Lynn Drake 🚴🏻
@lynnbikesinalki.bsky.social
Urbanist living in West Seattle
Find me on our neighborshood’s pedestrian friendly Alki Point Healthy street 🚴🏻♀️ After years of advocacy, it’s permanent!!
Fighting for more housing, transit, bike lanes
Find me on our neighborshood’s pedestrian friendly Alki Point Healthy street 🚴🏻♀️ After years of advocacy, it’s permanent!!
Fighting for more housing, transit, bike lanes
Pinned
Alki Stay Healthy Street
Before: 🚙 🚘 🛻 🛻 🚗
After: 🚴🏻 🚴🏻 🚶♀️ 🛴 🐕 🚙
Before: 🚙 🚘 🛻 🛻 🚗
After: 🚴🏻 🚴🏻 🚶♀️ 🛴 🐕 🚙
🎯. This! ⤵️
We really need to stop being cowards and dream bigger for our public realms.
Alki can be not just car-light but car-free in some places if we actually tried. Lives genuinely depend on it.
Alki can be not just car-light but car-free in some places if we actually tried. Lives genuinely depend on it.
November 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
🎯. This! ⤵️
Reposted by Lynn Drake 🚴🏻
We need to build proper infrastructure for these popular scooters!
NEW // Seattle Scootershare Ridership Continues to Surge, as Critics Make Regulatory Push
Story by Doug Trumm via @theurbanist.org 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/15/s...
Story by Doug Trumm via @theurbanist.org 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/15/s...
Seattle Scootershare Ridership Continues to Surge, as Critics Make Regulatory Push » The Urbanist
# Seattle's scootershare and bikeshare program continues to boom, setting a new ridership record in 2025. At the same time, the program could be at risk of falling victim to its own popularity, with i...
www.theurbanist.org
November 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
We need to build proper infrastructure for these popular scooters!
Reposted by Lynn Drake 🚴🏻
Good interview with Mayor-elect Wilson on CNN yesterday!
Seattle’s new mayor-elect speaks to CNN on Mamdani comparison: Its ‘remarkable’, ‘makes a lot of sense’ | CNN
In her first national interview, Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson talks to CNN’s Erin Burnett about her win in Sacramento and why she’s fine with being called a socialist.
www.cnn.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Good interview with Mayor-elect Wilson on CNN yesterday!
🎯 And the rich shouldn’t decide how we live by selectively donating to their charity of choice. @anandwrites.bsky.social
Hot take? Charities shouldn't need to exist in a functioning society.
November 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
🎯 And the rich shouldn’t decide how we live by selectively donating to their charity of choice. @anandwrites.bsky.social
Yes! Enough. Plus… we need a union who is supportive of CARE team and they are not. ⤵️
Mayor Wilson’s first action should be to cancel Bruce Harrell’s rushed cop contract
Mike Solan, SPD guild president, issued a statement openly questioning the validity of the votes for Katie Wilson.
Solan's embrace of the far right & SPD's history of aggression could make a dangerous situation if the national guard is sent to #Seattle.
www.theurbanist.org/2021/01/12/b...
Solan's embrace of the far right & SPD's history of aggression could make a dangerous situation if the national guard is sent to #Seattle.
www.theurbanist.org/2021/01/12/b...
November 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Yes! Enough. Plus… we need a union who is supportive of CARE team and they are not. ⤵️
yes! ⤵️
"I want great safe public spaces where kids can run around with abandon"
Said the new Mayor of Seattle Katie Wilson yesterday, a woman of course. First time I've heard an executive say kids safety is a priority. She's going to change the City!
Said the new Mayor of Seattle Katie Wilson yesterday, a woman of course. First time I've heard an executive say kids safety is a priority. She's going to change the City!
We’re spending a rainy Friday getting ready for next week’s Netherlands launch. Copies of Women Changing Cities are stamped, signed, and ready to go!*
Want to secure your own copy? There are still a few book+tickets available. Reserve yours today via Eventbrite!
bit.ly/3Lq1Ev5
*Cat not included 🐈⬛
Want to secure your own copy? There are still a few book+tickets available. Reserve yours today via Eventbrite!
bit.ly/3Lq1Ev5
*Cat not included 🐈⬛
November 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
yes! ⤵️
Do you have ideas? Have at it! ⤵️
we're starting to dream about the improvements we'd like to see in the Junction! what problems do you experience? what would you like to see??
