Nathan Dickey
@nathand.bsky.social
Environmental geologist by day, contributor to @seattletransitblog.com by night. Opinions are my own.
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New Post: King County Metro’s Most Productive Routes seattletransitblog.com/2025/11/17/k...
November 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
New Post: King County Metro’s Most Productive Routes seattletransitblog.com/2025/11/17/k...
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Katie Wilson on affordability, homelessness, good governance, and what socialism means. Happy for her and for our city, AND for NYC, the Working Families Party, and the glimmering of an alternative to corporate-capture of political parties. #EndCitizensUnited
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNvm...
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Katie Wilson: “What SOCIALISM means to me”
YouTube video by Katie Wilson for Seattle
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November 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Katie Wilson on affordability, homelessness, good governance, and what socialism means. Happy for her and for our city, AND for NYC, the Working Families Party, and the glimmering of an alternative to corporate-capture of political parties. #EndCitizensUnited
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNvm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNvm...
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This did in fact age well.
I think that local and state gov in my blue city & state matter even more now. I need Katie Wilson to run for mayor here in Seattle. Or someone with her grassroots organizing chops, record, and understanding of the legislative system here.
November 13, 2025 at 4:07 AM
This did in fact age well.
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We've seen enough. Katie Wilson is the next Mayor of Seattle.
🚨🚨 Just in: Katie Wilson has expanded her lead in the Seattle mayor race. She is now leading by 1,976 votes, which means that the race is no longer in automatic recount territory.
🚨🚨 Just in: Katie Wilson has expanded her lead in the Seattle mayor race. She is now leading by 1,346 votes.
November 12, 2025 at 11:51 PM
We've seen enough. Katie Wilson is the next Mayor of Seattle.
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I’m thankful for brave women like Lindsey Boylan in NY and Monisha Harrell in Seattle.
They stood up to men in power, held them accountable, didn’t relent, and helped defeat them. All at great personal cost.
They stood up to men in power, held them accountable, didn’t relent, and helped defeat them. All at great personal cost.
November 13, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I’m thankful for brave women like Lindsey Boylan in NY and Monisha Harrell in Seattle.
They stood up to men in power, held them accountable, didn’t relent, and helped defeat them. All at great personal cost.
They stood up to men in power, held them accountable, didn’t relent, and helped defeat them. All at great personal cost.
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New Post: Denny Way Mode Share seattletransitblog.com/2025/11/10/d...
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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New Post: Route Ridership Index
Route Ridership Index
Here’s an index of the routes in our Ridership Patterns series so far, and the next ones on the todo list. Each route article has stop-by-stop ridership data, and which stops have all-day bid…
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November 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
New Post: Route Ridership Index
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New Post: Friday Roundtable: Ghost Bridges, Spooky Stops, and Haunted Wires seattletransitblog.com/2025/10/31/f...
October 31, 2025 at 3:21 PM
New Post: Friday Roundtable: Ghost Bridges, Spooky Stops, and Haunted Wires seattletransitblog.com/2025/10/31/f...
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New Post: Dangerous By Design: Potential Improvements for MLK Way seattletransitblog.com/2025/10/28/d...
October 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
New Post: Dangerous By Design: Potential Improvements for MLK Way seattletransitblog.com/2025/10/28/d...
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New Post: Dangerous By Design: MLK Way’s Current Conditions seattletransitblog.com/2025/10/27/d...
October 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
New Post: Dangerous By Design: MLK Way’s Current Conditions seattletransitblog.com/2025/10/27/d...
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Mayor Harrell wants me to vote based on his experience. But I’m voting based on my experience.
October 27, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Mayor Harrell wants me to vote based on his experience. But I’m voting based on my experience.
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New Post: We Are Here Because No One Will Make A Decision seattletransitblog.com/2025/10/04/w...
October 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
New Post: We Are Here Because No One Will Make A Decision seattletransitblog.com/2025/10/04/w...
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If I streamed playing video games on twitch and talking policy, would y’all watch?
September 24, 2025 at 3:58 AM
If I streamed playing video games on twitch and talking policy, would y’all watch?
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I have a major piece in Bloomberg Citylab today. Should the US let transit fail, as Pennsylvania is already doing? And if not, what are the arguments we need to let it succeed?
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Should We Let Public Transit Die?
Urban-rural hostility is fueling a public transportation crisis in US cities. But demands to abandon bus and train riders ignore the economic and social costs of cutting service.
www.bloomberg.com
September 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I have a major piece in Bloomberg Citylab today. Should the US let transit fail, as Pennsylvania is already doing? And if not, what are the arguments we need to let it succeed?
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Live from a source inside the I-90 bridge:
Freeboard displacement tests at 0mph & 10mph, as well as cathodic protection, both passed!
Goodnight and congratulations, @sound-transit.bsky.social!
I hope to wake up to hear you made it to 55!
Freeboard displacement tests at 0mph & 10mph, as well as cathodic protection, both passed!
Goodnight and congratulations, @sound-transit.bsky.social!
