Chris Randels

Home stretch, friends. Come spend some time to help us get 47% more transit service for Pierce County! LET'S WIN THIS THING! www.keeppiercemoving.org/events

If you want to see this type of organizing in the Seattle area check out @eastsideurbanism.org I have also been "stealing" this idea for pioneer square urbanism: 5:30pm every Friday at DeLeo bros Pizza

the problem with polyamory is sometimes the USA declares war with Iran and then visiting all your partners gets really expensive

It doesn't matter if someone doesn't understand transgender issues, adults bullying and excluding kids is always wrong. All children in Washington State deserve to be treated with dignity and fairness. All children. No exceptions.

IT HAPPENED AGAIN - area man feeling curmudgeonly and grumpy lately discovers monday morning mood dramatically improved by a bike commute through blue skies and autumnal foliage

Two anti-LGBT initiatives are on the ballot, the state is settling lawsuits by allowing foster parents to discriminate against queer kids, and Seattle's NPR affiliate is inviting the board chair of an organization aiming to ban gay marriage onto their Friday chat show. Things are going great.

Our thoughts are with the family & friends of the person who lost their life in this crash. Highways do not belong in our cities, full stop. So long as Bellevue is a city of stroads, wide intersections, & freeway offramps, these tragedies will keep happening. They are incompatible with #VisionZero.

SUV driver strikes and kills person biking on Bellevue Way near I-90 Trail detour route #SEAbikes #Seattle

We're excited to announce that Eastside Urbanism will be hosting a conversation with King County Executive Girmay Zahilay on October 29th! RSVP here: www.meetup.com/eastside-urb...

One takeaway from tonight: just one Bellevue CM (Jared Nieuwenhuis) thinks that the city spending 29% of new transportation revenue on pedestrian and bike infrastructure is too much.

The Bellevue Council is considering a potential 0.1% sales tax and $20 car tab for transportation in a budget work session tonight. Kemper Development is here asking for those new dollars to be focused on road capacity, calling bike and pedestrian improvements "lower demand infrastructure."

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Kelli is struggling to keep this going, so whatever you do, don’t like her post and make her evening more difficult. I would hate to pop some popcorn and spend my Friday watching her try to come up with more of these.

Hey, Seawolves rugby family - ICE detained the groundskeeper from Starfire where the @seawolves.rugby play. If you're inclined to help and are able, here's the GFM. Fuck ICE.

The Seattle Seahawks Intercept The Season Opener 💚💙💚💙 !!!

Alexis Mercedes Rinck has introduced a bill that would extend Seattle's civil rights protections to pansexual and asexual people, as well as to individuals engaged in consensual non-monogamy. seattle.legistar.com/LegislationD...

The article mentions the area was once home to dozens of strawberry farms owned by Japanese immigrant families who were dispossessed of their land during their WWII internment. It fails to mention that Freeman's grandfather founded the Anti-Japanese League that advocated for internment. Weird.

The Kemper organization also spends a lot of time and energy on trying to maintain Bellevue's car-centricism.

blue cities/states need to build a metric fuckton more homes to make room for those who want to live somewhere they can raise a trans kid, get an abortion, live in a hospitable climate. If we don’t make room for all the new neighbors we clearly aren’t as welcoming as our lawn signs suggest

one piece of advice i can share as a parent: certain phases can be really tough, but they do pass. around 18 months my son kept demanding that i condemn hasan piker. all day and night too, i was at the end of my rope. now he’s really into fire trucks. it’s always something new

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Well that's a pretty major piece of Bellevue news to drop on a Friday night.

"no, the real threats actually impacting people now aren't real. But these theoretical threats that aren't affecting anyone now but may inconvenience five people in the future, that's real shit"

Big day for Seattle Times commenter meltdowns with the route 8 bus lanes and Bellevue lowering speed limits 🥂

Going here for my birthday (which is today!), totally expecting to have a conversation with somebody only to have the epiphany that I've followed them on Bluesky for like 6 months

Is the Seattle Times turning into a niche media outlet? @theurbanist.org has full team coverage of the mayor’s executive order while ye olde fishwrap has nothing.

Today, I signed an Executive Order to accelerate and strengthen Seattle’s Vision Zero work. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4zwXS7Y @transportation.seattle.gov

-An ambitious legislative agenda in Olympia around traffic safety that includes: ...Reforms around liability issues that occur when SDOT implements changes following a crash ...Modifications to crew delivery limits ...Authority for cities to implement blanket no turn on red ...Support for 0.05% BAC

Katie Wilson is in Beacon Hill this afternoon announcing a brand new executive order targeting changes dealing with traffic safety across city government. The five-section order is beefy, and I think it represents the biggest reaffirmation of Vision Zero in Seattle since the initial 2015 commitment.

As micro mobility expands to Bellevue, so should the bike network for last or any mile connectivity

anyone who wants to help make this happen should follow/connect with/donate to @completestreetsbellevue.org 💪🔥

The SAFE Bellevue proposal encourages city officials to prioritize ped & bicycle connections to light rail stations in its upcoming budget. If you agree with this approach, learn more and take action here: actionnetwork.org/letters/supp...

We'd also like to see the city repurpose existing curbspaces, including on-street vehicle parking spaces, into corrals for parking micromobility vehicles. Such intersection daylighting projects improve visibility and safety for vulnerable road users.

Everything in this thread is a data-driven, industry standard best practice to saving lives on our streets. Let's move beyond simple, weaponized narratives of "Bellevue's not Seattle" and focus on the policies & projects that will help us achieve our shared value of community safety. #VisionZero

Today I attended a kickoff event for Eastside For All's political advocacy arm, The Build for Belonging Action Fund, in #Redmond. They are the first POC-run political advocacy group focused on racial justice in East King County. One more kickoff event is on 8/31 in #Kirkland. tinyurl.com/joinc4

Go figure that Seattle layoffs are in Seattle, Bellevue layoffs are in the "Seattle area."

Our Director has been accepted into the Leadership Eastside Class of 2027! Elected leaders, business professionals, and community advocates take part in this 10-month professional development course to learn and apply the skills of Adaptive Leadership. completestreetsbellevue.org/2026/08/14/a...

But we need some help to cover his costs to attend the program! Our work already has an outsized impact on Bellevue's transportation system given our resources. This course will teach new skills and forge new connections that will grow our reach. completestreetsbellevue.org/2026/08/03/s...

Chipping in to support this course is a cost-effective investment to improve Bellevue's transportation network and grow the impact of progressive leaders working on the Eastside. Donate to our organization's PayPal here: www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/...

are people aware there are boops and lil foamies here??? 👀