Asher
@asher755.bsky.social
housing + trains + bikes + planes + cities + politics… alert citizen
twitter: @asher_971
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So much pain :(
A hyped Bobby Dodd Stadium at night is going about as well as Bill Belichick’s season opener.
November 23, 2025 at 3:50 AM
So much pain :(
I land in Georgia and MTG immediately resigns. Coincidence?
6 people texted me the MTG news.
November 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I land in Georgia and MTG immediately resigns. Coincidence?
PAINT IT RED
Hearing a rumor recently I hadn't been hearing a few weeks ago: transportation committee chair Alexis Mercedes Rinck?
November 21, 2025 at 11:04 PM
PAINT IT RED
HUGE
Big 2 Line news: operational trials testing four minute headways between International District and Lynnwood start NEXT MONDAY
www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/20/s...
www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/20/s...
Sound Transit 2 Line Testing Enters a New, More Visible Phase » The Urbanist
# Light rail riders will see out-of-service trains running between International District-Chinatown and Lynnwood as the next major milestone for testing on the full 2 Line.
www.theurbanist.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
HUGE
🚨 Transition website!
www.seattle.gov/mayor-elect
www.seattle.gov/mayor-elect
Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson - Mayor Elect | seattle.gov
Website for Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson
www.seattle.gov
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
🚨 Transition website!
www.seattle.gov/mayor-elect
www.seattle.gov/mayor-elect
Madison Valley has fallen (to PCC)
More than nine years after the process started, the "Save Madison Valley" building is finally getting close to opening its doors to residents.
November 19, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Madison Valley has fallen (to PCC)
“I have nothing against Westbank, the developer of the tower. I’m glad someone is building housing in downtown Seattle, even if it’s housing that people like me can’t afford.”
Throwback to the time that The Urbanist sent Katie Wilson to cover the grand opening of a Belltown highrise, which featured the hoisting of a $1.6 million supercar to the building's roof. But how people cover child care costs is a scandal, am I right?
www.theurbanist.org/2024/05/19/h...
www.theurbanist.org/2024/05/19/h...
Op-Ed: Hoisting ‘Supercar’ 47 Stories Inaugurates Condo Opening, New Gilded Age » The Urbanist
# A million-dollar McLaren Elva briefly graced the 47th floor rooftop next to the jacuzzi to promote the
www.theurbanist.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
“I have nothing against Westbank, the developer of the tower. I’m glad someone is building housing in downtown Seattle, even if it’s housing that people like me can’t afford.”
Interesting question —>
Why don't all councilmembers just do the kinds of things that @alexis4seattle.bsky.social does? Do they dislike popularity? Do they enjoy difficult elections?
November 17, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Interesting question —>
Adding carfree households but not more carfree space 👎
Living in Capitol Hill is a study in contradictions: you're in a place has added more carfree households than maybe any other neighborhood on the west coast over the past two decades, and yet every net new car that gets added actively degrades your quality of life.
November 17, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Adding carfree households but not more carfree space 👎
I’m so confused with the 2 right now… isn’t the stop at 12th Ave open now?
November 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I’m so confused with the 2 right now… isn’t the stop at 12th Ave open now?
Love it when the State Environmental Policy Act is more about preserving the status quo versus protecting the environment!
...Realtors, Puget Sound Regional Council, SEPA, Maritime-Industrial interests, the Freight Board, the Port of Seattle, your crazy uncle...
November 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Love it when the State Environmental Policy Act is more about preserving the status quo versus protecting the environment!
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!
We must move fast and not get bogged down in “process”
Seattle — Now that we have electeds that listen to left urbanists, we have to be clear about what we want & be very loud so they have political cover. We have to make sure media hears us so electeds respond to us. Next 3 years hinges on being very active at council. Election was only the beginning!
November 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
We must move fast and not get bogged down in “process”
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Seattle — Now that we have electeds that listen to left urbanists, we have to be clear about what we want & be very loud so they have political cover. We have to make sure media hears us so electeds respond to us. Next 3 years hinges on being very active at council. Election was only the beginning!
November 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Seattle — Now that we have electeds that listen to left urbanists, we have to be clear about what we want & be very loud so they have political cover. We have to make sure media hears us so electeds respond to us. Next 3 years hinges on being very active at council. Election was only the beginning!
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Seattle’s historical boards and commissions are mostly reactionary fiefdoms.
Tom Graff says that if SDOT moves forward on bollards without commission approval, "we will stop you in every way that we can."
November 13, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Seattle’s historical boards and commissions are mostly reactionary fiefdoms.
