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@bvd100.bsky.social
Natural resource econ, outdoor recreation, conservation by day. Urbanism, Zags, Seattle things the rest of the time. Personal account, views my own.
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@bvd100.bsky.social
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Peak Lake Washington Blvd experience this afternoon.
Kids laughing, strollers everywhere, running into friends. This is Seattle at its very best.
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Kids laughing, strollers everywhere, running into friends. This is Seattle at its very best.
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SO MUCH of our residential grid could be made safer at the cost of some flowerpots, and flexposts if you're feeling fancy
bsky.app/profile/stub...
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Seattle's residential areas are suuuper griddy.
I used to live close to a spot where the grid was intentionally broken. This was done simply and cheaply, some paint and posts, and a neighbor's flowerpots).
I used to live close to a spot where the grid was intentionally broken. This was done simply and cheaply, some paint and posts, and a neighbor's flowerpots).
January 7, 2026 at 3:30 AM
SO MUCH of our residential grid could be made safer at the cost of some flowerpots, and flexposts if you're feeling fancy
bsky.app/profile/stub...
bsky.app/profile/stub...
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Today I learned that DOOM LOOP is included in City Hall's official weekly e-briefing that is sent to the mayor and every councilmember, heh
January 6, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Today I learned that DOOM LOOP is included in City Hall's official weekly e-briefing that is sent to the mayor and every councilmember, heh
WSB continues to tacitly encourage people to illegally intervene with wildlife at Lincoln Park, promoting a local activist as an expert rather than the public officials who unequivocally advise onlookers to stay away and contact professionals.
westseattleblog.com/2026/01/west...
westseattleblog.com/2026/01/west...
WEST SEATTLE WILDLIFE: Bald Eagle drama at Lincoln Park (updated Monday)
(Photos courtesy Kersti Muul)
5:08 PM SUNDAY: Bald Eagles are not an uncommon sight in West Seattle. But what two eagles did this afternoon at Lincoln Park was unusual enough to get extra attention f...
westseattleblog.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:48 PM
WSB continues to tacitly encourage people to illegally intervene with wildlife at Lincoln Park, promoting a local activist as an expert rather than the public officials who unequivocally advise onlookers to stay away and contact professionals.
westseattleblog.com/2026/01/west...
westseattleblog.com/2026/01/west...
The only time I’ve watched C-SPAN live is to see Congress gathering the evening of January 6th, 2021. My wife and I had to watch with our own eyes, just to be sure.
January 6, 2026 at 4:41 AM
The only time I’ve watched C-SPAN live is to see Congress gathering the evening of January 6th, 2021. My wife and I had to watch with our own eyes, just to be sure.
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Michael Thoreau built a map that shows the distances to the nearest crosswalk on all streets in Seattle. The map highlights the lack of safe crossings in SODO and on Lake Washington Blvd.
michaelthoreau.github.io/pedestrian-s...
Reddit post: www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/co...
michaelthoreau.github.io/pedestrian-s...
Reddit post: www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/co...
Seattle Crosswalk Accessibility Map
Explore Seattle's best and sketchiest pedestrian infrastructure.
michaelthoreau.github.io
January 5, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Michael Thoreau built a map that shows the distances to the nearest crosswalk on all streets in Seattle. The map highlights the lack of safe crossings in SODO and on Lake Washington Blvd.
michaelthoreau.github.io/pedestrian-s...
Reddit post: www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/co...
michaelthoreau.github.io/pedestrian-s...
Reddit post: www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/co...
Where’s the hot money for our new CP?
This week the council welcomes the new year with its first meeting (Jan. 6):
- Swearing-in of Councilmember Dionne Foster and Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck
- Selection of new council president
- Adoption of committees and assignments
- Swearing-in of Councilmember Dionne Foster and Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck
- Selection of new council president
- Adoption of committees and assignments
January 5, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Where’s the hot money for our new CP?
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"YOU'LL KNOW WHEN I ANNOUNCE A POLICY CHANGE, BECAUSE I'LL ANNOUNCE A POLICY CHANGE."
—Mayor Wilson
—Mayor Wilson
Friday: swearing-in
Monday: spanking SPOG
Monday: spanking SPOG
January 5, 2026 at 8:03 PM
"YOU'LL KNOW WHEN I ANNOUNCE A POLICY CHANGE, BECAUSE I'LL ANNOUNCE A POLICY CHANGE."
