Jamin 🚲🚄🏔️

Jamin 🚲🚄🏔️

@jamin.app

transit & housing advocate, bham wa. 🚲🚌🚅🏔️

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Jamin 🚲🚄🏔️
@jamin.app

seriously considered buying theiPhone Duo just for the smaller form factor.

Josh Holland@joshholland.bsky.social

Tech isn’t always rational. The iPhone mini proves it. 📱 While the industry keeps pushing bigger, beefier phones, a passionate niche still wants something smaller and simpler. A phone that connects us without overwhelming us. Maybe bigger isn’t always better. www.fastcompany.com/91625181/the...

fastcompany.comThe cult of the iPhone mini is alive and thrivingIn a moment when people are more tethered to their devices than ever, owning an iPhone mini has become a tiny act of resistance.

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Ryan Packer
@typewriteralley.bsky.social

Amtrak is cutting the ribbon today on its new maintenance facility in SoDo, specifically built to handle the new Airo fleet for Amtrak Cacades.

Jamin 🚲🚄🏔️
@jamin.app

…and the Airos are now LIVE on the Amtrak Cascades route! Incredible how much of a passenger experience upgrade this is. Very exciting day!

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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."

Jamin 🚲🚄🏔️
@jamin.app

Got tickets for me and my 2yr old on the first brand new Amtrak Cascades “Airo” train next week for a day trip to Vancouver. 😍

Andy Zahn@andyzahn.bsky.social

#sunset light on Mt. Rainier, photographed at high speed from the Amtrak Cascades train on my way North to Vancouver BC. #wawx

Jamin 🚲🚄🏔️
@jamin.app

ITS HAPPENING!

Ryan Packer@typewriteralley.bsky.social

Amtrak will start running the new Airo trainsets on Amtrak Cascades on September 30, according to a WSDOT presentation happening right now at the Puget Sound Regional Council.

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Amtrak Cascades
@amtrakcascades.wsdot.wa.gov

We are happy to report that the tracks north of Portland are opening! Tomorrow, on August 19, all Amtrak Cascades trains resume normal service, except Train 500 which will resume on Thursday, August 20. Let your summer travel plans resume. We’ll drive! 💚🤎🤍

Jamin 🚲🚄🏔️
@jamin.app

hey #bikesky! I built an app that makes running a bike valet easier! a simple web app that sends SMS to riders instead of a clipboard and a roll of raffle tickets. i’m doing this just for fun, so share with your local bike group and DM if they’d be interested in trying it out for free!

Jamin 🚲🚄🏔️
@jamin.app

this past weekend, an operator in Bellingham used the app to run a 10 hour bike valet for the Ski to Sea race that served over 620 people! 🎉🎉 really fun to see folks using this to make it easier to offer more transportation choices for folks!

Jamin 🚲🚄🏔️
@jamin.app

hey #bikesky! I built an app that makes running a bike valet easier! a simple web app that sends SMS to riders instead of a clipboard and a roll of raffle tickets. i’m doing this just for fun, so share with your local bike group and DM if they’d be interested in trying it out for free!

Jamin 🚲🚄🏔️
@jamin.app

this past weekend, an operator in Bellingham used the app to run a 10 hour bike valet for the Ski to Sea race that served over 620 people! 🎉🎉 really fun to see folks using this to make it easier to offer more transportation choices for folks!

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Catie Gould
@citizen-cate.bsky.social

I’m getting news that Bellingham has permanantly repealed their parking minimums. Their initial pilot years ago paved the way for much bigger reforms. Great leadership and organizing through and through. 🍾

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Ryan Packer
@typewriteralley.bsky.social

Bellingham: turning their full removal of parking mandates from temporary to permanent Tacoma: teeing up full removal of parking mandates Issaquah: teeing up full removal of parking mandates within Central Issaquah Bellevue: Likely keeping state minimums, trying to incentivize larger parking spaces

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Cascadia Daily News
@cascadiadaily.com

A Bellingham resident says there have been too many close calls for pedestrians and cyclists sharing the road with drivers. She urges community members to read Safe Streets Bellingham's proposal. Read her letter and more opinions for NW WA readers in CDN’s weekly letters section.

cascadiadaily.comLetters, week of Wednesday, July 15, 2026: Safe Streets, good Samaritans and Port race | Cascadia Daily NewsCDN's picks: Meetings, hearings and opportunities for public input

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Amtrak Cascades
@amtrakcascades.wsdot.wa.gov

Ladies and gentlemen! Lift. Your. Cameras! The first new Amtrak Cascades trainset arrives in Seattle tomorrow at 11:29 am! It will be coming south from Everett attached to the Empire Builder. Track Train #7 at asm.transitdocs.com for precise times. You can share pics/video here! #wsdot #trains #PNW

Jamin 🚲🚄🏔️
@jamin.app

your boss just threatened to murder them and all of their family… so i’m sure they’re eager to take you up on “this opportunity.”

Yashar Ali 🐘@yasharali.bsky.social

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth: “I would love to see the Iranian people take advantage of this opportunity. They have been oppressed by the previous regime, and they'll have a new opportunity with this regime…we wish them the best.”

