Anthony Avery
@westseattlebikedad.bsky.social
Good op-ed by @gordonofseattle.bsky.social Anna Zivarts and Ilona Lohrey today. Thank you for your tireless advocacy for safe streets and safe mobility in our city.
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Here's what will ease e-bike, e-scooter tensions in Seattle | Op-Ed
Seattle should build the infrastructure for shared transportation options that makes our streets and sidewalks safe and accessible for everyone.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Good op-ed by @gordonofseattle.bsky.social Anna Zivarts and Ilona Lohrey today. Thank you for your tireless advocacy for safe streets and safe mobility in our city.
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/ok-c...
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Pushing for housing in a historically industrial area, on fill, in a liquefaction zone, and a food desert… and opposing housing in her own neighborhood is cringe.
I’m very grateful and excited for our new at-large city council member, Dionne Foster.
I’m very grateful and excited for our new at-large city council member, Dionne Foster.
So, this was Sara Nelson's biggest (only?) legislative accomplishment in her four years on the city council, right? Quite a week for her. Also, quite a legacy.
Seattle bill allowing housing near Sodo stadiums is invalidated
The bill was pushed by Council President Sara Nelson, who waded into a heated fight to get it passed. Now that she is leaving office, the future of the bill is unclear.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Pushing for housing in a historically industrial area, on fill, in a liquefaction zone, and a food desert… and opposing housing in her own neighborhood is cringe.
I’m very grateful and excited for our new at-large city council member, Dionne Foster.
I’m very grateful and excited for our new at-large city council member, Dionne Foster.
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Everyone is going to focus on Katie being a socialist but what they should be focused on is that she’s a renter and a non-driver!
November 13, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Everyone is going to focus on Katie being a socialist but what they should be focused on is that she’s a renter and a non-driver!
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SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
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Transportation historian Peter Norton was accused of "anti-conservative bias." His reply is remarkable.
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I am conservative.
“We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful me...
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November 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Transportation historian Peter Norton was accused of "anti-conservative bias." His reply is remarkable.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/i-am-c...
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My unpopular opinion: those of us advocating for non-car travel need to stop apologetically saying "I know not everybody can cycle!" Obviously not everyone can cycle, but that's also true of driving. I fear we're just giving our opponents' attack lines legitimacy by shouting them out for free
November 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
My unpopular opinion: those of us advocating for non-car travel need to stop apologetically saying "I know not everybody can cycle!" Obviously not everyone can cycle, but that's also true of driving. I fear we're just giving our opponents' attack lines legitimacy by shouting them out for free
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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Katie Wilson SAYS she cares about public transit, but she has never even driven a bus! #KatieWilsonScandal
@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Katie Wilson SAYS she cares about public transit, but she has never even driven a bus! #KatieWilsonScandal
@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
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So NYC’s 15mph speed limit starts today, but it only applies to electric bikes, not regular bikes. Given the heavier weight, I do actually kind of get it.
BUT then the city should impose a lower speed limit for vehicles over a certain weight than it does for lighter weight cars.
BUT then the city should impose a lower speed limit for vehicles over a certain weight than it does for lighter weight cars.
October 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
So NYC’s 15mph speed limit starts today, but it only applies to electric bikes, not regular bikes. Given the heavier weight, I do actually kind of get it.
BUT then the city should impose a lower speed limit for vehicles over a certain weight than it does for lighter weight cars.
BUT then the city should impose a lower speed limit for vehicles over a certain weight than it does for lighter weight cars.
This is a massive reason to vote for @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
Building a station at Dearborn and skipping completely the ID and King Street Station (Harrel’s own plan, btw) would be a colossal mistake. This is investment for the next century or more of our city, we need to get it right.
Building a station at Dearborn and skipping completely the ID and King Street Station (Harrel’s own plan, btw) would be a colossal mistake. This is investment for the next century or more of our city, we need to get it right.
If a new Seattle Mayor is elected, they're due to be faced with a decision whether to endorse the preferred alternative for Ballard Link (or push to change it) within just a few months of being on the job.
October 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This is a massive reason to vote for @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
Building a station at Dearborn and skipping completely the ID and King Street Station (Harrel’s own plan, btw) would be a colossal mistake. This is investment for the next century or more of our city, we need to get it right.
