Jason
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He/him. Seattle. People should be able to walk and roll without dying.
The funny thing about this is that if Seattle traffic engineers had less fealty to the mutcd this stretch of road might already be open to cars.
Glad to see the local rag covering only the most important transit stories.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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35 circles and 5 thick white lines are painted on this downtown street. It won’t come off
A block of Ninth Avenue can’t reopen until the colorful design is gone. The center has tried graffiti remover and pressure washers, but the work is ongoing.
www.seattletimes.com
September 18, 2026 at 3:02 PM
The funny thing about this is that if Seattle traffic engineers had less fealty to the mutcd this stretch of road might already be open to cars.
Stop by Pioneer Square's Occidental Square tonight at 6pm. We'll probably discuss why so many drivers are ending up where they don't belong and why historic districts are complicit in it.
Bit late with this today, but stop by pioneer square tonight starting at 6pm to discuss this week's biggest sporting event: Losing a race to the 8 bus.
Come stop by Occidental Square tonight to discuss urbanism and whether cot and caught are pronounced the same.
September 18, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Stop by Pioneer Square's Occidental Square tonight at 6pm. We'll probably discuss why so many drivers are ending up where they don't belong and why historic districts are complicit in it.
Glad to see the local rag covering only the most important transit stories.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
35 circles and 5 thick white lines are painted on this downtown street. It won’t come off
A block of Ninth Avenue can’t reopen until the colorful design is gone. The center has tried graffiti remover and pressure washers, but the work is ongoing.
www.seattletimes.com
September 18, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Glad to see the local rag covering only the most important transit stories.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Another day another car driving on a trail in Seattle. This time on the Elliot Bay trail by the waterfront.
Car in the bike path between King St and Atlantic St #seattle #bike
TikTok video by Stinkface
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September 18, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Another day another car driving on a trail in Seattle. This time on the Elliot Bay trail by the waterfront.
Fwiw people on our side of this need to actually learn from this. TreePac isn't doing anything we can't do. We are simply not putting out form letters for stuff.
According to Tree Action Seattle, elected officials should be basing their votes on the quantity of public comments received in support versus against and not their own assessment of the actual policy.
September 17, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Fwiw people on our side of this need to actually learn from this. TreePac isn't doing anything we can't do. We are simply not putting out form letters for stuff.
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According to Tree Action Seattle, elected officials should be basing their votes on the quantity of public comments received in support versus against and not their own assessment of the actual policy.
September 17, 2026 at 9:42 PM
According to Tree Action Seattle, elected officials should be basing their votes on the quantity of public comments received in support versus against and not their own assessment of the actual policy.
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"We believe safety and preservation are not in conflict, and they have not been historically," Alliance for Pioneer Square ED Lisa Howard says in her testimony.
They clearly are? We can be honest about that right?
They clearly are? We can be honest about that right?
September 17, 2026 at 5:01 PM
"We believe safety and preservation are not in conflict, and they have not been historically," Alliance for Pioneer Square ED Lisa Howard says in her testimony.
They clearly are? We can be honest about that right?
They clearly are? We can be honest about that right?
Come to Issaquah for Salmon days on October 4th, co-hosted with @ecocityaction.org!
We'll meet up with @kellyjiang.bsky.social in Issaquah!
RSVP: partiful.com/events/vcd9T...
We'll meet up with @kellyjiang.bsky.social in Issaquah!
RSVP: partiful.com/events/vcd9T...
Lets Go to Issaquah for Salmon Days! | Partiful
Do you want to go to Issaquah for Salmon Days? Come with us!
We are Seattle Urbanist/Safe Streets advocates and the folks behind EcoCity Action!
We plan to catch the 12:12 bus from South Bellevue St...
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September 17, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Come to Issaquah for Salmon days on October 4th, co-hosted with @ecocityaction.org!
We'll meet up with @kellyjiang.bsky.social in Issaquah!
RSVP: partiful.com/events/vcd9T...
We'll meet up with @kellyjiang.bsky.social in Issaquah!
RSVP: partiful.com/events/vcd9T...
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SDOT caved to the angry neighbors.
September 17, 2026 at 12:50 AM
SDOT caved to the angry neighbors.
Shoutout to the driver of CUX1144 who honked at a person on a bike at MLK and McClellan because they wanted to take an illegal right on red so that they could sit in the line of cars waiting for the Rainier Ave light.
