Thank you, Seattle voters! Proposition 1, the Seattle Library Levy, is currently passing with 72% of voters saying yes. Learn more about what this will fund at www.spl.org/2026Levy

Fixing misleading @seattletimes.com headlines could be someone's full-time job.

Whenever I’m in Vancouver BC I’m just in shock at the density around suburban Skytrain stations 10 miles out from the CBD

😎 🚌

Ryan Packer@typewriteralley.bsky.social · 3d ago

Simply incredible that we're finally going to fix the L8.

NEW OP-ED// Op-Ed: Federal Transportation Policy Is Growing Unhinged Under Trump By Mike McGinn via @theurbanist.org

Op-Ed: Federal Transportation Policy Is Growing Unhinged Under Trump

America Walks is urging Congress to block federal transportation funding reauthorization until the Whitehouse can prove that it is following the law and disbursing funding Congress has allocated to transit, bike, and pedestrian projects.

theurbanist.org

More than 600 (likely homes) burned in and around Spokane County yesterday. The devastation is incomprehensible www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...

Wildfire in northwest Spokane destroys 640 structures

The Old Trails wildfire in northwest Spokane destroyed 640 structures Saturday, according to Cody Rohrbach, Spokane County Fire District 3 fire chief.

spokesman.com

Great to see the new traffic patterns on Denny Way! The concrete barriers can’t come soon enough.

So… they’re working

People make arguments in favor of the electoral college like “it protects the interests of small states” and no it doesn’t. Oregon is a small state, but because we’re a reliable vote for the Democrat (and with a late primary too) our votes mean nothing.

Stephen Judkins@stephenjudkins.bsky.social · 4d ago

this absolute scumbag www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/20...

Keep up the good work @mayor.seattle.gov

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

Rad BMX Stunts: Riders Soaring High

ALT: Rad BMX Stunts: Riders Soaring High

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Andrew M@apmor.in · 6d ago

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

Markings are in place at Denny and Boren for the big switch for I-5 traffic starting this Saturday. Temporary signage is currently giving drivers a warning about the closure of the Yale slip lane.

“While the appeals of the current zoning changes, developed under former Mayor Bruce Harrell, are poised to keep advancing, this change should prevent the same fate from befalling Wilson's plan, which she intends to be much more ambitious and far-reaching.”

The Urbanist@theurbanist.org · last wk.

A 5-4 Seattle City Council vote yesterday means city-level appeals that have delayed significant citywide zoning changes in the past will be extinguished. Conventional appeal options to Superior Court or the state growth hearings board will remain. Story: www.theurbanist.org/seattle-coun...

We have to do something about the fucking guns.

Congress appropriated billions of dollars for new transit projects. Why is the Trump administration spending none of it? Why are even transit projects in red states going unfounded? New reporting in @nytimes.com (gift link): www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/u...

surely no one could fall for this again

TechCrunch@techcrunch.com · 2w ago

Elon Musk's tunneling startup is reportedly in talks for a major new funding round.

The dream of Blockbuster is alive in Seattle

Pride & Prejudice & Predator

Andrew M@apmor.in · 2w ago

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Fell

Yes, I’ve ridden Elon Musk’s Las Vegas Loop. Here’s why you shouldn’t bother, and shouldn’t build this in your city. humantransit.org/2025/01/las-...

Las Vegas: A Ride on Elon's "Vegas Loop" Did Not Change My Mind — Human Transit

Eight years ago, I experienced 10 seconds of Elon Musk’s attention.  The occasion was my criticism of his idea, now being implemented by his Boring Company, that the future of urban transportation was...

humantransit.org

Trump administration acknowledges in court documents that it terminated billions of dollars in grants not “based on any programmatic, statutory, cost-reduction or performance-based factor”—but because they were to entities in states that voted for Harris.

Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him

Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.

nytimes.com

We live in one of the wealthiest cities in America. Feed the kids. Why is this hard?

missionlocal.org/2026/07/san-...

After a family was killed at a West Portal bus stop, the street was redesigned. Did it work?

SFMTA made a series of changes to the West Portal following a fatal crash. Nine months later, its first data is out.

missionlocal.org

IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING The slip lane from Denny Way to Yale Avenue closes permanently NEXT WEEKEND www.theurbanist.org/sdot-prepare...

SDOT Prepares to Roll Out the Route 8 Red Carpet on Denny Way

Long-awaited upgrades to one of the city's busiest bus corridors are just a few days away, with SDOT set to permanently close the often-clogged slip lane onto Yale Avenue on August 1. A full eastbound...

theurbanist.org

To quote @thewaroncars.bsky.social:

Arif Hasan, but NFL🔨⚒️🛠️@arif.bsky.social · 2w ago

this shot is so bleak lmao

“Cities are where people who are different from one another learn how to live together. Cities are where innovation happens because people encounter new ideas, new neighbors and new possibilities.”

Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅@bvd100.bsky.social · 2w ago

www.seattletimes.com/opinion/seat...

“Seattle’s per capita VMT has fallen for nearly two decades, dropping from approximately 7,400 miles per resident in 2005 to 6,150mi in 2018… to around 5,500mi in 2022.” 📉 WA leads the nation in reducing VMT per capita https://frontiergroup.org/resources/where-people-drive-less-than-they-used-to/

Telling people they're required to buy tickets using an app to ride transit when both of the main ways people pay for transit are not working is ridiculous. I know in practice they probably won't enforce it but this is such bad optics.

Sound Transit Service Alert Bot@st-alerts.bsky.social · 3w ago

While ORCA readers and Ticket Vending Machines are unavailable, passengers are still required to have valid proof of paid fare. Tickets can be purchased using the TransitGO app. Sound Transit is working to resolve this issue. Updates to follow when available. Last updated: Jul 16, 2026 10:56 AM

"I don't want people to leave here thinking Councilmember Kettle and I don't support transit" - Councilmember Rivera If you don't want voters to think that, perhaps don't propose slashing the mayor's proposed transit expansion plan 🤷🏻‍♂️. Their amendment fails, 7-2.

Ryan Packer@typewriteralley.bsky.social · 3w ago

"I don't want people to leave here thinking that somehow Councilmember Kettle and I don't support transit," Rivera says, ahead of voting for an amendment that would halt the city's continued investment in public transit.

GOOD NEWS: Katie Wilson's proposed Seattle Transit Measure renewal will be maintained as a full ten-year, 0.3% measure after amendments to water it down were defeated. The council is still deliberating on other amendments, but those were the big ones on deck today.

Ryan Packer@typewriteralley.bsky.social · 3w ago

The Seattle City Council's select committee on the city's transportation benefit district is kicking off now. This morning Katie Wilson's proposed Seattle Transit Measure renewal is getting amended before going to the voters. We're about to see how significantly.

Kettle's amendment FAILS 2-7, with Rivera voting with him. The renewal of the Seattle Transit Measure STAYS at a full 0.3%.