charles-b-stb.bsky.social
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Software developer (Android: Kotlin, Java; iOS: Swift). Transit and Bicycle advocate. Bilingual (English & Japanese). He/Him
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With three “downtown” stations and counting, Sound Transit must overhaul its station naming policy and name its stations less confusingly so that riders can easily navigate a growing system.
Op-ed by Stephen Fesler: www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/05/o...
Op-ed by Stephen Fesler: www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/05/o...
Op-Ed: Sound Transit’s Station Naming Policy Has Run Amok Again » The Urbanist
# With three “downtown” stations and counting, Sound Transit must overhaul its station naming policy and name its stations less confusingly so that riders can easily navigate a growing system.
www.theurbanist.org
December 6, 2025 at 1:12 AM
With three “downtown” stations and counting, Sound Transit must overhaul its station naming policy and name its stations less confusingly so that riders can easily navigate a growing system.
Op-ed by Stephen Fesler: www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/05/o...
Op-ed by Stephen Fesler: www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/05/o...
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This is the way. 😎
POV: You turned your stadium car park into a dense, amenity-rich neighborhood.
December 6, 2025 at 6:09 AM
This is the way. 😎
I'll be in Seattle for a week in late December if anyone was looking to say hi again...
December 3, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I'll be in Seattle for a week in late December if anyone was looking to say hi again...
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This isn't over yet! We're not down with this, and we're not letting the mayor hide behind city bureaucracy either.
Come show up with the Transit Riders Union this Saturday morning, and bring tell a friend!
Come show up with the Transit Riders Union this Saturday morning, and bring tell a friend!
October 1, 2025 at 7:08 AM
This isn't over yet! We're not down with this, and we're not letting the mayor hide behind city bureaucracy either.
Come show up with the Transit Riders Union this Saturday morning, and bring tell a friend!
Come show up with the Transit Riders Union this Saturday morning, and bring tell a friend!
This is why we cannot have nice things...
Confirmed: SDOT will be removing the bus only lane on E Union Street this weekend, ceding this part of the $130 million RapidRide G project back to general purpose traffic in response to requests from nearby property owners.
October 1, 2025 at 10:47 AM
This is why we cannot have nice things...
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Oh he is so in the Epstein files
Trump says he’s authorized Hegseth to use “Full Force” against Antifa in “War ravaged” Portland
September 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Oh he is so in the Epstein files
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[freedom of speech by norman rockwell dot jpeg]
i do not think the united states military should invade portland, oregon
i do not think the united states military should invade portland, oregon
Trump says he authorizes Hegseth to deploy the military to Portland, which he lyingly calls "war ravaged," and says he is authorizing "full force."
September 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
[freedom of speech by norman rockwell dot jpeg]
i do not think the united states military should invade portland, oregon
i do not think the united states military should invade portland, oregon
Tokyo is full of memories of the old streetcar lines. Just gotta know where to look.
August 14, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Tokyo is full of memories of the old streetcar lines. Just gotta know where to look.
Supermarket slogan for the Zombie apocalypse...
August 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Supermarket slogan for the Zombie apocalypse...
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US immigration lawyer warns Canadians about risks of travel to US
Be careful what you say, what you have on your phone, on your social media and remember, border guards and ICE have considerable discretion about how they interpret the rules.
#canada
youtu.be/nZ1hXmIVZwg
Be careful what you say, what you have on your phone, on your social media and remember, border guards and ICE have considerable discretion about how they interpret the rules.
#canada
youtu.be/nZ1hXmIVZwg
US immigration lawyer warns Canadians about risks of travel to US
YouTube video by Energi Media
youtu.be
July 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
US immigration lawyer warns Canadians about risks of travel to US
Be careful what you say, what you have on your phone, on your social media and remember, border guards and ICE have considerable discretion about how they interpret the rules.
#canada
youtu.be/nZ1hXmIVZwg
Be careful what you say, what you have on your phone, on your social media and remember, border guards and ICE have considerable discretion about how they interpret the rules.
#canada
youtu.be/nZ1hXmIVZwg
Things you will only see in Japan anymore...