Jamin 🚲🚄🏔️
@jamin.app

the “wow, even Alaska is in play” news cycle happens every 2-4 years. Dunbar, Galvin, Gross, Peltola 2024.

Taniel@taniel.bsky.social

The poll of the weekend? The main Alaska pollster, ASR, released a poll of Alaska’s Senate race with Mary Peltola leading by 5 against GOP Senator Dan Sullivan. Even just putting this one in play is a big deal for Dems and their difficult path to a Senate majority.

Jamin 🚲🚄🏔️
@jamin.app

as someone who lived in DC from 2013 to 2016, the public narrative shift on WMATA is breathtaking 😂

Yonah Freemark@yonahfreemark.com

Happy birthday to the Washington Metro, which opened 50 years ago today with service on 4.6 mi of Red Line between Rhode Is. Ave & Farragut N. System now serves 130 mi. The DC Metro shows that, with good planning & enough investment, the public sector can succeed & build something extraordinary.

Jamin 🚲🚄🏔️
@jamin.app

the discourse on the WA millionaires tax is WILD. it’s like 15 millionaires (meaning, making way more than $1m ANNUALLY) posting about how they’re gonna move to Florida and then you look them up and they’re all the worse people you can imagine 😂

Jamin 🚲🚄🏔️
@jamin.app

very excited! #Bellingham is zeroing in on a solid plan to invest ~$10M in infrastructure improvements to enable 10min frequency on our core local bus lines. as far as i can tell, we’d be the only small city (<100k) on the West Coast (excluding suburbs) with this kind of frequency. 💪🚌

engage.ridewta.comRapid Transit StudyWTA is assessing two potential Rapid Transit Routes within Bellingham. The study compares the existing conditions and potential for transit improvements for each route.
Jamin 🚲🚄🏔️
@jamin.app

WAKE UP @jonostrower.com 😂

Yashar Ali 🐘@yasharali.bsky.social

BREAKING via AP The FAA has grounded all JetBlue flights due to a request from the airline. The ground stop impacts flights to all destinations, according to the advisory. It was not immediately clear why JetBlue requested the ground stop or how long it would last.

Jamin 🚲🚄🏔️
@jamin.app

💪💪💪

Ryan Packer@typewriteralley.bsky.social

We don't just want a Bellingham to Friday Habor fast ferry...we need and deserve a Bellingham to Friday Harbor fast ferry. www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/16/m...

theurbanist.orgMosquito Fleet Act Seeks to Throw Ferry-Oriented Communities a Lifeline » The Urbanist# A proposal, dubbed the Mosquito Fleet Act, to empower local governments across Puget Sound to set up their own passenger ferry districts fell short in the Senate after passing the House last year. I...
Jamin 🚲🚄🏔️
@jamin.app

exciting things happening in my little town! an ambitious new comp plan that’ll greatly increase multiuse density, a rapid transit plan to get down to 10min headways on our best bus lines, a full neighborhood-scale car-lite development, and great new bike infrastructure in the works! 🚀 #Bellingham

Jamin 🚲🚄🏔️
@jamin.app

we’re going to make a dent in our housing crisis AND make Bellingham more livable, vibrant, and community-centered than it already is - all at the same time. so much work by so many people over YEARS are going into this, but it’s awesome to see it coming together.

Jamin 🚲🚄🏔️
@jamin.app

Cascades (Eugene to Vancouver BC) will launch the first in the nation Airo trainsets later this year.

Edward Russell@byerussell.com

It's a "whole new era at Amtrak," @amtrak.com President Roger Harris said Tuesday. Its new Airo trains will debut on the Cascades this summer and East Coast in 2027, becoming the workhorse of Amtrak's fleet by replacing Amfleets that date to the 1970s. thepointsguy.com/news/amtrak-...

Jamin 🚲🚄🏔️
@jamin.app

it will never cease to shock me that these trump admin flunkies run the damn federal government with less care than most of us normies muster up for our menial day jobs. just incredible stuff.

Jamin 🚲🚄🏔️
@jamin.app

this project is unaffordable and unsustainable. end highway expansion. start from scratch.

Ryan Packer@typewriteralley.bsky.social

The US Coast Guard will allow Washington and Oregon to build a lower, 116-foot bridge over the Columbia River as part of I-5 expansion plans, according to KGW. That means costs will "only" range from $12.2 to $17.7 billion. www.kgw.com/article/news...

kgw.comCoast Guard issues Interstate Bridge clearance ruling, allowing fixed span with 116-foot heightThe decision settles a big lingering question: whether the new bridge will need to match the current bridge's 178-foot clearance, which would require a drawbridge.
Jamin 🚲🚄🏔️
@jamin.app

I love San Francisco, but this was my least favorite thing about the city. Nothing was ever just *done* and it was exhausting.

Ned Resnikoff@resnikoff.bsky.social

It is actually insane that this is probably going to go up for another vote. Perfect example of why it's so hard to get anything done in San Francisco. www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s...

sfchronicle.comS.F. voters closer to weighing in — again — on fate of Great HighwaySunset Supervisor Alan Wong said he’d back a ballot measure to reopen the city’s westernmost coastal boulevard to cars, closing Sunset Dunes park.