Anna Zivarts speaking. A slide behind her reads, “how do we make visible and normalize nondriving?”

Just had the chance to attend a great talk from @nondriver.bsky.social at UW about how cities can better serve nondrivers

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Save Graham Street: Transit Justice Rally & March Join us in person to stand up for fair transit and save Graham Street—let’s make our voices heard!

And please come out to these events at the Filipino Community Center 👇
Rally & March | Monday (5/11/2026) 10am-12pm savegrahamstreetstationrallymarch11may2026.eventbrite.com
Town Hall | Tuesday (5/12/2026) 6:30pm-8pm
savegrahamstreetstationtownhall12may2026.eventbrite.com

Next Sound Transit board meeting is April 23rd. If you can testify in person or remotely please don't forget to shout out saving Graham Street.

Save the Graham Street Station The Graham Street Light Rail Station is scheduled to open in 2031 and add a new street level light rail station near MLK & South Graham Street, between Columbia City and Othello stations, porvidin...

Have you signed our save Graham Street light rail station petition yet? We need just a few more signatures to get to 800
actionnetwork.org/petitions/sa...

Most annoyed by the fact that I looked up how to pay and Google AI hallucinated and told me I could pay with the Token Transit app, which I have. But surprise! Nope! Cash only.

Maui bus

Tried to catch the bus during a Maui layover to go get food but I didn't have cash. Airport food it is.

We travel with just backpacks, so I don't know.

Packed bus

And packed -- at 7am on a Saturday!

Kauai bus

Interior of bus

Loving the transit system on Kauai. Most of the rural systems I've been on have really ancient, diesel fumey, rattly buses. Not here! Maybe some federal infrastructure $$ bought something other than endless airport renovations

UDP PC Lecture: When Driving is Not an Option with Author and Advocate Anna Zivarts Monday, Apr 20, 2026, 6 - 7:30 p.m.

Join me Monday evening for a guest lecture and reception at the Urban Design and Planning program at University of Washington

Thank you @mayorofseattle.bsky.social for fighting for the Graham Street station. Our SE Seattle community has been planning for many years, and now’s the time to make it a reality!

I usually run the same route that I know really well and know where all the cracks are. I was running a different route this morning. Should have run in the street. Seattle sidewalks are so awful.

Also probably 10 cars passed me on Wilson while I was sprawled out on the ground and nobody stopped.

Bloody knee

Tripped on a sidewalk crack I didn't see this morning. I don't think anything's broken but it was a pretty hard fall.
Goodam street trees.

Not if you are in a wheelchair. Grass here is mush. For many blind pedestrians they are also a tripping and navigation hazard. I think Seattle needs to build more off sidewalk parking corrals AND mandate a lock-to requirement for shared scooters.

lime scooters blocking sidewalk

here's another photo

Shared scooters blocking sidewalk

Sigh.
There's a sidewalk on one side of Lake Washington Boulevard here. Completely blocked by shared scooters

Group getting eggs

Accessible Easter egg scavenger hunt in Bellingham today using @taskarcenter.bsky.social AccessMap, based on the new statewide pedestrian network dataset 👇
osconnect-viewer.tdei.us#map=15/47.61...

Thank you!

values

Or asks the public to rank values like this?

list of options for ways to deal with budget shortfall

what do we gain when our transit agency goes to the public with survey questions like this?

Free if you'll use it (& come pick it up!)

@seattlebikeblog.com

Tern Clubhouse Kit - bicycle parts - by owner - bike sale - craigslist Gen 1 Tern clubhouse, seat, backrest, and hardware. Just need a Gen 1 GSD and kid. All in good shape.

Clearing out more kid bike stuff -- this is a great kid carrying rack for the Tern GSD if you know anyone with a Gen 1 @ternbicycles.com who needs to haul 4-8yos
seattle.craigslist.org/see/bop/d/se...

if you read one thing today ..... read Jessica Green author of existential politics - pointing out the elephant in the room on #climate policy

Don't Overlook the "Aerotropolis" The recent TSA backups around the country shouldn't blind us to the idea that, especially after COVID, airport districts are increasingly the center of our metropolitan economies.

This piece by @futureofwhere.bsky.social reminded me that the time I spend in SeaTac airport is the most "urban" experience I have in Seattle. And so rather than dreading it, I should start appreciating it as time I get to spend in a really dense, populated environment

The big flaw in climate policy: We’re trying to solve the wrong problem » Yale Climate Connections Jessica Green, author of ‘Existential Politics,’ argues that the international community’s focus on measuring emissions helped delay real action on climate change.

"We know that extreme wealth is associated with carbon emissions, so the more we can chip away at that, the more we can chip away at the power of these asset owners to maintain the status quo." Jessica Green

Great to see @transit.app working on this!

Cities and Transit Agencies Are Finally Getting On Board With Bus Stop Data Cities and transit agencies haven’t always prioritized the bus rider experience. New data standards could help change that.

Starting the morning with some good news.