Doug Trumm
@metropolitanglide.bsky.social
Publisher of The Urbanist. Seattleite. Walk, bike, ride transit, housing abundance for all. Views here my own. 🚶♀️🚴♂️🚎🐈
The Life After Cars book tour has arrived in Seattle.
November 6, 2025 at 3:55 AM
The Life After Cars book tour has arrived in Seattle.
Wilson's party only gets more packed as we approach ballot results dropping around 8:15pm.
November 5, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Wilson's party only gets more packed as we approach ballot results dropping around 8:15pm.
Huge turnout for Katie Wilson's election night party in Beacon Hill. She's the frontrunner hoping to take down incumbent Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell.
November 5, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Huge turnout for Katie Wilson's election night party in Beacon Hill. She's the frontrunner hoping to take down incumbent Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell.
Zohran Mamdani has got this.
He's up 8 points with 60% of votes tallied, per AP News. The NYC Mayor race could also be a bellwether for Katie Wilson in Seattle.
He's up 8 points with 60% of votes tallied, per AP News. The NYC Mayor race could also be a bellwether for Katie Wilson in Seattle.
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Zohran Mamdani has got this.
He's up 8 points with 60% of votes tallied, per AP News. The NYC Mayor race could also be a bellwether for Katie Wilson in Seattle.
He's up 8 points with 60% of votes tallied, per AP News. The NYC Mayor race could also be a bellwether for Katie Wilson in Seattle.
Yesterday, @councilmember-amr.bsky.social and transit advocates rolled out a campaign demanding better bus lanes, starting with Denny Way, Aurora Avenue, and Rainier Avenue.
October 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Yesterday, @councilmember-amr.bsky.social and transit advocates rolled out a campaign demanding better bus lanes, starting with Denny Way, Aurora Avenue, and Rainier Avenue.
TFW you step too close to a clam and it squirts you in the leg. #pugetsound
August 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM
TFW you step too close to a clam and it squirts you in the leg. #pugetsound
Hot take: Seattle is underrated as a beach city.
July 18, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Hot take: Seattle is underrated as a beach city.
Still another week or so from peak Yoshino cherry blossoms at UW Quad, but it's starting to look like something. Still magical on a day like today!
March 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Still another week or so from peak Yoshino cherry blossoms at UW Quad, but it's starting to look like something. Still magical on a day like today!
Ladies and gentlemen, start your spring engines. Also loving that sunsets are well past 7pm now. 🙌
March 25, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Ladies and gentlemen, start your spring engines. Also loving that sunsets are well past 7pm now. 🙌
Oh it's on. Vash-on. ⛴️
March 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Oh it's on. Vash-on. ⛴️
You know the jugglers and fire dancers are down to clown.
February 28, 2025 at 12:59 AM
You know the jugglers and fire dancers are down to clown.
Things I like about living in Seattle: Get a 50+ degree sunny false spring day like today and suddenly every park is hopping picnickers and sunbathers. People don't wave their shot.
February 28, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Things I like about living in Seattle: Get a 50+ degree sunny false spring day like today and suddenly every park is hopping picnickers and sunbathers. People don't wave their shot.
ATU financial secretary Paul Neil asked operators in attendance to raise their hand if they had been assaulted at work, and a majority did.
January 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
ATU financial secretary Paul Neil asked operators in attendance to raise their hand if they had been assaulted at work, and a majority did.
Katie Wilson of Seattle Transit Riders Union spoke on behalf of riders offering solidarity to transit operators and partnership toward safety solutions.
January 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Katie Wilson of Seattle Transit Riders Union spoke on behalf of riders offering solidarity to transit operators and partnership toward safety solutions.
ATU leadership are kicking things off in the program.
January 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
ATU leadership are kicking things off in the program.
Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) 587 threw the memorial program which includes some big names like US Senator Party Murray and Rep. Pramila Jayapal.
January 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) 587 threw the memorial program which includes some big names like US Senator Party Murray and Rep. Pramila Jayapal.
Turnout is pretty huge. Likely more than 1,000 here to pay respects to veteran bus driver Shawn Yim, who died Dec. 18 in a U District stabbing.
January 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Turnout is pretty huge. Likely more than 1,000 here to pay respects to veteran bus driver Shawn Yim, who died Dec. 18 in a U District stabbing.
Metro throwback
January 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Metro throwback
Also some buses and staff here from transit agencies all over the region and crossing historical eras.
January 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Also some buses and staff here from transit agencies all over the region and crossing historical eras.
King County Metro operators and staff are pouring in outside WaMu Theater for the Shawn Yim memorial. www.theurbanist.org/2025/01/09/m...
January 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
King County Metro operators and staff are pouring in outside WaMu Theater for the Shawn Yim memorial. www.theurbanist.org/2025/01/09/m...
Two paths diverged in a crowded wood, I, for one, took the one less traveled by.
November 22, 2024 at 11:07 PM
Two paths diverged in a crowded wood, I, for one, took the one less traveled by.
James Lovell with Chief Seattle Club, an Indigenous-led supportive housing provider, said the Mayor's budget would create two Seattles, haves and have-nots. Not #OneSeattle.
November 13, 2024 at 12:16 AM
James Lovell with Chief Seattle Club, an Indigenous-led supportive housing provider, said the Mayor's budget would create two Seattles, haves and have-nots. Not #OneSeattle.