—Mayor Wilson
—Mayor Wilson
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Friday: swearing-in
Monday: spanking SPOG
Monday: spanking SPOG
January 5, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Friday: swearing-in
Monday: spanking SPOG
Monday: spanking SPOG
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Three, to underscore the importance of doing this with friends. I’m not a great organizer so I work solo or in small groups but you need friends and @sngreenways.bsky.social is a ready-made group of like-minded co-conspirators.
January 4, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Three, to underscore the importance of doing this with friends. I’m not a great organizer so I work solo or in small groups but you need friends and @sngreenways.bsky.social is a ready-made group of like-minded co-conspirators.
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For 3 years (2018-21), I lobbied SDOT for traffic signals that favored pedestrians—doing these dog and pony shows on Mercer to demonstrate the problems. But as I was gaining traction, Adiam Emery shut me out of the conversation because I was "just an advocate" and didn't have an official role. 🧵
January 4, 2026 at 1:44 AM
For 3 years (2018-21), I lobbied SDOT for traffic signals that favored pedestrians—doing these dog and pony shows on Mercer to demonstrate the problems. But as I was gaining traction, Adiam Emery shut me out of the conversation because I was "just an advocate" and didn't have an official role. 🧵
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Nick raises a good point I want to double down on: While that percentage drop isn't "that bad" considering COVID, the change in the map is drastic. The before map is light rail, RapidRide, and local route corridors.
After deletes that last one, with a couple exceptions.
That's not great. Why? 1/
After deletes that last one, with a couple exceptions.
That's not great. Why? 1/
A Seattle transit goal set in 2015 was for 72% of the city to be a 10 min walk to 10 min frequency transit. We hit that goal in early 2020 and since 2023, have not reported on it.
Today, just 53% of the city is walking distance to frequent transit and with new openings it'll be 55% in 2027
Today, just 53% of the city is walking distance to frequent transit and with new openings it'll be 55% in 2027
January 4, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Nick raises a good point I want to double down on: While that percentage drop isn't "that bad" considering COVID, the change in the map is drastic. The before map is light rail, RapidRide, and local route corridors.
After deletes that last one, with a couple exceptions.
That's not great. Why? 1/
After deletes that last one, with a couple exceptions.
That's not great. Why? 1/
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A Seattle transit goal set in 2015 was for 72% of the city to be a 10 min walk to 10 min frequency transit. We hit that goal in early 2020 and since 2023, have not reported on it.
Today, just 53% of the city is walking distance to frequent transit and with new openings it'll be 55% in 2027
Today, just 53% of the city is walking distance to frequent transit and with new openings it'll be 55% in 2027
January 4, 2026 at 8:30 PM
A Seattle transit goal set in 2015 was for 72% of the city to be a 10 min walk to 10 min frequency transit. We hit that goal in early 2020 and since 2023, have not reported on it.
Today, just 53% of the city is walking distance to frequent transit and with new openings it'll be 55% in 2027
Today, just 53% of the city is walking distance to frequent transit and with new openings it'll be 55% in 2027
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Pope Leo called for Venezuela to remain an independent nation and said he was following developments after the United States' toppling of President Nicolas Maduro with a "soul full of concern" on Sunday. For @reuters.com:
Pope Leo calls for Venezuela to remain an independent country
Pope Leo called for Venezuela to remain an independent nation and said he was following developments after the United States' toppling of President Nicolas Maduro with a "soul full of concern" on Sund...
www.reuters.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Pope Leo called for Venezuela to remain an independent nation and said he was following developments after the United States' toppling of President Nicolas Maduro with a "soul full of concern" on Sunday. For @reuters.com:
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Important considerations if you're collecting data on online platforms such as Prolific. www.science.org/content/arti...
AI may upend online studies critical to social science
Sophisticated bots risk contaminating surveys, games, and other approaches designed to shed light on human behavior
www.science.org
January 4, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Important considerations if you're collecting data on online platforms such as Prolific. www.science.org/content/arti...
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All the cool kids are building bike lanes.
Seattle, let's fix Rainier!
Seattle, let's fix Rainier!
On a Brooklyn Boulevard, Mamdani Revives a Project Hampered by Scandal
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:08 AM
All the cool kids are building bike lanes.
Seattle, let's fix Rainier!