That’s the good thing about bollards… they rated to basically stop everything!
Tom Graff says that if SDOT moves forward on bollards without commission approval, "we will stop you in every way that we can."
November 13, 2025 at 2:06 AM
That’s the good thing about bollards… they rated to basically stop everything!
Will be interesting to see if our new mayor takes on these undemocratic boards…
The historical commission wants more data on how the pedestrianization pilot is going. They think that business owners and Market residents aren't being heard.
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Will be interesting to see if our new mayor takes on these undemocratic boards…
Good on Bruce for this 👍
After public comment, historical commission chair Jonathan Cracolici is picking apart a comment from Bruce Harrell about making Pike Place the best "pedestrian experience" in the county.
He says it should be the best "customer experience," because it's a market that's there for people to make money.
He says it should be the best "customer experience," because it's a market that's there for people to make money.
November 13, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Good on Bruce for this 👍
Excited for this -->
"Now that she’s been elected, Wilson owes relatively little in political debt to organizations — to her right or left — as she enters office. She’s pointed that out as a strength, saying she can govern and staff her office exactly as she sees fit."
"Now that she’s been elected, Wilson owes relatively little in political debt to organizations — to her right or left — as she enters office. She’s pointed that out as a strength, saying she can govern and staff her office exactly as she sees fit."
November 12, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Excited for this -->
"Now that she’s been elected, Wilson owes relatively little in political debt to organizations — to her right or left — as she enters office. She’s pointed that out as a strength, saying she can govern and staff her office exactly as she sees fit."
"Now that she’s been elected, Wilson owes relatively little in political debt to organizations — to her right or left — as she enters office. She’s pointed that out as a strength, saying she can govern and staff her office exactly as she sees fit."
CALL:
November 12, 2025 at 11:55 PM
CALL:
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Katie Wilson being a socialist will come up a lot, particularly from the right. It’s true she identifies that way, as she told Danny Westneat. But I found it interesting that Seattle’s DSA chapter voted against endorsing her. Unlike Mamdani, she’s not affiliated with any socialist organizations.
November 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Katie Wilson being a socialist will come up a lot, particularly from the right. It’s true she identifies that way, as she told Danny Westneat. But I found it interesting that Seattle’s DSA chapter voted against endorsing her. Unlike Mamdani, she’s not affiliated with any socialist organizations.
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What an election for Puget Sound.
-Full sweep for progressives in Seattle, Burien, Redmond
-New progressive mayors in Tacoma, Lynnwood
-GOP CM Conrad Lee replaced in Bellevue
-3/4 progressives winning in Kirkland
-Full sweep of special legislative races
-Gains or holds in many other cities
-Full sweep for progressives in Seattle, Burien, Redmond
-New progressive mayors in Tacoma, Lynnwood
-GOP CM Conrad Lee replaced in Bellevue
-3/4 progressives winning in Kirkland
-Full sweep of special legislative races
-Gains or holds in many other cities
November 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
What an election for Puget Sound.
-Full sweep for progressives in Seattle, Burien, Redmond
-New progressive mayors in Tacoma, Lynnwood
-GOP CM Conrad Lee replaced in Bellevue
-3/4 progressives winning in Kirkland
-Full sweep of special legislative races
-Gains or holds in many other cities
-Full sweep for progressives in Seattle, Burien, Redmond
-New progressive mayors in Tacoma, Lynnwood
-GOP CM Conrad Lee replaced in Bellevue
-3/4 progressives winning in Kirkland
-Full sweep of special legislative races
-Gains or holds in many other cities
"For a decade voters have been told homelessness is an emergency but have seen frustratingly slow progress. Harrell was in office for almost all of that time."
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Katie Wilson likely to be Seattle’s next mayor
Katie Wilson leads Bruce Harrell by more than 1,300 votes after Tuesday's election update.
www.seattletimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM
"For a decade voters have been told homelessness is an emergency but have seen frustratingly slow progress. Harrell was in office for almost all of that time."
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
woahhhh
Congratulations to Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson! @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
I’m looking forward to working together in building a city that is affordable, safe, and thriving for working families!
I’m looking forward to working together in building a city that is affordable, safe, and thriving for working families!
November 12, 2025 at 12:35 AM
woahhhh
Thanks SDOT and USDOT!
Nearly 1,100 days after safety advocates painted a guerrilla crosswalk at Harvard Ave E and E Olive Way (and SDOT washed it off), there is now a permanent crosswalk here.
November 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Thanks SDOT and USDOT!