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Row of strangely consistently white vehicles with their trunks open and people in costumes.

Witch handing out candy.

People standing in a parking lot.

A few years ago I learned America has a thing called Trunk or Treat where people dress up, drive to a parking lot, and pretend it's ok we don't have walkable communities anymore.

White House East Wing being demolished.

Historic preservation is confusing. In Seattle, we conferred permanent landmark status to a Walgreen’s drive-thru.

JUST SAW A FOUR CAR TRAIN ON MERCER ISLAND - !!!! That’s it just had to get it out there so I don’t hyperventilate.

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

Trolleybuses pull power directly into efficient, hill-climbing engines without need for massive, pavement-crushing batteries. Next gen trolleys with in-motion charging offer significant off-wire travel, allowing incremental wire extension. SF and Seattle partnering:
www.sfmta.com/media/43118/...

Our environmental policy finds an increase in driving to a train station as environmentally damaging but the building of a private parking garage as not significant

I love "discovering things I left in coat pockets six months ago" season.

Like there are “cultural Catholics” I am a “cultural baseball fan” in that I grew up in it and much like holy days, can’t resist paying attention when the Orioles or the Mariners make it out of the regular season.

Over 60 cyclists pass on this side of the street in under 30 seconds. And their flow only stops because the traffic light turned red.

An efficiency impossible to match if these people were driving.

Fun fact, this street is so wide because the 14 streetcar used to run through here

Can I just say that @seattledot.bsky.social sets a standard for government transparency by posting their entire 51-page org chart on the web? Other departments need to follow their lead.

Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war

"Though robotaxis have notched up impressive growth, they look ploddingly pedestrian compared with far zippier pedal-powered rivals. [Waymo] proudly proclaims that its cars do around 250k trips a week. Yet in NYC alone that number of trips is made every three days using the city’s bikeshare scheme."

At a transportation research conference that is still probably about 90% dudes. We miss so much in planning and engineering our communities when everyone in the room has similar experiences of how people interact with you in public space.

Sound Transit CEO Dow Constantine just told the board's rider experience committee that East Link has officially entered the system integration phase.

That means you'll see single trains with up to four cars operating across the I-90 bridge "intermittently."

Bus Lane Hero Woman shooing cars out of a bus lane.

Six years ago.

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

Graphic with the headline “London is the greatest city in the world” set against a bright view of the River Thames with the Shard, Tower Bridge and the city skyline. The text celebrates what makes London special: regularly voted the number one city in the world, incredible diversity with over 300 languages spoken, world-class transport, world leader in finance tech and life sciences, best museums and galleries many free to visit, world-leading nightlife, food sport and music for every taste, host to the world’s best sporting events, home to seven Premier League clubs, globally-ranked universities, a city where you can be yourself and love who you love, and a place for everyone.

I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again.

Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐

YOU LOVE TO SEE IT!!! 🚎 🚎 🚎 🚎 🚎 🚎 🚎 🚎 🚎

Which consultant told him this was a good idea

YouTube video by Chloé and sometimes Ludvig I Rode Amtrak's MOST EXPENSIVE Cabin from New Orleans to NYC! (The Crescent)

Our train nerdiness was captured on video and has been seen by 300k+ people!
@sassyarmand.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy0x...

The ebike is absolute peak urban transportation. I can wear normal clothes, carry plenty of stuff, make it up hills with ease, and I even beat the bus on the way home today.

A self-driving car traffic jam is coming for US cities A century ago, cars remade America. Autonomous vehicles could do it again.

As autonomous vehicles spread across the US, they could turn urban streets into a congested, chaotic mess. But it’s not inevitable.

In @vox.com, I proposed specific ways cities can future-proof themselves for self-driving cars.

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Today is the 1 year anniversary of the G Line opening. It feels like yesterday I ran out of my apartment to take this video! (The G stands for giddy because I was so excited)

Frequent transit is necessary for an accessible city that’s serious about its climate goals. Let’s make that a reality.

Powered Link Train Crosses I-90 for First Time in Pivotal Test » The Urbanist # With the long-awaited inaugural

With the long-awaited inaugural live wire test successful, Sound Transit will continue tests on the Lake Washington bridge for another 10 to 12 weeks, followed by several months of running empty trains. Monday's test was a crucial milestone for the 2 Line.

Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/09/10/p...

This will be the first time that a light rail vehicle has traversed the Homer M Hadley floating bridge on its own power, and signals the start of the next major phase of full 2 Line testing.

BREAKING: Sound Transit expects to conduct its first LIVE WIRE test on the I-90 bridge TONIGHT, at around 11pm.

"A single light rail vehicle will travel at incremental speeds between 10 and 55 mph to test power systems between Mercer Island and Judkins Park stations, including the I-90 bridge."

Time to build those Beach Drive bike lanes (they’re in the Seattle Transportation Plan). This pickup truck driver makes a very strong case for them.

Met a ruddy-faced gentleman at Alki who had pulled over his pickup truck to wait to inform the bf and I that it was "horrible" we didn't ride single file on Beach Drive, and that we were "fucking idiots" who would "get killed eventually" by a driver for "taking up the whole goddamn road."

A pedestrian signal.

A bus (transit priority) signal.

A bike signal.

A (very old) traffic signal.

All signals are GO.

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