Seattle, let's fix Rainier!
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Inflation has also taken a bite, or at least certainly will whenever the contract with Metro comes up for renewal.
So the big question is: how do we raise more money to get us back to the Frequent Transit Network we enjoyed in February 2020? We can't do it all off of sales tax and car tabs.
So the big question is: how do we raise more money to get us back to the Frequent Transit Network we enjoyed in February 2020? We can't do it all off of sales tax and car tabs.
January 4, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Inflation has also taken a bite, or at least certainly will whenever the contract with Metro comes up for renewal.
So the big question is: how do we raise more money to get us back to the Frequent Transit Network we enjoyed in February 2020? We can't do it all off of sales tax and car tabs.
So the big question is: how do we raise more money to get us back to the Frequent Transit Network we enjoyed in February 2020? We can't do it all off of sales tax and car tabs.
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Increased spending on capital projects, the streetcar, and "ST3"* are the three big reasons (a fourth is inflation) we get fewer bus service hours out of the Seattle Transit Measure than we did under the STBD, even though they both collected the same amount of money.
Some numbers:
Some numbers:
Most of the costs of operating the streetcar network are now hidden inside the Seattle Transit Measure, and it will fall to Katie Wilson to decide whether to keep it that way. Or use that funding for other transit projects.
January 4, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Increased spending on capital projects, the streetcar, and "ST3"* are the three big reasons (a fourth is inflation) we get fewer bus service hours out of the Seattle Transit Measure than we did under the STBD, even though they both collected the same amount of money.
Some numbers:
Some numbers:
“Seattle does not belong only to the powerful or to the ones with wealth collected. It also belongs to the people who love it, labor in it, and believe in it. This is our city.”
-Cynthia A. Green
-Cynthia A. Green
My writeup on yesterday: Katie Wilson Takes Office as Seattle’s Unabashed Urbanist Mayor
www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/03/k...
www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/03/k...
Katie Wilson Takes Office as Seattle’s Unabashed Urbanist Mayor » The Urbanist
# In remarks after being sworn in as Seattle's 58th mayor, Katie Wilson painted a vision of improving the daily lives of residents that was explicitly urbanist: focused around livability and ensuring ...
www.theurbanist.org
January 4, 2026 at 2:57 AM
“Seattle does not belong only to the powerful or to the ones with wealth collected. It also belongs to the people who love it, labor in it, and believe in it. This is our city.”
-Cynthia A. Green
-Cynthia A. Green
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*cough* Lake Washington Blvd @mayorofseattle.bsky.social should be a park ❤️
NEW: Mayor Mamdani chose the third full day of his tenure to announce that he will complete the full safety redesign of deadly McGuinness Boulevard in Greenpoint — a project that was created under Mayor Bill de Blasio, but watered down by Mayor Adams in a corruption scandal. buff.ly/T2rESWz
Mamdani Announces Full McGuinness Road Diet, Finishing a Job Halted by Adams - Streetsblog New York City
Mayor Mamdani chose the third full day of his tenure to announce that he will complete the full safety redesign of deadly McGuinness Boulevard in Greenpoint — a project that was created under Mayor…
nyc.streetsblog.org
January 4, 2026 at 1:47 AM
*cough* Lake Washington Blvd @mayorofseattle.bsky.social should be a park ❤️
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January 3, 2026 at 11:58 PM
![Screen shot from the show Andor. Someone says to Mon Mothma “They [meaning the Empire] don’t even bother to lie badly anymore.” Mon replies “I suppose that’s the final humiliation.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ny5w2k6brb2kdubxnevke6li/bafkreibrxbmhwrnkwo2ztnczubpnzpup3uf6dpyhs7mk2uxpeoeynhjo2q@jpeg)
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January 3, 2026 at 9:17 PM
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early frontrunner for Best Bluesky Photoessay 2026
Proud to present this pictorial thread of Jamelle Bouie insulting you
#1: You're a dumbass
#1: You're a dumbass
January 3, 2026 at 11:21 PM
early frontrunner for Best Bluesky Photoessay 2026
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Proud to present this pictorial thread of Jamelle Bouie insulting you
#1: You're a dumbass
#1: You're a dumbass
January 3, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Proud to present this pictorial thread of Jamelle Bouie insulting you
#1: You're a dumbass
#1: You're a dumbass