Building a station at Dearborn and skipping completely the ID and King Street Station (Harrel’s own plan, btw) would be a colossal mistake. This is investment for the next century or more of our city, we need to get it right.
Who do I need to talk to at @mlb.com to get them to turn down or preferably off the background music on game highlights through their app?
October 14, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Who do I need to talk to at @mlb.com to get them to turn down or preferably off the background music on game highlights through their app?
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Dear Toronto: We will stop scoring runs this game if Doug Ford agrees to stop tearing out bike lanes. Until then, the runs will continue.
October 13, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Dear Toronto: We will stop scoring runs this game if Doug Ford agrees to stop tearing out bike lanes. Until then, the runs will continue.
Welp. With that Padres loss, the #Mariners will NOT have home field advantage in the #WorldSeries should they make it that far. All NLDS teams have a better record than the M’s.
Bring on the Tigers!
#goms
Bring on the Tigers!
#goms
October 3, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Welp. With that Padres loss, the #Mariners will NOT have home field advantage in the #WorldSeries should they make it that far. All NLDS teams have a better record than the M’s.
Bring on the Tigers!
#goms
Bring on the Tigers!
#goms
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As a parent with little children. Ebikes have completely unlocked me. My wife & I can now bring our children around the city on our ebike, I can bring them to school & every season I see more & more parents zooming around with them. More bike lanes, more ebikes...they're not motorcycles
E-bikes are an absolute game-changer in terms of giving more people the option of going car-light or car-free, but adoption is threatened by the ongoing moral panic. As the article notes, the solution is not restrictions on e-bikes, but creating more infrastructure to support e-bike riders. 1/2
“The e-bike market is skyrocketing — and, according to some studies, outpacing electric cars…The question now is: Do officials double down on deadly car-centric urban design, or do they rethink cities to encourage people to ditch four wheels for two?”
Via @grist.org grist.org/transportati...
Via @grist.org grist.org/transportati...
October 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
As a parent with little children. Ebikes have completely unlocked me. My wife & I can now bring our children around the city on our ebike, I can bring them to school & every season I see more & more parents zooming around with them. More bike lanes, more ebikes...they're not motorcycles
This is roughly 3/4 mile [150 cars x 25 feet per car (18 ft avg length + six feet between cars on average) = 0.71 miles].
With an average capacity of 1.3 people per car, that’s 195 people.
When I say car infrastructure is a geometry problem, this is what I’m talking about.
With an average capacity of 1.3 people per car, that’s 195 people.
When I say car infrastructure is a geometry problem, this is what I’m talking about.
October 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This is roughly 3/4 mile [150 cars x 25 feet per car (18 ft avg length + six feet between cars on average) = 0.71 miles].
With an average capacity of 1.3 people per car, that’s 195 people.
When I say car infrastructure is a geometry problem, this is what I’m talking about.
With an average capacity of 1.3 people per car, that’s 195 people.
When I say car infrastructure is a geometry problem, this is what I’m talking about.
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This person summed up in 21 words the contents of a couple thousand emails sent to SDOT, the Mayor's office, and Council over the last 24 hours.
Advocates for non-car transport have to win every public and private battle; opponents only need to win once.
So we'll just keep on winning, I guess.
Advocates for non-car transport have to win every public and private battle; opponents only need to win once.
So we'll just keep on winning, I guess.
"if the Seattle Process is optional for removing a long-awaited piece of infrastructure, why wasn't it optional for installing it?"
October 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This person summed up in 21 words the contents of a couple thousand emails sent to SDOT, the Mayor's office, and Council over the last 24 hours.
Advocates for non-car transport have to win every public and private battle; opponents only need to win once.
So we'll just keep on winning, I guess.
Advocates for non-car transport have to win every public and private battle; opponents only need to win once.
So we'll just keep on winning, I guess.
I’ve been considering the appropriateness and feasibility of a Seattle-only capital construction source for HCT to accelerate the build-out of @seattlesubway.org vision network.
This new budget reality may necessitate that in order for us to get a comprehensive rail network here in Seattle.
