Wow, big ups for making a firm though respectful stance with this. I've struggled to keep a cool head with some of these encounters that I often say nothing.
It's nice to see an example of how to actually (hopefully) alter the behavior of some of these drivers.
Vancouver does a lot of things exceptionally well.
But it's absolutely crazy town that their airport is building a giant new parking garage while marketing itself as aiming for Net Zero by 2030.
On a parking garage.
At an airport.
I bought my first non electric bike today :)
Oh, to be a rich person with no actual problems
"There's been...extreme cases where existing residents lose some of the enjoyment of their property due to the large house being constructed next door to them, seemingly no architectural thought for the neighbors."
www.theurbanist.org/medina-throw...
It's amazing to see how even with light rail headways leaping from 6-10 min to 3-5 min, each train (on a Saturday!) is standing room only.
Public art is great and all, but the neighborhoods where *artists actually live* are usually the most desirable, vibrant, and productive.
Public art alone does not an interesting place make.
Case in point - SLU vs. Fremont
Wallingford could really be a 10/10 neighborhood if not for all the cars on 45th
Been finding my inner rage-baiter by proclaiming sincerely "Gas is still too cheap"
Absolutely crazy style how cars find a way to ruin everything they touch. Today it was a car cutting off a bus, causing a fender bender.
Dozens of commuters' days disrupted by one reckless driver's behavior.
Driving is not inconvenient enough.
I love public art installations that give off that "secret" kinda vibe. Definitely affirms what an asset Eastrail is for the eastside.
Public art pillars with various colored stripes, next to eastrail and the east side sound transit maintenance facility
Well these are fun
I highly encourage engaged urbanist advocates in the Puget Sound region to apply!
I've had raising cane's before yall. I promise you it's not worth waiting an hour for.
A bike rack next to a lone chair bolted to the ground, only big enough for a single person
Genuinely curious how much use this very random chair gets.
Not near a bus stop or other destination. My guess is it was added to be akin to a street bench, without being (**God forbid** /s) an actual bench that could be used by someone to sleep on.
Feels rather incongruous.
9 times out of 10, when public officials decry issues of "public safety," their grievances are far more precisely aligned with **consumer comfort**
Understanding this distortion is key to deciphering so much of American politics.
Thank you so much for the kind words!
Everyone's gotta sleep somewhere 🤷
Exactlyyy. Squashing it all entirely is just lazy governance tbh.
The party of anti-humanity continues to be nauseatingly anti-human.
My thoughts exactly! That kind of space is the bedrock of democracy in my mind.
Thank you for the kind words! I appreciate your thoughts and share your hopes for our parks 🏞
Ngl; I feel a bit of cognitive dissonance trying to promote my own work while the US continues its spiral descent.
Even still, I believe above all in the power and need of art and community, and this is what guided my research and writing here for @theurbanist.org
RIP to the og Floridian
Idk it's actually kinda weird that there's still this much surface parking within a block of the light rail station in Seattle's highest density area outside of downtown.
Idk if more development is planned on these plots but it's been 4 years this station's been open, and it's still parking.
I think you're right to an extent; my guess is there is just room for exceptions that is probably a bit too broad so that these projects slipped through the cracks, so they're now stuck with D+ bike lanes for the foreseeable future.
The two that come to mind are Broadway (north of Roy) and Stone Ave in Fremont
Why Seattle has continued to repave streets and then apply painted bike lanes that are directly between the door zone of parked cars and moving traffic, is absolutely beyond me
Which Seattle neighborhood's drivers are most hostile to bicyclists and why is it Ballard?
The earlier closing is a recent change thanks to Bruce Harrell 🙃 happened at Alki, Gas Works, and Magnuson. They called it the "summer safety strategy" but I think the real impetus was noise complaints at a few parks.
Definitely a ham-fisted response, regardless.
"When you're driving a car, you're holding a loaded gun."
This is a phrase I use regularly when discussing the woes of car-centric society; it may be dramatic, but it's not hyperbolic.
It only takes a brief lapse of judgment pointed in the wrong direction, and suddenly someone(s) is maimed or dead.