🏢 David L 🚎
@davidl206.city
Attorney, dad of 2, in Seattle. About:
🚎 Faster buses.
🏢 More and bigger apartments.
⛔️ Less car priority.
↙️↙️↙️.
🚎 Faster buses.
🏢 More and bigger apartments.
⛔️ Less car priority.
↙️↙️↙️.
😊
What yields enough hours for that is rationalizing downtown, where buses waste an extraordinary amount of time trundling uselessly up and down 3rd and Pine/Pike.
This map is revenue-neutral.
What yields enough hours for that is rationalizing downtown, where buses waste an extraordinary amount of time trundling uselessly up and down 3rd and Pine/Pike.
This map is revenue-neutral.
October 8, 2025 at 3:57 AM
😊
What yields enough hours for that is rationalizing downtown, where buses waste an extraordinary amount of time trundling uselessly up and down 3rd and Pine/Pike.
This map is revenue-neutral.
What yields enough hours for that is rationalizing downtown, where buses waste an extraordinary amount of time trundling uselessly up and down 3rd and Pine/Pike.
This map is revenue-neutral.
My mom took Tylenol when she was pregnant and now I can draw something like this and tell you exactly how many bus hours you’d need to run it.
September 23, 2025 at 12:35 AM
My mom took Tylenol when she was pregnant and now I can draw something like this and tell you exactly how many bus hours you’d need to run it.
I mean, it’s the same approach as Harrell takes to every other transit improvement.
Supporting massive mode share shift, without bothering with any actual action that would persuade an actual person to switch from a car to a train or bus.
Supporting massive mode share shift, without bothering with any actual action that would persuade an actual person to switch from a car to a train or bus.
September 10, 2025 at 6:57 AM
I mean, it’s the same approach as Harrell takes to every other transit improvement.
Supporting massive mode share shift, without bothering with any actual action that would persuade an actual person to switch from a car to a train or bus.
Supporting massive mode share shift, without bothering with any actual action that would persuade an actual person to switch from a car to a train or bus.
Yet First, & its Pioneer Square part in particular, are critical missing pieces in Seattle transit. My redesign of downtown bus service would send *20 buses/hour* through at least part of the Pioneer Square segment of First. And past experience suggests that volume of service would be well used. 3/
September 9, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Yet First, & its Pioneer Square part in particular, are critical missing pieces in Seattle transit. My redesign of downtown bus service would send *20 buses/hour* through at least part of the Pioneer Square segment of First. And past experience suggests that volume of service would be well used. 3/
The only critical comment I got after posting my center-city network (see image) was like "It's confusing; it's not gridded enough." There's a grid, but I'll admit it's tight, with a lot of L shapes.
What really sticks out is 4 separate N-S corridors, 2-3 blocks apart. Let's talk about them. 1/🧵
What really sticks out is 4 separate N-S corridors, 2-3 blocks apart. Let's talk about them. 1/🧵
August 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
The only critical comment I got after posting my center-city network (see image) was like "It's confusing; it's not gridded enough." There's a grid, but I'll admit it's tight, with a lot of L shapes.
What really sticks out is 4 separate N-S corridors, 2-3 blocks apart. Let's talk about them. 1/🧵
What really sticks out is 4 separate N-S corridors, 2-3 blocks apart. Let's talk about them. 1/🧵
We could have this incredibly useful bus network with:
- the same number of service hours as today's network (with planned RapidRide additions)
- no changes to any service not on this map
Neither Metro nor SDOT has ever focused on the central city bus network. It's time to start.
More to come. 🧵
- the same number of service hours as today's network (with planned RapidRide additions)
- no changes to any service not on this map
Neither Metro nor SDOT has ever focused on the central city bus network. It's time to start.
More to come. 🧵
August 22, 2025 at 3:40 AM
We could have this incredibly useful bus network with:
- the same number of service hours as today's network (with planned RapidRide additions)
- no changes to any service not on this map
Neither Metro nor SDOT has ever focused on the central city bus network. It's time to start.
