never, ever, ever, ever accept "how will you pay for it?" as an argument against social programs.
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never, ever, ever, ever accept "how will you pay for it?" as an argument against social programs.
Occidental Mall filled with cars
More cars
I love historic Pioneer Square.
SCL doesn’t ask the public if we want safe transmission lines.
SPU doesn’t ask the public if we want safe watermains.
Boeing Field doesn’t ask the public if we want a safe runway.
WSDOT doesn’t ask the public if we want safe bridges.
Why does SDOT put safe streets up for debate?
"iS tHeRe a tEcHnoLoGY tHe leFt Is eXcItEd aBoUt" yeah, renewable energy, mRNA vaccines. Lots of cool stuff like that! Probably not the one whose main promise was cutting payrolls
Belsize Park
15-Minute Cities are the best-branded idea in the history of urbanism. There is no mainstream critique. The only opposition comes from a cadre of conspiracy theorists so unhinged, they equate convenient grocery shopping with totalitarian government.
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
It’s February and there is still no seating at Pike Place on the street, and the nearby seating along the waterfront overlook walk is packed! Big potential to invite locals and tourists to eat and linger IN the market. Keep customers longer = more sales
🚨ALERT🚨 The Pike Place Market Historical Commission is meeting next Wednesday, February 11th at 4:30pm to discuss the pedestrianization pilot. Sign up to speak and tell them you like fewer cars. (The motoring enthusiasts are expected to turn out.) www.seattle.gov/documents/De...
I visited the far off lands of “The Seattle Center” today to see these fabled “retractable bollards.” 🛫🌎🌍🛬
A worker named Ralph who has been there for 25 years said they work great 👍. You can get through with a keycard or call box.
Perhaps someday we’ll import this exotic solution to Pike Place 💡
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Barely 24 hours later and the Pine & 4th temporary bike safety barrier is already nearly a foot out of position.
This is unsustainable.
@seattledot.bsky.social can we get another work order to restore it before it becomes a significant mobility obstruction and safety hazard?
If it's not for cars, Seattle seems inclined to have a community group or BIA do the maintenance. But public plazas are public goods, so the city should provide a basic set of services.
December Pedestrianized Pike Place Pilot numbers are in, and drum roll please…
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Sales are up again! (7.1%). Sales at the market have beat expectations every month of the pilot so far. Take a moment of zen and join me this video stroll down the festive street last month.
Capitol Hill traffic diversion plan
Home Zones with real traffic diversion
tip for parent management: my parents were asking me about chatGPT, and have some friends who love it, and none of my attempts to caution them were as successful as just sending them the Wikipedia page for AI hallucinations
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
Let me mural up some bike lane jersey barriers
More good news: Sales at Pike Place Market were up 7.2% in October! Or to quote the PDA's own words the market has had "exceptional sales performance of our tenants." (pikeplacemarket.community.highbond.com/document/fd1...)
📈 So far every month of the pedestrianization pilot sales have been up!
Also, when reporters start talking about the chatbots this way, it is imperative to remind them they are basically asking a toaster for comment. They should be a lot more embarrassed about this than they currently are.
“Grok told CNN…” no it didn’t. You typed stuff into an unreliable calculator.
New chicane on 37th Ave S.
The chicane on 37th Ave S looks great! I’m looking forward to SDOT adding more features like this around Seattle to slow down cars and discourage cut-through traffic.
Curious what the malicious compliance will be for the sweeps and graffiti provisos
Every time the legacy media tries to whip up some suburb-coded bullshit about Mayor Wilson she should pedestrianize another block. Whenever they get really over-the-top: whoops here's a superblock
It’s December 30th. Pike Place Market is packed with people awkwardly standing or sitting on the curb to eat treats from vendors. Removing the street seating for the winter was a mistake. Seattle has a mild climate with days where people want to sit and linger year round
what a shocking turn of events
who could’ve seen this coming
I know I'm going out on a limb, but we shouldn't Delridge Way-ify First Avenue in Belltown
It’s interesting to compare this to Seattle’s Pike Place pedestrianization pilot where there has been zero, and I mean zero, promotion of the benefits of not having to dodge lost tourists in SUVs while going about your shopping
My hot take of the day: cars should *not be able* to go over 15-20 mph in urban settings.
Safer infrastructure, speed limiters, speed cameras, removal of licenses — whatever it takes.
This take sponsored by driving through the “zesty jumble” of Seattle’s Capitol Hill today.
Pike Place (the street) is packed in December.
People seem to like pedestrianized spaces, even in the winter. Sure would be nice if Seattle had more of them.