June 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Things you will only see in Japan anymore...
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It’s hard to overstate how angry rank and file Dems are at the Dem establishment right now. And if I were a self-preservationist incumbent I would take note.
June 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
It’s hard to overstate how angry rank and file Dems are at the Dem establishment right now. And if I were a self-preservationist incumbent I would take note.
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"How did you get the tire?"
"See a car tried to jump me once... Got stuck on their front tire. When they pulled the car off, the tire kinda stuck."
"They let you keep it?"
"Who said I was going to give it back?"
"See a car tried to jump me once... Got stuck on their front tire. When they pulled the car off, the tire kinda stuck."
"They let you keep it?"
"Who said I was going to give it back?"
When a bollard stops enough cars, it is entitled to claim a trophy.
June 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM
"How did you get the tire?"
"See a car tried to jump me once... Got stuck on their front tire. When they pulled the car off, the tire kinda stuck."
"They let you keep it?"
"Who said I was going to give it back?"
"See a car tried to jump me once... Got stuck on their front tire. When they pulled the car off, the tire kinda stuck."
"They let you keep it?"
"Who said I was going to give it back?"
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"Fun" update on the hit and run on LWB. The cops know who did it and aren't going to charge them.
Love our "partners in vision zero".
Love our "partners in vision zero".
June 18, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"Fun" update on the hit and run on LWB. The cops know who did it and aren't going to charge them.
Love our "partners in vision zero".
Love our "partners in vision zero".
That egg bagel gets around...
manager: you make that allergy warning sign for the counter?
employee: sure did boss, real fuckin ominous just like you asked
manager: what
employee: sure did boss, real fuckin ominous just like you asked
manager: what
June 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
That egg bagel gets around...
I really wish they would ban the stupid gokarts in the streets of Tokyo.
They are nearly as bad as the duckboats in Seattle were.
They are nearly as bad as the duckboats in Seattle were.
June 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I really wish they would ban the stupid gokarts in the streets of Tokyo.
They are nearly as bad as the duckboats in Seattle were.
They are nearly as bad as the duckboats in Seattle were.
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My latest for @theurbanist.org about King County's permanent supportive housing initiative: in 2024 the program showed improved health outcomes for its residents and 95% of its PSH residents stayed housed over the course of the year.
Happy to be reporting some positive news.
Happy to be reporting some positive news.
NEW STORY // King County’s Housing First Initiative Boasts High Success Rate www.theurbanist.org/2025/06/13/k...
King County’s Housing First Initiative Boasts High Success Rate - The Urbanist
# King County's Health Through Housing program provides a road map for exiting homelessness, providing housing first to stabilize people, and it’s working. Newly unveiled 2024 data shows a high rate o...
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June 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
My latest for @theurbanist.org about King County's permanent supportive housing initiative: in 2024 the program showed improved health outcomes for its residents and 95% of its PSH residents stayed housed over the course of the year.
Happy to be reporting some positive news.
Happy to be reporting some positive news.
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I'm proud I don't have Andrew Cuomo's record of corruption, scandal and disgrace.
And the name is M-A-M-D-A-N-I.
And the name is M-A-M-D-A-N-I.
June 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I'm proud I don't have Andrew Cuomo's record of corruption, scandal and disgrace.
And the name is M-A-M-D-A-N-I.
And the name is M-A-M-D-A-N-I.
local Tokyo at night.
June 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
local Tokyo at night.
This has become almost as useful a meeting point as Hachiko used to be.
June 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
This has become almost as useful a meeting point as Hachiko used to be.
Small town Tokyo at night.
June 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Small town Tokyo at night.
Akita is probably the least shinkansen looking shinkansen terminal stations I have ever been to.
May 31, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Akita is probably the least shinkansen looking shinkansen terminal stations I have ever been to.
Nakajyuku Shotengai at night.
May 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Nakajyuku Shotengai at night.
When you turn a random corner and have a dead center view of the Tokyo sky tree...
May 18, 2025 at 4:04 AM
When you turn a random corner and have a dead center view of the Tokyo sky tree...