Reducing California Way in the junction to one drive lane each way (or just pedestrianizing it altogether) would pretty quickly solve this issue
November 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Do you have ideas? Have at it! ⤵️
November 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Reposted by Lynn Drake 🚴🏻
Katie Wilson's win, plus the massive margins of victory for three progressive City Council candidates (just one incumbent) and a progressive City Attorney candidate suggest an overwhelming mandate for bold policy initiatives on housing and public safety. Let's go, Seattle!
November 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Katie Wilson's win, plus the massive margins of victory for three progressive City Council candidates (just one incumbent) and a progressive City Attorney candidate suggest an overwhelming mandate for bold policy initiatives on housing and public safety. Let's go, Seattle!
Seattle has less than a year to get ready for our FIFA party 🎉 ⚽️
Let’s do it right!!
No stuffing everything in the closet and spraying Febreze. ⤵️
It’s a heavy lift but with Space Needle thinking..
Let’s triple up pedestrianization & get our transit in tip top shape (with contactless payment!)
Let’s do it right!!
No stuffing everything in the closet and spraying Febreze. ⤵️
It’s a heavy lift but with Space Needle thinking..
Let’s triple up pedestrianization & get our transit in tip top shape (with contactless payment!)
Epic win for @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social So excited for all the possibilities and clearing the way to get people in stable housing and much needed medical help
November 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Seattle has less than a year to get ready for our FIFA party 🎉 ⚽️
Let’s do it right!!
No stuffing everything in the closet and spraying Febreze. ⤵️
It’s a heavy lift but with Space Needle thinking..
Let’s triple up pedestrianization & get our transit in tip top shape (with contactless payment!)
Let’s do it right!!
No stuffing everything in the closet and spraying Febreze. ⤵️
It’s a heavy lift but with Space Needle thinking..
Let’s triple up pedestrianization & get our transit in tip top shape (with contactless payment!)
Epic win for @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social So excited for all the possibilities and clearing the way to get people in stable housing and much needed medical help
November 12, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Epic win for @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social So excited for all the possibilities and clearing the way to get people in stable housing and much needed medical help
🎯
Just want to reiterate Murray declared a honeless state of Emergency in 2015. Then Seattle elected two Mayor's who did everything they could to make it worse. We finally got one who can help make it better!
We've been 12+ years with a corporate lapdog in the mayor's office, in a city with significantly strong executive authority! The lapdog lineage oversaw the exacerbation of every overlapping historic crisis this city is experiencing! Murray declared a state of emergency on homelessness in ***2015***
November 12, 2025 at 3:45 AM
🎯
Alki Point Healthy Street
Sunday morning
☀️ 🚴🏻 🚴🏻♀️ 🚶♀️ 🐕 ☀️
You love to see it
Sunday morning
☀️ 🚴🏻 🚴🏻♀️ 🚶♀️ 🐕 ☀️
You love to see it
November 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Alki Point Healthy Street
Sunday morning
☀️ 🚴🏻 🚴🏻♀️ 🚶♀️ 🐕 ☀️
You love to see it
Sunday morning
☀️ 🚴🏻 🚴🏻♀️ 🚶♀️ 🐕 ☀️
You love to see it
Hey experts: Is it possible to make a shared street with a bus route? ie Phinney Ridge Greenwood Ave ( currently has Bus 5). This street would be so much better without cars
November 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Hey experts: Is it possible to make a shared street with a bus route? ie Phinney Ridge Greenwood Ave ( currently has Bus 5). This street would be so much better without cars
I will also be there at the table for Alki Community Council. Would really like to see some renters and transit riders stop by to discuss Alki becoming a Neighborhood center.
We'll have a table at the Joiner Jamboree tomorrow (Sat 11/8)!
Come up to North Admiral to say hi! 11a-3p
🚍50 & 128 ~ right in front!
Come up to North Admiral to say hi! 11a-3p
🚍50 & 128 ~ right in front!
November 8, 2025 at 7:34 AM
I will also be there at the table for Alki Community Council. Would really like to see some renters and transit riders stop by to discuss Alki becoming a Neighborhood center.
It turns out there a lot of other bike lane puddle safety issues around the city that have been reported ( according to @sngreenways.bsky.social Discord) but don’t get fixed. A real safety issue.
@seattledot.bsky.social is there any plans for better drainage here?
November 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
It turns out there a lot of other bike lane puddle safety issues around the city that have been reported ( according to @sngreenways.bsky.social Discord) but don’t get fixed. A real safety issue.
