Just watched a car driver pass this big line of traffic that my bus is stuck in driving down the center turning lane. Rainier is such a failure of design

We know not everyone can go an entire week without driving. If it's 1 trip, 1 day or simply reflecting on your options when you do have to grab the keys, you can still participate in #WeekWithoutDriving

Currently @councilmember-amr.bsky.social is the only nondriver on council & I think it's clear that she came with a different set of comp plan priorities

If you're a Washington resident, please send your state legislators a message through this action alert to preserve state funding for the library:

It was nice when the bus came for our pro-bus rally. Photo above shows rally organizers @kirkhovenkotter.com and @katielorah.bsky.social and other local transit advocates. Here you can also see co-organizer @ceceliablack.bsky.social of Disability Rights Washington.

This bill is still a battle. NCART (representing vendors) and therapy associations are lobbying hard to block a majority of repairs, arguing that many people are too medically complex to direct their own care. Waiting for repairs in a broken wheelchair is far more dangerous than giving people agency

2 national companies have a near monopoly on wheelchair sales & repairs. Wheelchair users have to wait weeks and months for repairs, leaving us completely immobile. SB 5680 would require manufacturers to provide owners with access to parts & information needed to do repairs ourselves

…leveraging affordable housing subsidies to build a complex for transit reliant residents with lots of wheelchair accessible units. The I looked up the zoning. In the proposed comp plan, is slated to stay a neighborhood (low rise) residential zone. Literally 200 ft from a light rail stop. 2/