Kirk Hovenkotter

Had a great time with Marguerite from Move to Tacoma, talking about her car free journey in Tacoma and Prop 1 for more buses! youtu.be/8otBs3tDoD8?...

Back at it for buses in Parkland. Sign up for Keep Pierce Moving’s last week of canvasses & phonebanks - www.keeppiercemoving.org

NEW OP-ED// Op-Ed: Prop 1 Will Sustain Seattle's Transit Momentum By Ashwin Bhumbla, Zachary Burton via @theurbanist.org

As if you needed another reason to vote yes on Prop 1!

After a whirlwind of a few months w/ a lot of life transitions, it feels good to get back out in the community & doorknock with @transpochoices.bsky.social to support more bus service in Pierce County! Prop 1 would be transformational for me personally and for our region. Vote yes! #Transit

Join @streetsalliance.bsky.social on Monday to help get out the vote for transit! 🚌🚎🚴🏾‍♀️🚶🏻‍♂️🧑🏻‍🦼 Knocking on doors is fun and easy! We will meet at the Beacon Hill library. You will be given a script, training, and materials when you arrive, and we will send you out in pairs. Please RSVP: luma.com/gq2upv0s

And Seattle now has the 5th highest per capita transit ridership! Mygod what a transformation over the 35 years I’ve lived here.

🗳️Ballots are here! Your vote helps shape the future of our communities – from how we get around to the places we call home. This election, Seattle & Pierce County will vote on funding transit. Seattleites: Learn more at @hoponboardseattle.bsky.social Pierce Co: Learn more at keeppiercemoving.org

🚨🚨 VOTE YES SEATTLE TRANSIT MEASURE 🚨🚨

👀 @nicksattele.bsky.social & I letting you know you should vote yes on prop 1 Seattle!

Great piece in the @thenewstribune.com about where bus service will get better if Pierce County Prop 1 passes. www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/a...

King County voters: Your ballots are now in the mail, with nearly 100 drop boxes now open through 8 p.m. on Election Day (Nov. 3). An expanded renewal of the Seattle Transit Measure, and vacancies on the Seattle City Council and King County Council are on the ballot. kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...

Thanks for the Keep Pierce Moving endorsement @theurbanist.org! Vote yes on Prop 1 for better buses Tacoma!

Who are folks liking in the urban/streetscape design space these days? An ideas competition for the Pike/Pine corridor is brewing and want to make sure the brief hits the right inboxes

Request one here: forms.gle/tEzLhUjay77K... You can pick it up Wednesday afternoon, Thursday, or have a sign delivered.

Join us to spread the word about the Seattle Transit Measure and why more bus service matters! 🚌 Click the link in our bio to join us and #HopOnBoardSeattle!

NEW STORY// Sunday Video: Pierce Transit Goes to the Ballot By Doug Trumm via @theurbanist.org

Had a great day talking with strangers about buses for the Keep Pierce Moving campaign! Ballots drop this week!

BRAND NEW: Sound Transit has just released a new flyover rendering showing the latest designs for West Seattle Link, as the project reaches 30% design. Featuring real world soil conditions! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sr2...

Seattle's light rail ridership growth really has been meteoric.

We just filmed an ad for the Seattle Transit Measure and are excited about more bus service in the city! 🚌 Ballots will be in your mailbox next week, so vote YES on the Seattle Transit Measure (Prop 1) and get it in the mail by November 3rd! 🗳️ #HopOnBoardSeattle!

Ridership recovery from 2020 ranked among top regions: 1—Seattle—89% (of 2020 levels in 12-month data now) 2—Houston—88% 3—NYC—87% 4—DC—85% 5—LA—83% 6—MIA—82% 7—BOS—79% 8—Philly—73% 9—Chicago—73% 10—SF—73% (Seattle is above 2020 levels in latest months) www.thetransportpolitic.com/databook/us-...

Analog Coffee will open a new location in Westlake, taking over the former Starbucks drive-thru at the AGC Building, according to recent documents filed with the City of Seattle.

SEATTLE: Love public transit? Want to help fund more frequent, accessible bus service? 🚌💕 Join us and @hoponboardseattle.bsky.social this Sunday, Oct. 4 from 11am-1pm. We'll be at the Capitol Hill Farmers Market sharing info about the #SeattleTransitMeasure & inviting folks to our next happy hour!

For #weekwithoutdriving, we're spotlighting Seattleites who get around without a car and asking what more frequent bus service would mean to them. You may know the Transit Fairy from cleaning up bus stops across the city and keeping our transit beautiful. 🧚

Thanks for featuring @hoponboardseattle.bsky.social & Keep Pierce Moving @boltsmag.org! Want to make sure we win? Donate at www.keeppiercemoving.org

Sound Transit planned a "small" celebration today for Pinehurst but once again underestimated how much people in Seattle LOVE TRANSIT. This place is packed.

2 days until everything changes

SDOT finishes design on 1st Ave NE trail connecting Pinehurst Station and James Baldwin Elementary #SEAbikes #Seattle

The Ave For All: A Car-Free University Way on 10/10 and 10/17! We believe Seattle deserves a car-free street in the heart of every neighborhood for kids to play and community to gather. Come see for yourself what The Ave could be and bring friends! Follow @udistrict.org for updates

We’re out knocking doors & making signs at the labor canvass kickoff for the Keep Pierce Moving campaign with @piercelabor.bsky.social! Vote yes on Prop 1 Tacoma!

Here at King Street Station welcoming in a “new airo era” for Amtrak Cascades!

New trains! Congrats @amtrakcascades.wsdot.wa.gov!

NEW STORY// Everett, Community Transit Lay Out Long-Awaited Transit Consolidation Plan By Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org

Excited to be heading to Tacoma tonight for the Keep Pierce Moving campaign kickoff, supporting Proposition 1! This is the year we're going to get South Sound closer to the level of transit service it deserves, I can feel it.

Everett Transit & Community Transit are better together. This would deliver a lot more bus service to the people of Everett, rather than cuts. Excited to rally for it with @snotrac.bsky.social

Everett Transit & Community Transit are better together. This would deliver a lot more bus service to the people of Everett, rather than cuts. Excited to rally for it with @snotrac.bsky.social

This merger between agencies seems like a big improvement for riders in the suburbs north of Seattle, both in terms of improving service but also increasing legibility. Right now, Everett Transit and Community Transit have multiple overlapping routes.

@trimet.org is building a “transit champion” mailing list for the legislative session next year. would encourage everyone who follows me to sign up: trimet.org/champions

More big news: Community Transit and Everett Transit will be unveiling their proposed consolidation agreement tomorrow.