Reposted by Lynn Drake 🚴🏻
seattle's design review does not make for better projects. at all.
it does, however, delay projects significantly
in an era where tariffs change almost daily, and interest rates are high...
this delay adds cost, uncertainty, and incredible risk.
it does, however, delay projects significantly
in an era where tariffs change almost daily, and interest rates are high...
this delay adds cost, uncertainty, and incredible risk.
New working paper studying project permitting in Seattle estimates that design review as part of the development process increased review time by 4 to 5 months. Author's model estimates that design review was associated with a 3% decline in the number of units permitted.
static1.squarespace.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
seattle's design review does not make for better projects. at all.
it does, however, delay projects significantly
in an era where tariffs change almost daily, and interest rates are high...
this delay adds cost, uncertainty, and incredible risk.
it does, however, delay projects significantly
in an era where tariffs change almost daily, and interest rates are high...
this delay adds cost, uncertainty, and incredible risk.
Reposted by Lynn Drake 🚴🏻
Come on, Seattle, Boston blazed the trail. Let’s be #2! We’ve got the need and resources to make it happen!
Guaranteed summer jobs for high schoolers is a GREAT city policy. Win-win-win.
City wins: Clean up the parks, lifeguards, swim lessons.
Kids win: Learn job skills, stay out of trouble.
Families win: Sign up enough as day camp counselors and you can offer universal summer care for K-8, too!
City wins: Clean up the parks, lifeguards, swim lessons.
Kids win: Learn job skills, stay out of trouble.
Families win: Sign up enough as day camp counselors and you can offer universal summer care for K-8, too!
No city fights harder for its young people than Boston. Join us in raising the next generation of leaders at @bostonschools.boston.gov. #BostonSOTS
November 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Come on, Seattle, Boston blazed the trail. Let’s be #2! We’ve got the need and resources to make it happen!
Reposted by Lynn Drake 🚴🏻
I’ve said this many times but it’s worth repeating:
When it comes to voting, we have an Election Day deadline.
When it comes to election results, we have an Election Week.
The more media sets this expectation, the less confusion and more trust we’ll have in our great vote by mail system. #waelex
When it comes to voting, we have an Election Day deadline.
When it comes to election results, we have an Election Week.
The more media sets this expectation, the less confusion and more trust we’ll have in our great vote by mail system. #waelex
November 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I’ve said this many times but it’s worth repeating:
When it comes to voting, we have an Election Day deadline.
When it comes to election results, we have an Election Week.
The more media sets this expectation, the less confusion and more trust we’ll have in our great vote by mail system. #waelex
When it comes to voting, we have an Election Day deadline.
When it comes to election results, we have an Election Week.
The more media sets this expectation, the less confusion and more trust we’ll have in our great vote by mail system. #waelex
This is a constant puddle when it rains There is no drainage available on Ravenna. Who should i contact to get this fixed? 🚲
November 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This is a constant puddle when it rains There is no drainage available on Ravenna. Who should i contact to get this fixed? 🚲
Reposted by Lynn Drake 🚴🏻
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has a 7-percentage-point lead (53.3% to 46.2%) over progressive challenger Katie Wilson.
But there is a very good chance he will end up losing.
🧵 1/7
But there is a very good chance he will end up losing.
🧵 1/7
November 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has a 7-percentage-point lead (53.3% to 46.2%) over progressive challenger Katie Wilson.
But there is a very good chance he will end up losing.
🧵 1/7
But there is a very good chance he will end up losing.
🧵 1/7
Now we wait… @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social 🎉
November 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Now we wait… @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social 🎉
Reposted by Lynn Drake 🚴🏻
This is LIVE! And everyone needs to see the benefits of Low Traffic Neighborhoods from London! There is so little good documentation and this needs to be spread far & wide! Thanks for giving it a watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaRc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaRc...
Tour the Tranquility of some of London's Low Traffic Neighborhoods (LTNs)
YouTube video by Streetfilms®
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This is LIVE! And everyone needs to see the benefits of Low Traffic Neighborhoods from London! There is so little good documentation and this needs to be spread far & wide! Thanks for giving it a watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaRc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaRc...
Reposted by Lynn Drake 🚴🏻
It’s called the Great Dark because it’s Great.
November 4, 2025 at 4:50 AM
It’s called the Great Dark because it’s Great.