Travis Lee
@bikebremerton.bsky.social
Bike dad, safe streets activist, big tree seeker. Fight hard over ideas, give grace towards opposition, admire street art. Slava Ukraini.
Endless, sprawling Dallas.
December 19, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Endless, sprawling Dallas.
El Paso, TX has a cool old streetcar.
"These vehicles are the same streetcars that ran on El Paso streets from the 1950s until 1974"
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"These vehicles are the same streetcars that ran on El Paso streets from the 1950s until 1974"
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December 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
El Paso, TX has a cool old streetcar.
"These vehicles are the same streetcars that ran on El Paso streets from the 1950s until 1974"
sunmetro.net/assets/docum...
"These vehicles are the same streetcars that ran on El Paso streets from the 1950s until 1974"
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Flooding in Southcenter, Tukwila from the plane yesterday.
December 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Flooding in Southcenter, Tukwila from the plane yesterday.
3 hrs without internet. I wouldn't have brought a book, now I will. This is good.
December 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
3 hrs without internet. I wouldn't have brought a book, now I will. This is good.
Will Google recoup it's estimated $91B in 2025 AI infrastructure spend?
Pricing of Google Workspace will increase by $2/month, $24/year (to $144/yr) in 2026 for AI upgrades. At that rate, Google would need 3.8B paid users to cover additional AI costs. They have only 10M paying Workspace users.
Pricing of Google Workspace will increase by $2/month, $24/year (to $144/yr) in 2026 for AI upgrades. At that rate, Google would need 3.8B paid users to cover additional AI costs. They have only 10M paying Workspace users.
December 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Will Google recoup it's estimated $91B in 2025 AI infrastructure spend?
Pricing of Google Workspace will increase by $2/month, $24/year (to $144/yr) in 2026 for AI upgrades. At that rate, Google would need 3.8B paid users to cover additional AI costs. They have only 10M paying Workspace users.
Pricing of Google Workspace will increase by $2/month, $24/year (to $144/yr) in 2026 for AI upgrades. At that rate, Google would need 3.8B paid users to cover additional AI costs. They have only 10M paying Workspace users.
Van slams into Bremerton house.
Emergency responders remind all houses to wear bright Xmas lights, let's they temp wayward vans to enter unannounced.
Emergency responders remind all houses to wear bright Xmas lights, let's they temp wayward vans to enter unannounced.
December 15, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Van slams into Bremerton house.
Emergency responders remind all houses to wear bright Xmas lights, let's they temp wayward vans to enter unannounced.
Emergency responders remind all houses to wear bright Xmas lights, let's they temp wayward vans to enter unannounced.
Bremerton’s inly(?) Henry.
December 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Bremerton’s inly(?) Henry.
Spotted on a private school bus. Please be patient.
December 13, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Spotted on a private school bus. Please be patient.
Car on ped 'serious injury collision' in Mason County, west of Shelton.
December 13, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Car on ped 'serious injury collision' in Mason County, west of Shelton.
Reclassifying pot from Schedule I to III would be unambiguously good. Whatever the pros/cons of marijuana use, the laws that enforce the ban are stupid and harmful. Cops and courts have better things to do.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Trump weighing order reclassifying marijuana as less dangerous
Marijuana currently is classified as a Schedule I drug, which the DEA describes as a substance with no "medical use and a high potential for abuse."
www.usatoday.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Reclassifying pot from Schedule I to III would be unambiguously good. Whatever the pros/cons of marijuana use, the laws that enforce the ban are stupid and harmful. Cops and courts have better things to do.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Economist says: pollution, traffic and bad governance
I've been to a few Asian mega cities, and others in Latin America. They often have nice 'old towns' plus some lovely neighborhoods. But... nah man, wouldn't live there.
www.economist.com/asia/2025/12...
I've been to a few Asian mega cities, and others in Latin America. They often have nice 'old towns' plus some lovely neighborhoods. But... nah man, wouldn't live there.
www.economist.com/asia/2025/12...
Why many Asian megacities are miserable places
And why Shanghai and Tokyo are not
www.economist.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Economist says: pollution, traffic and bad governance
I've been to a few Asian mega cities, and others in Latin America. They often have nice 'old towns' plus some lovely neighborhoods. But... nah man, wouldn't live there.
www.economist.com/asia/2025/12...
I've been to a few Asian mega cities, and others in Latin America. They often have nice 'old towns' plus some lovely neighborhoods. But... nah man, wouldn't live there.
www.economist.com/asia/2025/12...
I like gondolas for short distance, point-to-point mass transit. Proven tech (ski areas) light infrastructure (just big poles) and move lots of people (5k per hour).