September 17, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Shoutout to the driver of CUX1144 who honked at a person on a bike at MLK and McClellan because they wanted to take an illegal right on red so that they could sit in the line of cars waiting for the Rainier Ave light.
As you can see it was really the mayor's fault when the police chief her predecessor hired was texting his chain of command "who's in charge?"
September 16, 2026 at 11:22 PM
As you can see it was really the mayor's fault when the police chief her predecessor hired was texting his chain of command "who's in charge?"
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NEW: Alexis Mercedes Rinck has proposed an amendment to Rob Saka's SAFER Streets Act that would give the City Traffic Engineer explicit authority to implement street changes in historic districts (Pioneer Square, Pike Place) without getting the approval of the local boards.
September 16, 2026 at 6:49 PM
NEW: Alexis Mercedes Rinck has proposed an amendment to Rob Saka's SAFER Streets Act that would give the City Traffic Engineer explicit authority to implement street changes in historic districts (Pioneer Square, Pike Place) without getting the approval of the local boards.
Thinking about this post a lot tonight since I was the "friction" for 4 drivers that acted extremely shocked that I existed while they almost drove straight at me at high speed on Letitia Ave S (future greenway) on my commute home today.
I also think that greenways in Seattle are too often used in residential neighborhoods instead of actual modal filters as a "nudge" to drivers which means that people on bikes are forced to be the friction that encourages drivers to use arterials.
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Do you think that Seattle needs to address cut through traffic?
Do you like modal filters?
The John Muir Home Zone project is proposing a new one, but we need to show community support for it by emailing [email protected].
Do you like modal filters?
The John Muir Home Zone project is proposing a new one, but we need to show community support for it by emailing [email protected].
September 16, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Thinking about this post a lot tonight since I was the "friction" for 4 drivers that acted extremely shocked that I existed while they almost drove straight at me at high speed on Letitia Ave S (future greenway) on my commute home today.
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We open new light rail lines with a huge all-day party and we open new highways with a secret ribbon cutting that's closed to the public.
www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/a...
www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/a...
Semis cut ribbon on Pierce County’s new SR-167 expressway. Next: everyone else
Local and state politicians, business leaders, and transportation officials marked the completion of the new expressway before it opens.
www.thenewstribune.com
September 15, 2026 at 8:08 PM
We open new light rail lines with a huge all-day party and we open new highways with a secret ribbon cutting that's closed to the public.
www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/a...
www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/a...
Anyone know where/what the collision in the Rainer valley today is/was?
September 15, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Anyone know where/what the collision in the Rainer valley today is/was?
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NEW: Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson has released a new gun violence prevention plan after weeks of criticism from big business. Key components include empowering the City’s recently expanded CARE Department and keeping investments in youth services. @thestranger.com
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www.thestranger.com/news/mayor-k...
Mayor Katie Wilson Presents Gun Violence Prevention Plan - The Stranger
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson is rolling out a plan to tackle gun violence by better integrating city departments and maintaining services for youth. The announcement comes after weeks of relentless crit...
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September 15, 2026 at 3:20 PM
NEW: Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson has released a new gun violence prevention plan after weeks of criticism from big business. Key components include empowering the City’s recently expanded CARE Department and keeping investments in youth services. @thestranger.com
www.thestranger.com/news/mayor-k...
www.thestranger.com/news/mayor-k...
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Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson unveiled a wide-ranging plan for preventing gun violence Tuesday. Her priorities go outside the police department to build up the city’s other public safety branch, the Community Assisted Response and Engagement (CARE) department.
Seattle mayor's new gun violence reduction plan pushes prevention over police
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson’s priorities for curbing gun violence go outside the police department to build up the city’s other public safety branch.
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September 15, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson unveiled a wide-ranging plan for preventing gun violence Tuesday. Her priorities go outside the police department to build up the city’s other public safety branch, the Community Assisted Response and Engagement (CARE) department.
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September 15, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Small business owners continue to not understand what they are talking about on facebook.
September 15, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Small business owners continue to not understand what they are talking about on facebook.
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We’re cohosting a meet up to go to Issaquah Salmon Days on Oct 4th!
No educational presentations or talks 🤣 just impeccable transit, festival, salmon, and urbanist community vibes.
Pics from when a bunch of us took the old 554 bus over in 2023. Love u 554
RSVP: partiful.com/e/vcd9TBQyKy...
