If Vancouver can do it, why can't we?

Op-Ed: Reconnect and Automate Ballard to West Seattle Rail to Save ST3 Sound Transit can halve the cost of light rail to Ballard and West Seattle by building them as a connected automated light rail line with slimmer stations, according to two transit experts who have la...

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- Wombi will let you rent and ride a high-end Tern ebike starting at $135/mo. Great to try it without committing. wombi.us/pages/seattle
- You can try for a $300 (or $1200 if income qualified) rebate from the state ebikerebate.wsdot-sites.com

But that's the thing, we already own it!! It is already city property.

I always pose this thought experiment:

Imagine the golf course was a large private estate, then was donated to the city. The city now has to decide, should it become a public park, or a golf course?

To choose "golf course" would be incredibly exclusionary. But that's today's status quo.

Councilmember, I would LOVE to have you come by West Seattle to talk about the West Seattle golf course and how much better it would serve the neighborhood as a park.

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Multiple times in fact, once in each district!

Public comment is burdensome and hideously unrepresentative.

That said, WA state law requires a public comment opportunity "at or before every regular meeting at which final action is taken." So each phase needs its own comment, I suppose.

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Taller, denser, faster. I was excited to announce at @housingconsortium.org's annual event yesterday that we're going to combine and accelerate Phases 3 and 4 of Seattle's comprehensive plan to achieve more housing near transit and in and around our growth centers.

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Use FreeTaxUSA! The name is goofy but the product is excellent. You'll pay nothing in WA, and you won't support Intuit's long crusade against making taxes easier.

That's what I'm talking about!

digital mockup of a pink tshirt with white ink that says "BUILD WEST SEATTLE LIGHT RAIL" with a cute train illustration with hearts

📣 Meetup field trip this week!
Weds 4/1 ~ 6:00 ~ Youngstown Cultural Arts Center

Come demonstrate that West Seattle wants to be connected to our train network, actually, & we'll give you a shirt!

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Arrive between 5:45-6 for your best chance of getting a shirt!

Thank you @seattledot.bsky.social! Especially for adding the barriers. They're definitely needed, given I took this photo on Saturday.

We don't deserve Senator Wiener but we dearly need him and his work.

And that car crashes kill 110 Americans every single day, and that's just how things are.

West Seattle and Delridge folks, please fill this out!

It's got interesting questions like "where are the best opportunities for more housing in taller buildings in the neighborhood?" (everywhere, of course!)

Makes sense! I have sent a note to my excellent senator, Sen. Alvarado, asking her to support the pre-Liias version.

Is there actually still time, since it's passed both chambers?

Waiting 15 minutes in SODO for the 50 is never great.

But a fun new twist: the "CAUTION VEHICLE EXITING" alarm for the USPS annex parking lot is stuck on, so the other passengers and I get to listen to this for 15 minutes straight.

A photo of a street showing two ads and a slip lane as described in the post.

An ad for car crash lawyers, an ad for asphalt paving, and a slip lane: a microcosm of compounded poor transportation choices.

I know of at least one light that does skip or shorten the protected left phase, at SW Avalon Way and 35th Avenue SW. It helps because I bike and walk through there all the time.

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Tell Sound Transit to Keep West Seattle Light Rail on Track! West Seattle needs and has voted for light rail, but Sound Transit has recently suggested delays or reductions in scope. Send a letter to leaders in King County, Seattle, and Sound Transit to remi...

@westseaurbanism.bsky.social put together a letter campaign to remind Sound Transit and elected officials how important it is to keep light rail to West Seattle on track.

If you live in, work in, or visit West Seattle, please send an email! It's quick.

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Wow, good tip, I had no idea. Thanks Jeremy!

As usual, Rep Reed gets the goods!

What is this all about?? Let me try to explain. It's important, because it's actually about @seasocialhousing.bsky.social and it's about Alzheimer's and heart disease and asthma, and rich homeowners keeping you sick and housing rare and unaffordable. And what you can do about it THIS MONTH.

Out of curiosity, how did you make your way from the waterfront to Seattle Center? With all the changes I feel like I don't know the best way anymore.