I don’t know LA or these neighborhoods, but… damn it’s hard to build stuff in America.
I don’t know LA or these neighborhoods, but… damn it’s hard to build stuff in America.
December 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
I like gondolas for short distance, point-to-point mass transit. Proven tech (ski areas) light infrastructure (just big poles) and move lots of people (5k per hour).
I don’t know LA or these neighborhoods, but… damn it’s hard to build stuff in America.
I don’t know LA or these neighborhoods, but… damn it’s hard to build stuff in America.
They're selling a whole town in Wyoming, including a bar, for $500k. www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
www.zillow.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
They're selling a whole town in Wyoming, including a bar, for $500k. www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
Brem Housing Authority is ready to go on a planned 140-bed homeless shelter with pallet houses and a congregate shelter, plus industrial kitchen, sanitation area etc. But the Mayor doesn't like the plan and is refusing funding. www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2...
Housing Authority buys Bremerton site, but planned shelter still waits
A 5-acre property purchased near the Warren Ave Bridge is eyed as a new homeless shelter campus, but the city has not committed to fund the concept.
www.kitsapsun.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Brem Housing Authority is ready to go on a planned 140-bed homeless shelter with pallet houses and a congregate shelter, plus industrial kitchen, sanitation area etc. But the Mayor doesn't like the plan and is refusing funding. www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2...
Brutal medium and long term fiscal outlook for WSF. They need to replace 15-odd boats over the next two decades, and have chosen unproven and expensive hybrid retrofits.
The state leg needs to mandate simple diesel ferries until hybrid tech matures.
www.thecentersquare.com/washington/a...
The state leg needs to mandate simple diesel ferries until hybrid tech matures.
www.thecentersquare.com/washington/a...
Fiscal Fallout: Washington State Ferries faces long-term capital budget shortfall
(The Center Square) – As the state invests hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars into electrifying its ferry fleet, Washington State Ferries faces a significant capital budget shortfall, even as
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December 10, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Brutal medium and long term fiscal outlook for WSF. They need to replace 15-odd boats over the next two decades, and have chosen unproven and expensive hybrid retrofits.
The state leg needs to mandate simple diesel ferries until hybrid tech matures.
www.thecentersquare.com/washington/a...
The state leg needs to mandate simple diesel ferries until hybrid tech matures.
www.thecentersquare.com/washington/a...
Bremerton's mid-biennium budget update is bleak, and deep in the red.
-Revenue will be 5.6% less than anticipated a year ago.
-General Fund 'beginning balance' (aka rainy day fund) - General fund will be depleted by 47%, 22% for the Enterprise fund
-Affordable Housing budget slashed by 93%
Ugly
-Revenue will be 5.6% less than anticipated a year ago.
-General Fund 'beginning balance' (aka rainy day fund) - General fund will be depleted by 47%, 22% for the Enterprise fund
-Affordable Housing budget slashed by 93%
Ugly
December 9, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Bremerton's mid-biennium budget update is bleak, and deep in the red.
-Revenue will be 5.6% less than anticipated a year ago.
-General Fund 'beginning balance' (aka rainy day fund) - General fund will be depleted by 47%, 22% for the Enterprise fund
-Affordable Housing budget slashed by 93%
Ugly
-Revenue will be 5.6% less than anticipated a year ago.
-General Fund 'beginning balance' (aka rainy day fund) - General fund will be depleted by 47%, 22% for the Enterprise fund
-Affordable Housing budget slashed by 93%
Ugly
New @kitsaptransit.bsky.social park and ride and express bus service from W Brem to the ferries and Shipyard. It’s the latest in a strategy to reduce central city traffic by creating parking on the outskirts.
Enlightened
www.ktheadways.com/blog/new-rou...
Enlightened
www.ktheadways.com/blog/new-rou...
Kitsap Transit adds new route, park & ride serving West Bremerton — Headways
The new route connects directly from the West Bremerton Transit Center to several shipyard gates and the Bremerton Transportation Center.
www.ktheadways.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
New @kitsaptransit.bsky.social park and ride and express bus service from W Brem to the ferries and Shipyard. It’s the latest in a strategy to reduce central city traffic by creating parking on the outskirts.
Enlightened
www.ktheadways.com/blog/new-rou...
Enlightened
www.ktheadways.com/blog/new-rou...
This is the way
Discussion this morning at the Puget Sound Regional Council that there is "chatter" about the state legislature potentially stepping back from its goals around electrifying the state ferry fleet.
This discussion comes after a Seattle Times Editorial Board op-ed pushing the legislature to step back.
This discussion comes after a Seattle Times Editorial Board op-ed pushing the legislature to step back.
