Pike Place looking south

Side view of the street.

I don’t know if you remember but there was once a time when we allowed through traffic on Pike Place.

Pleasantly surprised by Quincy Square in Bremerton — a chill, pedestrian-only street that proves you don’t need to be a big city to dream big.

Every town deserves vibrant, people-first spaces to gather, shop, and celebrate local life.

Rinck Proposes Restoring Growth Centers Dropped from One Seattle Plan » The Urbanist # The potential Seattle Comprehensive Plan changes, which are set to be discussed Monday, would add back growth centers around Gas Works Park, Alki, North Capitol Hill, and other areas. Councilmember ...

NEW: The full list of amendments to Seattle's Comp Plan are set to drop Monday, but we have a preview of @alexis4seattle.bsky.social's proposed changes:
-Restoring 8 entire neighborhood centers
-Removing parking mandates
-Allowing corner stores everywhere
www.theurbanist.org/2025/08/01/r...

This U.S. City Was Just Named the Most Walkable—and You Can See Its Top Sites in 30 Minutes A new index ranks a Pacific Northwest city No. 1 for walkability—thanks to short distances, low elevation, and major sights.

Yes there are hills. Yes your calves will feel it.

But also yes: you’ll get the views, the vibes, and a ferry ride if you time it right. ⛴️

Transit helps. Link + a good pair of shoes = full weekend unlocked.

www.travelandleisure.com/seattle-name...

This U.S. City Was Just Named the Most Walkable—and You Can See Its Top Sites in 30 Minutes A new index ranks a Pacific Northwest city No. 1 for walkability—thanks to short distances, low elevation, and major sights.

Seattle got named the most walkable city in the U.S. and honestly?

Some parts check out.

From the waterfront to the Seattle Center, you can hit the city’s biggest sights in like 30 mins. Pike Place, the Needle, MoPOP — all walkable.

www.travelandleisure.com/seattle-name...

Graphic featuring a stylized sun with the words, hot bike summer passport and the SDOT logo at the top. In the center of the photo is the Seattle skyline with a stylized version of a person riding a bicycle with Flowers next to grass. On the bottom there are five empty white circles for stamps.

Hot Bike Summer is HERE!

Celebrate new protected bike lanes & growing connections across the city with the Hot Bike Summer Passport—your guide to fun rides & community joy.

🎉 Collect decals
🎁 Win prizes
🌆 Ride new routes

Details: sdotblog.seattle.gov/2025/07/30/h...

#HotBikeSummerSEA #BikeSEA

Letting go of those relationships has been painful, but necessary.

Auditing your life can be a steep learning curve—but when you make space for the right people, it’s worth it.

Some of the hardest moments came from navigating homophobia amplified by culture, race, and religion—spaces where I was expected to shrink myself in order to be accepted.

Those words landed deeply—especially after a yr of distancing myself from people who shamed me for trying to live a joyful, open, and authentic life.

Two friends left Seattle this week, and I’ve been sitting with the quiet grief of losing more community here.

Before they left, they shared something that’s stuck with me:

“Thank you for being a good friend. You’re an amazing person.”

“Thank you for showing up authentically and being supportive.”

It’s kind of a technological marvel — even if wasteful.

Intensive Course in Transit Network Design Comes to Portland, October 30-31! — Human Transit I’m happy to announce that we’ve scheduled the next session of my “inexcusably fun” two-day intensive course in transit network design.  It will be October 30-31, 2025 in Portland, right after the Mpa...

Hang out with me drawing colored lines on maps!

My "inexcusably fun" two-day intensive course in transit network design is coming up this October 30-31 in Portland. It's for anyone whose work benefits from a deeper grasp of how networks work.

Please share!

humantransit.org/2025/07/new-...

Two people cross the street at 10th Ave and E Pike St in a crosswalk. There is construction signage, caution tape, and traffic cones surrounding two new concrete median islands along the center of the street.