This new budget reality may necessitate that in order for us to get a comprehensive rail network here in Seattle.
NEW // Op-Ed: Link Light Rail's Success Depends on Second Downtown Seattle Tunnel
By Nick Hasbun
Via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/02/o...
By Nick Hasbun
Via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/02/o...
Op-Ed: Link Light Rail’s Success Depends on Second Downtown Seattle Tunnel » The Urbanist
# Some Sound Transit boardmembers have questioned the necessity of building a second light rail tunnel in downtown Seattle, arguing that routing Ballard Link through the existing tunnel could save bil...
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October 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I’ve been considering the appropriateness and feasibility of a Seattle-only capital construction source for HCT to accelerate the build-out of @seattlesubway.org vision network.
This new budget reality may necessitate that in order for us to get a comprehensive rail network here in Seattle.
This new budget reality may necessitate that in order for us to get a comprehensive rail network here in Seattle.
Against the backdrop of our current mayoral race, this paints the clearest picture of the difference between an incumbent who has absolutely no pulse on the transit environment in our city, and a challenger who literally founded a transit riders union.
Vote for @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
Vote for @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
NEW STORY // What’s Easier than Adding a Bus Lane in Seattle? Deleting One
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What’s Easier than Adding a Bus Lane in Seattle? Deleting One » The Urbanist
# The City of Seattle will be removing an East Union Street bus only lane set aside for the Route 2 this weekend, ceding to requests from nearby property owners who have complained about traffic chang...
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October 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Against the backdrop of our current mayoral race, this paints the clearest picture of the difference between an incumbent who has absolutely no pulse on the transit environment in our city, and a challenger who literally founded a transit riders union.
Vote for @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
Vote for @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
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Hacked off? So are we. Join @seattletru.bsky.social, @csgreenways.bsky.social, @fixthel8.bsky.social, @seattlesubway.org, and more to tell the city to keep our bus lanes where they are. Even the little ones.
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October 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Hacked off? So are we. Join @seattletru.bsky.social, @csgreenways.bsky.social, @fixthel8.bsky.social, @seattlesubway.org, and more to tell the city to keep our bus lanes where they are. Even the little ones.
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We’ll actively spend excessive money militarizing our communities before we ever spend a dime to actually pay people a living wage or provide housing and healthcare to people who need it.
People who have their basic needs met aren’t robbing grocery stores. Private security is a systemic failure.
People who have their basic needs met aren’t robbing grocery stores. Private security is a systemic failure.
"Thank you to the businesses that have private security, that's really important," Kettle says. "Private security is so important," he adds.
Counterpoint: Going to Uwajimaya feels hostile now because it's absolutely bristling with Iron & Oak guys.
Counterpoint: Going to Uwajimaya feels hostile now because it's absolutely bristling with Iron & Oak guys.
September 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
We’ll actively spend excessive money militarizing our communities before we ever spend a dime to actually pay people a living wage or provide housing and healthcare to people who need it.
People who have their basic needs met aren’t robbing grocery stores. Private security is a systemic failure.
People who have their basic needs met aren’t robbing grocery stores. Private security is a systemic failure.
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Section. 3.
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote.
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote.
September 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Section. 3.
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote.
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote.
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We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution.
September 29, 2025 at 6:54 AM
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution.
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It's only autism if it comes from the Tylenol region of France otherwise it's just sparkling persuadoscience
September 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
It's only autism if it comes from the Tylenol region of France otherwise it's just sparkling persuadoscience
Attn: @kccclaudia.bsky.social
(Just in case you haven’t heard, the tunnel is closed due to ventilation issues now)
(Just in case you haven’t heard, the tunnel is closed due to ventilation issues now)
If you are wondering why a second light rail tunnel through downtown (and/or “redundant“ scheduled bus service in the meantime) is a good idea, please have a trip between SODO and Roosevelt today.
September 21, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Attn: @kccclaudia.bsky.social
(Just in case you haven’t heard, the tunnel is closed due to ventilation issues now)
(Just in case you haven’t heard, the tunnel is closed due to ventilation issues now)
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Couldn't have said it better myself
September 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Couldn't have said it better myself