No educational presentations or talks 🤣 just impeccable transit, festival, salmon, and urbanist community vibes.
Pics from when a bunch of us took the old 554 bus over in 2023. Love u 554
RSVP: partiful.com/e/vcd9TBQyKy...
September 14, 2026 at 11:28 PM
We’re cohosting a meet up to go to Issaquah Salmon Days on Oct 4th!
No educational presentations or talks 🤣 just impeccable transit, festival, salmon, and urbanist community vibes.
Pics from when a bunch of us took the old 554 bus over in 2023. Love u 554
RSVP: partiful.com/e/vcd9TBQyKy...
No educational presentations or talks 🤣 just impeccable transit, festival, salmon, and urbanist community vibes.
Pics from when a bunch of us took the old 554 bus over in 2023. Love u 554
RSVP: partiful.com/e/vcd9TBQyKy...
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We can keep trying to engineer our way around the problem or we can make the most direct arterial routes safe and accessible.
September 14, 2026 at 8:42 PM
We can keep trying to engineer our way around the problem or we can make the most direct arterial routes safe and accessible.
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A statistic that haunts me because it is 100% true and shocking and useless in advocacy precisely because it is true and shocking:
Policy that enables a 1-car lifestyle rather than 2 is equivalent to giving a family a $25,000 annual pay raise.
Policy that enables a 1-car lifestyle rather than 2 is equivalent to giving a family a $25,000 annual pay raise.
This story buries the lede, but if you pull out a calculator and do the math, AAA found that the average American spends $15,031 a year for a single car!
www.cnbc.com/2026/09/14/c...
www.cnbc.com/2026/09/14/c...
Car ownership costs an average of $5,851 a year on top of auto loan payments, analysis finds
The cost of insurance, gas, and maintenance or repairs can add thousands of dollars a year to the price of owning a car.
www.cnbc.com
September 14, 2026 at 7:26 PM
A statistic that haunts me because it is 100% true and shocking and useless in advocacy precisely because it is true and shocking:
Policy that enables a 1-car lifestyle rather than 2 is equivalent to giving a family a $25,000 annual pay raise.
Policy that enables a 1-car lifestyle rather than 2 is equivalent to giving a family a $25,000 annual pay raise.
I have come to view greenways primarily as a way to avoid installing real infrastructure (e.g. MLK and Rainer in the Rainer Valley) while being able to deflect criticism from advocates.
One thing that always sort of bugged me about people here is that I don’t think a lot of Chicagoans (or at least advocates and people making infra decisions) travel to other cities much. Greenways aren’t really a thing anywhere else. Other cities are actually installing real, protected bike lanes
September 14, 2026 at 4:51 PM
I have come to view greenways primarily as a way to avoid installing real infrastructure (e.g. MLK and Rainer in the Rainer Valley) while being able to deflect criticism from advocates.
It's really frustrating to see such an important committee chaired this way. Rob Saka's focus on style over substance costs all of us in the city.
Transportation committee chair Rob Saka is in a mad dash to get his "SAFER Streets Act" (actually three bills) across the finish line before fall budget season. That's leading to a lot of cut corners, including entire city departments being kept out of the loop.
www.theurbanist.org/rob-saka-thr...
www.theurbanist.org/rob-saka-thr...
Rob Saka Throws Together Traffic Safety Legislation Ahead of Council Deadline
The package would add authority for SDOT officials to address traffic safety, and ask for recommendations on faster post-crash review and potential safety upgrades for City contractors. But a mad dash...
www.theurbanist.org
September 14, 2026 at 4:20 PM
It's really frustrating to see such an important committee chaired this way. Rob Saka's focus on style over substance costs all of us in the city.
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For what it's worth...SDOT's micromobility permit doesn't explicitly prohibit bikes or scooters from being parked in vehicle parking spaces. Indeed, it directly allows them to be parked in the right-of-way on streets without sidewalks. So this is something Lime is choosing to enforce.
I got a warning from Lime after parking the bike on a legal parking spot on the road in a residential street. I didn’t realize scooters and bike share have to be parked on the sidewalk. No wonder it’s a mess on sidewalks…
September 14, 2026 at 3:51 AM
For what it's worth...SDOT's micromobility permit doesn't explicitly prohibit bikes or scooters from being parked in vehicle parking spaces. Indeed, it directly allows them to be parked in the right-of-way on streets without sidewalks. So this is something Lime is choosing to enforce.