December 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
This is the way
Still no fast ferry service in Southworth
December 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Still no fast ferry service in Southworth
Bremerton has a generational basketball talent.
"We're just hungry," said Jalen Davis, ranked as the 17th-best prospect nationally in the Class of 2027 by 247Sports. "This is a new year, everybody else is coming for us. We just have to be prepared."
www.kitsapsun.com/story/sports...
"We're just hungry," said Jalen Davis, ranked as the 17th-best prospect nationally in the Class of 2027 by 247Sports. "This is a new year, everybody else is coming for us. We just have to be prepared."
www.kitsapsun.com/story/sports...
Bremerton basketball star Davis sets single-game school scoring record
The junior erupted for 51 points in the Knights' 2025 season-opening win against South Kitsap.
www.kitsapsun.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Bremerton has a generational basketball talent.
"We're just hungry," said Jalen Davis, ranked as the 17th-best prospect nationally in the Class of 2027 by 247Sports. "This is a new year, everybody else is coming for us. We just have to be prepared."
www.kitsapsun.com/story/sports...
"We're just hungry," said Jalen Davis, ranked as the 17th-best prospect nationally in the Class of 2027 by 247Sports. "This is a new year, everybody else is coming for us. We just have to be prepared."
www.kitsapsun.com/story/sports...
@kitsapcountywa.bsky.social unveiled it's 'Silverdale Center Plan' for the unincorporated urban growth area just north of Bremerton. There's some very good ideas in the document (Trails Oriented Development, yay) but some expensive stinkers (Rooftop Blvd expansion.) www.kitsap.gov/dcd/Document...
www.kitsap.gov
December 4, 2025 at 5:24 AM
@kitsapcountywa.bsky.social unveiled it's 'Silverdale Center Plan' for the unincorporated urban growth area just north of Bremerton. There's some very good ideas in the document (Trails Oriented Development, yay) but some expensive stinkers (Rooftop Blvd expansion.) www.kitsap.gov/dcd/Document...
Upcoming City of Brem meeting will discuss the street closure of Quincy Square. Since opening in June 2025, Q Square has been closed to cars on weekends. A big success.
It should be closed to private vehicles permanently. Make it Bremerton's Front Porch! www.bremertonwa.gov/Calendar.asp...
It should be closed to private vehicles permanently. Make it Bremerton's Front Porch! www.bremertonwa.gov/Calendar.asp...
December 4, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Upcoming City of Brem meeting will discuss the street closure of Quincy Square. Since opening in June 2025, Q Square has been closed to cars on weekends. A big success.
It should be closed to private vehicles permanently. Make it Bremerton's Front Porch! www.bremertonwa.gov/Calendar.asp...
It should be closed to private vehicles permanently. Make it Bremerton's Front Porch! www.bremertonwa.gov/Calendar.asp...
More of what you’d expect
“community debate has grown since the City of Bainbridge unanimously approved the Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI)’s proposal for an affordable housing complex with 92-units or 72-units on the site of the former police station”
www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2...
“community debate has grown since the City of Bainbridge unanimously approved the Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI)’s proposal for an affordable housing complex with 92-units or 72-units on the site of the former police station”
www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2...
Decision pending on Bainbridge plan for affordable housing near ferry
A city plan that could add a housing complex at the former police station site on Bainbridge is drawing different opinions on how the island will grow.
www.kitsapsun.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:56 AM
More of what you’d expect
“community debate has grown since the City of Bainbridge unanimously approved the Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI)’s proposal for an affordable housing complex with 92-units or 72-units on the site of the former police station”
www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2...
“community debate has grown since the City of Bainbridge unanimously approved the Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI)’s proposal for an affordable housing complex with 92-units or 72-units on the site of the former police station”
www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2...
My Japan hot take:
Skip Tokyo: soulless, expensive and with an style/image/style/money thing that… meh. It’s too much to take in. A better mega city is Osaka/Nara/Kyoto- all the same shit, better vibe.
And the countryside is better still.
Skip Tokyo: soulless, expensive and with an style/image/style/money thing that… meh. It’s too much to take in. A better mega city is Osaka/Nara/Kyoto- all the same shit, better vibe.
And the countryside is better still.
November 29, 2025 at 8:13 AM
My Japan hot take:
Skip Tokyo: soulless, expensive and with an style/image/style/money thing that… meh. It’s too much to take in. A better mega city is Osaka/Nara/Kyoto- all the same shit, better vibe.
And the countryside is better still.
Skip Tokyo: soulless, expensive and with an style/image/style/money thing that… meh. It’s too much to take in. A better mega city is Osaka/Nara/Kyoto- all the same shit, better vibe.
And the countryside is better still.