I hope to wake up to hear you made it to 55!
September 16, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Live from a source inside the I-90 bridge:
Freeboard displacement tests at 0mph & 10mph, as well as cathodic protection, both passed!
Goodnight and congratulations, @sound-transit.bsky.social!
I hope to wake up to hear you made it to 55!
Freeboard displacement tests at 0mph & 10mph, as well as cathodic protection, both passed!
Goodnight and congratulations, @sound-transit.bsky.social!
I hope to wake up to hear you made it to 55!
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New Post: Fixing Stride 3
Fixing Stride 3
Sound Transit is in the early stages of building Stride 3, a new bus rapid transit service. It will run along SR-522 and Northeast 145th Street between Bothell and Shoreline South/148th Station. Ad…
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September 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
New Post: Fixing Stride 3
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I'm tuned into the Bainbridge Island planning commission, where a "public participation meeting" is being held on the 625 Winslow Way project.
Nearly every single commenter is speaking against building any affordable housing project on this site, regardless of how many units are included.
Nearly every single commenter is speaking against building any affordable housing project on this site, regardless of how many units are included.
NEW STORY // Bainbridge Island Council Pushes to Downsize Affordable Housing Project
www.theurbanist.org/2025/08/22/b...
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Bainbridge Island Council Pushes to Downsize Affordable Housing Project » The Urbanist
# All but one councilmember asked the Low Income Housing Institute to come back with a design that eliminates around a quarter of the planned units, after intense criticism of the height and parking r...
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September 12, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I'm tuned into the Bainbridge Island planning commission, where a "public participation meeting" is being held on the 625 Winslow Way project.
Nearly every single commenter is speaking against building any affordable housing project on this site, regardless of how many units are included.
Nearly every single commenter is speaking against building any affordable housing project on this site, regardless of how many units are included.
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New Post: Speeding Up Routes 3 and 4
Speeding Up Routes 3 and 4
By KIAN NAEEMI The Harborview Medical Center area is a bottleneck afflicted with crushing traffic. Multiple roads funnel traffic east into James Street, where traffic then struggles onto I-5. At th…
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September 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
New Post: Speeding Up Routes 3 and 4
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New Post: Sound Transit Completes Live Wire Test on Floating Bridge seattletransitblog.com/2025/09/09/s...
September 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
New Post: Sound Transit Completes Live Wire Test on Floating Bridge seattletransitblog.com/2025/09/09/s...
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New Post: Sunday Boring Movies
Sunday Boring Movies
Was hyperloop a scam? The Cascadia high-speed rail study compared hyperloop to other modes. (CityNerd) The Vegas Loop, which does exist, is unbelievably impractical and gets few riders. Ray rides i…
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September 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
New Post: Sunday Boring Movies
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Here at the Sound Transit board's rider experience committee meeting where the agency will be presenting the latest draft design concepts for its Series 3 light rail vehicles.
What's being presented are cars double the length of the current LRVs, expected to increase passenger capacity by 5-12%.
What's being presented are cars double the length of the current LRVs, expected to increase passenger capacity by 5-12%.
September 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Here at the Sound Transit board's rider experience committee meeting where the agency will be presenting the latest draft design concepts for its Series 3 light rail vehicles.
What's being presented are cars double the length of the current LRVs, expected to increase passenger capacity by 5-12%.
What's being presented are cars double the length of the current LRVs, expected to increase passenger capacity by 5-12%.
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This intersection is so much better than it was when I first moved to Seattle it is insane. Thank you @spottnik.bsky.social for pushing for what I assume were contentious decisions here. Hope the whole of Rainier/MLK can see this level of improvement and more soon.
September 2, 2025 at 12:41 AM
This intersection is so much better than it was when I first moved to Seattle it is insane. Thank you @spottnik.bsky.social for pushing for what I assume were contentious decisions here. Hope the whole of Rainier/MLK can see this level of improvement and more soon.
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Yesterday at the Sound Transit Board meeting, I questioned the necessity of an additional tunnel downtown—from CID Station to Westlake—so we could save money and better tackle the agency's financial challenges.
I’m fully committed to delivering the light rail network our region deserves.
I’m fully committed to delivering the light rail network our region deserves.
August 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Yesterday at the Sound Transit Board meeting, I questioned the necessity of an additional tunnel downtown—from CID Station to Westlake—so we could save money and better tackle the agency's financial challenges.
I’m fully committed to delivering the light rail network our region deserves.
I’m fully committed to delivering the light rail network our region deserves.
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Sometimes I think about a Beacon Hill that isn’t cut off from Pioneer Square and the Stadiums by the interstate and its ramps.
August 29, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Sometimes I think about a Beacon Hill that isn’t cut off from Pioneer Square and the Stadiums by the interstate and its ramps.
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New Post: Fall 2025 Service Change
Fall 2025 Service Change
The Fall Service Change is upon us and most of the transit agencies in Puget Sound have updates to their network. These changes will take effect over the next few weeks, starting as soon as tomorro…
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August 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
New Post: Fall 2025 Service Change