More to come. 🧵
- the same number of service hours as today's network (with planned RapidRide additions)
- no changes to any service not on this map
Neither Metro nor SDOT has ever focused on the central city bus network. It's time to start.
More to come. 🧵
Shorter Rand Paul (really, speaking for the entire GOP): I support all the things that increase the debt, but I want to bamboozle you ignorant marks about it.
May 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Shorter Rand Paul (really, speaking for the entire GOP): I support all the things that increase the debt, but I want to bamboozle you ignorant marks about it.
In fact, Massachusetts (including Boston) has been stuck in the doldrums with respect to housing production.
May 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
In fact, Massachusetts (including Boston) has been stuck in the doldrums with respect to housing production.
Post a photo of a bus from your camera roll
April 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Post a photo of a bus from your camera roll
How I arrived on Bluesky:
April 23, 2025 at 1:23 AM
How I arrived on Bluesky:
I hereby declare this account a VGA shrine (at least until I follow one more person).
January 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I hereby declare this account a VGA shrine (at least until I follow one more person).
Narrow Aurora, you say?
January 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Narrow Aurora, you say?
can haz bus to the market?
(Seriously, this is so close… I can't wait to share it)
(Seriously, this is so close… I can't wait to share it)
December 30, 2024 at 8:42 AM
can haz bus to the market?
(Seriously, this is so close… I can't wait to share it)
(Seriously, this is so close… I can't wait to share it)
This is sticking in my craw.
Let’s be clear about what it means to double transit mode share.
It means actually prioritizing buses, even where that slows cars down.
It means systematically addressing the issues that keep people from riding.
It means funding a LARGE increase in bus service.
1/2
Let’s be clear about what it means to double transit mode share.
It means actually prioritizing buses, even where that slows cars down.
It means systematically addressing the issues that keep people from riding.
It means funding a LARGE increase in bus service.
1/2
December 28, 2024 at 9:14 PM
This is sticking in my craw.
Let’s be clear about what it means to double transit mode share.
It means actually prioritizing buses, even where that slows cars down.
It means systematically addressing the issues that keep people from riding.
It means funding a LARGE increase in bus service.
1/2
Let’s be clear about what it means to double transit mode share.
It means actually prioritizing buses, even where that slows cars down.
It means systematically addressing the issues that keep people from riding.
It means funding a LARGE increase in bus service.
1/2
Hey let's repurpose some old and very missed route numbers!
December 17, 2024 at 6:06 AM
Hey let's repurpose some old and very missed route numbers!
77. I know that amber headsigns are more legible to more people in more conditions. But I still miss the last generation of fluorescent-dot signs—the ones with an individual green LED to reflect off each dot. The soft green light they made looked so nice at night.
December 9, 2024 at 1:59 AM
77. I know that amber headsigns are more legible to more people in more conditions. But I still miss the last generation of fluorescent-dot signs—the ones with an individual green LED to reflect off each dot. The soft green light they made looked so nice at night.
Second answer: when you're driving west on the Capital Beltway, it feels for a mile or two like you are being pulled into the Washington D.C. LDS Temple by a tractor beam.
December 8, 2024 at 8:13 PM
Second answer: when you're driving west on the Capital Beltway, it feels for a mile or two like you are being pulled into the Washington D.C. LDS Temple by a tractor beam.
Last time I was in New York, I simply could not ignore the Brooklyn Tower when I was in any place where I could see it. It has complete Sauron energy.
December 8, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Last time I was in New York, I simply could not ignore the Brooklyn Tower when I was in any place where I could see it. It has complete Sauron energy.
Because “more PARKING” makes for such appealing cities!
December 5, 2024 at 7:32 AM
Because “more PARKING” makes for such appealing cities!
Enjoying learning to make a proper schematic map for my central Seattle bus network… just a taste, more coming later.
December 30, 2023 at 4:35 AM
Enjoying learning to make a proper schematic map for my central Seattle bus network… just a taste, more coming later.
