The Mayor's Office just confirmed with me that the plan is for Bicycle Weekend closures to start around 7pm Friday night and extend through Monday morning. The days of one sunset ride along an open Lake Washington Boulevard per weekend look to be in the past.
The section of Lake Washington Blvd is a very pleasant and fairly short bike ride from the Judkins light rail station with only short segments with cars (very low volume). The twisty bit thru Colman Park is delightful. I would consider this a good walk as well though maybe too much for some.
Map showing a pedestrian zone from James to Edgar Martinez, bordered by 2nd Ave Extension S
Another big announcement today: SDOT has released a map showing the extent to which Pioneer Square will be nearly fully pedestrianized on FIFA game days. First Ave will be converted to one-way operations, southbound, with vehicle traffic restricted nearly everywhere else.
Every weekend is Bicycle Weekend!
Rainer Valley deserves the full Accessible Mt Baker improvements (www.seattle.gov/documents/De...), but in the meantime, moving the bus station to the same side of the street as the light rail station makes so much sense. It would also open up prime land that could be used for public/social housing.
I'm not sure which takes longer: the 48 spiraling into Mount Baker Transit Center or the crosswalk to get across Rainier from there to the Link station.
This is why housing advocacy is driven largely by people who just want to be able to ride their bikes & get places on the bus. Once you start looking for ways to make transportation better, you realize that it's land use holding us back.
And then you start spending all your free time at city hall.
I wonder if King County Assessor can address this without state legislation. It seems like voluntary restrictions property owners place on their properties and which can be lifted by them should be ignored for assessment purposes. If state legislative fix is needed, it should happen asap.
100% true. Seattle subsidizes our two private golf by TENS of millions of dollars a year.
Broadmoor pays approximately $50k in taxes. Were it valued like all the land around it, it would pay more than $10 MILLION per year. Even the YACHT CLUB pays more tax
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That's a real flex 💪🏻
I saw it back out and about today so it must not have been too serious.
And now they're all green!
Welcome home! #ArtemisII
Highly recommend referring to your dog as "sir," "miss," "ma'am" or other similar "respectful" names. It creates so much room for delight.
"Sir, please put the stick down." "Sir, please don't eat the rocks, that's not safe." "Sir, please stop humping the big ball, it's clearly not reciprocating."
It's Day 2 and this story is now being laundered as "Waymo robotaxis are now finding potholes." The PR person who pitched this story should get a raise. www.planetizen.com/news/2026/04...
A bus stop island being constructed
A plane in between two identical towers
A closed sidewalk being reconstructed
Construction of the new @fixthel8.bsky.social bus stop at the twin towers is progressing!
Shit I just realized this is the same guy
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Empty northbound lane on MLK Way.
Northbound MLK Way is down to one lane near Dawson St. During rush hour, this causes a traffic jam that can be measured in miles.
0.0 miles, to be exact.
"March’s persistent heat was so intense that the continental US registered its most abnormally hot month in 132 years of records ... Not only was it the hottest March on record for the US, but the amount it was above normal beat any other month in history for the Lower 48 states."
Probably fine.
More than 80% of Capitol Hill residents voted for the Crisis Care levy, but their elected leaders chose to listen mostly
to wealthy white property and business owners who objected to building a Center in their backyard.
Yeah, they've never repainted the line between the parking lane and the bike lane so now it's just an extra wide parking lane that SDOT says is a bike lane.
County Assessor Pleads Not Guilty to Stalking, Must Wear Ankle Monitor
A Seattle judge issued a five-year no-contact order against the assessor, who was arrested last year for showing up at his ex's house in violation of a previous order.
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Saw my first broken down G Line bus today 😭
Warm weather is keeping this doctor busy. #SpringIsInTheAir
In 2024, we fought hard to elect Sal Mungia to the WA Supreme Court over conservative Dave Larson, and Sal won by only 0.51% of the vote
@gramsofgnats.bsky.social is right, these races are a BFD, and we will be laser-focused on them in our Progressive Voters Guide this year.
"Good Governance" is not showing up to do governance.
Anyone in Seattle still thinking We Heart Seattle is a well-meaning services org must look at its leader Andrea Suarez. Who she is, the lies she tells, the right-wing racist causes and the thugs she hangs with. If an elected official or candidate is with Suarez, then you know them too.
I just feel like Vision Zero should mean something to @seattledot.bsky.social. Even when it's inconvenient.
I applied for their opening for a "Deputy Executive Director - Enterprise Quality" but haven't heard back yet.
SDOT loves yanking pedestrian and bike elements out of plans at the last minute without telling anyone. Very disappointing to hear rumors that @mayorofseattle.bsky.social Wilson is considering making the acting SDOT Director permanent.