A person crosses the street at 10th Ave and E Pike St in a crosswalk. There is construction signage, caution tape, and traffic cones surrounding two new concrete median islands along the center of the street.

A map of Safe Streets for All projects across Seattle. The text says: We are building neighborhood-scale safety upgrades at over 80 locations by 2030. These Safe Streets for All projects will provide safer options for you to walk, bike, roll, or get to transit. They will improve safety for people with disabilities or other mobility needs. They also give you more space when you’re walking or riding a bike and help you cross the street more safely. Building these projects supports our Vision Zero goal to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2030. 

We installed pedestrian islands at 10th Ave & E Pike St on Capitol Hill. These boost visibility, offer a safe pause for people walking & rolling, and make crossings safer for everyone.

Over 80 planned safety upgrades across Seattle are part of Safe Streets for All: seattle.gov/transportati...

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Do Your Job
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#SeattleCityCouncil #puppets #NoShow

Bounced back from rejection today.

Yesterday: cried for a bit, sulked, saw Fantastic Four, took myself out to dinner.

Today: got up, got to work, and looking fwd to time w/friends this wkd.

Life is a roller coaster — the ups & downs make the ride worth it. 🎢

Fall down 7 times, stand up 8.

Advocacy gets results, folks!
Donate: seattlegreenways.org/donate
Volunteer: seattlegreenways.org/volunteer

Can we start normalizing “Link” instead of always saying “Link Light Rail”?

It’s a mouthful to say both the system’s brand and its technology type every time.

For most people, a train is a train — the simpler the language, the more likely people are to use it and talk about it.

😍 Change is possible! This bike lane was funded thanks to advocacy from the Community Package Coalition (which we helped start), learn more about that story: www.seattlegreenways.org/get-involved...

A pedestrian signal.

A bus (transit priority) signal.

A bike signal.

A (very old) traffic signal.

All signals are GO.

Hello!

We're the Seattle Department of Transportation, and we're new here on Bluesky...but hardly new to Seattle.

Dow isn't on the ballot for King County executive. Who will you vote for now? The two County Council members, both progressive Democrats, are facing off in the first open race for county executive since 2009.

The Seattle area is spoiled with strong candidates for King County Executive.

Both Claudia Balducci and Girmay Zahilay would bring thoughtful leadership to the role. Looking forward to seeing this race really take shape after the primary.

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Sunset Supper - Pike Place Market Foundation Sunset Supper is THE party of the summer in Seattle. Sip and savor your way through Pike Place Market while supporting the Market community!

Excited to volunteer and attend the Sunset Supper 2025 at Pike Place Market in August. 🙌🏾 🥘 🍹

How to handle this weekend’s I-5 closure in Seattle Using public transit and alternate routes are the best bets for avoiding traffic, or the stress of driving, through Seattle this weekend, officials said.

Loving the tone of this piece. What is the best way to beat traffic during this weekend’s Revive I-5 closure?

Take transit.

We need more messaging like this all year.

Seattle’s transit and bike networks are growing; now is the time to use them.

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Favorite desert saying from this trip:

“Have fun! Don’t die out there. And please drink lots of water.” 😳🥵😅

Desert hospitality.

Learned on this trip: You cannot buy hard alcohol via self-checkout in California.

Golden State… what is up with that?

Feels a little backward for the epicenter of American tech. 🚫🥃🤖

OOO this week in Palm Springs. ☀️
More sun, more pools.

Lake Washington Boulevard deserves its own Friends of the Waterfront Park—an org that can bring consistent funding, creative energy, and vibrant programming to this iconic stretch of nature in South Seattle.

With the right stewardship, LWB could become the city’s next great linear park.

How is Pike Place’s limited car access being managed?

Cones. A sign. One security guard.

It’s a reminder: pilot projects don’t need fancy gear or endless studies.

Just try something. Learn. Improve. Scale. Repeat.

#UrbanDesign #PeopleFirstStreets