Clobber of Seattle

I'm pretty sure I'm going to die on my bike one of these days.

How can I get actblue to lose my number?

If traffic violence is Seattle residents number one public safety issue why aren't any safe streets organizations represented on the Chief of Police Advisory Committee?

Oh hi everyone in my bluesky feed, I see we are all at the urbanist x cityNerd event at town hall. 👋

Gordon Padelford of Seattle Streets Alliance said the key ingredient to achieve Vision Zero is political will, and that has been missing in the past, but Mayor Wilson demonstrated it today.

It’s incredible how a fucking bike lane gets delayed for 15 years in Ballard over “environmental review” and we just decide cars return to pike place in 6 weeks with no process

Anyone who puts the word safety in quotation marks is my enemy.

Does Vision Zero need to fund therapy for boomer drivers?

There's no negotiating with these irrational complainers.

Another banger

Everyone go donate/subscribe to PubliCola! Seattle would be lost without our independent journalists!

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. What about painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them. Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

Universal Healthcare isn't far left Prosecuting rapists isn't far left Criticizing politicians and policies isn't far left Demanding laws for equality & civil rights isn't far left None of it is far enough If someone considers any of these ideas to be far left then they're definitely far right

@theurbanist.org

There was no mention of pride at all during the so-called Pride Match.

The ADA experience taking transit to and from the world cup last night was incredible. The easiest crowd navigation with my wheelchair kiddo I've ever experienced. Hats off to sound transit and transit security for their awesome customer service. I ❤️ u!

I don't drive my car, I exclusively bike and ride transit. But I'm paying for insurance, registration and, most painfully, parking, to keep it because I know I will never again be able to get a car free of surveillance if I don't keep this one.

What even is this little creature?

Sound Transit would generate far more revenue if we cracked down on vehicle license tab evasion rather than fare evasion.

We owe nothing to the past and everything to the future. Also it’s bad enough that almost dead White people try to control the future for their own very short term benefit, let alone actually dead White men controlling the future through ideological proxies.

@mayorofseattle.bsky.social lets copy this!

Driving is convenient only for people who don’t plan, can waste money, and are hostile to the public wellbeing. Otherwise it’s an expensive, wasteful, and inconvenient form of travel we’re all but coerced to use.

Do we have a city slogan? I don't think so. Can it be "half the hills are downhill"?

It is absolutely ridiculous that light rail and Amtrak don't connect at King Street Station/the ID. The wayfinding is lousy and the walk/crosswalk is hostile. If I, a train-loving transit nerd, am annoyed and frustrated, just imagine how bad it is for normies.

@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social Downtown Seattle when?

everyone is still lost in the end of history neoliberal brain curse huh? “What if non disabled people use disabled accommodations tho?!” Make accommodations for everyone and it doesn’t matter, universally, make a more accommodating world and everyone wins. No one can “cheat” w universal programs

I do!

Now do Seattle cops.

It was custom for dinosaurs to fossilize their dead

We're trying to get Seattle Public Schools community dialog out of the Facebook ecosystem and into a more public one, namely Reddit. Join up! Make posts! Let's get it going! @awongpublic.bsky.social has a new enrollment analysis up! www.reddit.com/r/seattlepub...

I got my cat a cat and he loves his cat!

This is real climate leadership from Councilmember Rinck! I can't wait for us to elect some like-minded colleagues really interested in improving this city! I got my ballot in!

Highways were a mistake.

Reintroducing old friends ❤️

Seattle, call on Mayor Harrell and @seattledot.bsky.social to put #Bollards on the waterfront and at ALL pedestrian markets NOW!! Cops can’t protect us from vehicle attacks because bullets don’t stop speeding 4000lb objects. Only physical barriers can. #Vancouver #Seattle

I support tough on crime policies, where “tough on crime” means “the architects of fraud, insurrection, and genocide face consequences” instead of “private prisons full of Black people”.

Smoky the Floppy Boy

In 1929 Queen Anne had an ordinance banning black people and Asians from living there

I asked my mother for advice for parenting teenagers. Her wisdom: Be nice to them, they have their own problems.

Which type of growth do you prefer? 1 building that contains 32 homes in an existing city OR bulldoze 32 acres of forest to build 32 1-plexes? We can call the 1-plex development euphemistically "Forest Park Estates." Which is better for trees? Let's welcome more neighbors in our existing cities

So, having a car was useless when they were actually needed. Interesting development.

Rental buildings should exist in every single neighbourhood. Full stop, zero debate.

Undoing EdTech's Death Grip on Education open.substack.com/pub/restorec...