4/ Really proud of how it turned out and grateful to everyone who helped bring it to life.
Welcome to the world, Seattle Streets Alliance.
www.seattlebikeblog.com/2026/03/05/s...
3/ We wanted the brand to feel professional, modern, and fresh, but also capture something important about this movement: safe streets work is about joy and possibility.
Cities where it’s easy to walk, bike, roll, and connect to transit are simply better places to live.
2/ The goal was a name and identity that better reflects the people behind the work — neighborhood groups, volunteers, and advocates working together to make Seattle’s streets safer.
1/ Big milestone this week:
Seattle Neighborhood Greenways is now @streetsalliance.bsky.social.
I joined the organization in 2023 and one of the big projects waiting for me was helping guide this rebrand.
Pombom 🔥
If we’re serious about affordability, we should be asking: how do we reward good actors, discourage warehousing, and keep housing actually housing people?
This pattern often shows up most with large, absentee ownership groups who don’t have deep roots in the community. Meanwhile, renters pay the price.
We need stronger tools in Seattle to incentivize property owners to treat renters fairly.
When units sit vacant by choice instead of being leased, that decision tightens supply and drives up rents for everyone. In a city facing a housing shortage, holding homes off the market has consequences.
This downturn will hurt Seattle.
But it also presents an opportunity: to rebalance our economy, rethink how we use downtown space, and invest in a broader mix of industries so we’re not as exposed to one sector.
Seattle’s future shouldn’t hinge on a single employer.
Amazon is shrinking in Seattle and is no longer the city’s #1 employer as head count falls below 50k.
www.seattletimes.com/business/ama...
As a diplomatic Libra, that’s not always easy. I’m wired for balance, for seeing both sides, for keeping the peace.
But here’s the lesson: not all balance is healthy.
Sometimes “compromise” is just you shrinking.
Learning when to hold the line.
Learning when to walk. ⚖️
That is healthy balance.
One of the best negotiation tactics a mentor taught me: sometimes the power move is taking a deep breath & walking away from a bad deal.
And sometimes it’s less subtle — telling folks to kick rocks & making a different move.
The social housing developer may still be finding its footing, but we need more organizations buying property and keeping it affordable — not those that profit from displacement.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Not great to see a property management company in the news for shady business practices.
Guide is definitely guilty of junk fees and pushing out low-income residents from what’s supposed to be affordable housing.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Much of my point here: www.seattletimes.com/opinion/pede...
No matter the law or traffic control devices, ensuring our safety falls to us, and most of us have gotten very good at it. I can see a rolling RTOR coming 60 feet before the intersection!
Questions we should be asking this decade:
How do we get a Taco Bell Cantina in Seattle? 🌮
While we’re at it… can we make open container drinks a thing here too? 🍹
Because yes to late-night tacos and yes to letting people enjoy them responsibly in the street.
tacobellcantinas.com
Lime was the MVP of the Seahawks Super Bowl parade. 🛴💚
www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/19/s...
event flier lunch provided
The Rainier Ave Youth Committee is hosting a listening session about traffic safety on Rainier Ave S this Saturday at 1:30 at Rainier Vista's Wilcox Center. If you live or work in the Rainier Valley and have ideas to make the streets safer check out this event!
Seattle transit has leveled up this decade.
More light rail miles. Stronger bike connections. And finally, seamless tap-to-pay across the system.
It’s getting easier to not drive in this region.
www.geekwire.com/2026/seattle...
NEW STORY // SDOT Bike Corral Plan Draws Fire in Pioneer Square
Story by Ryan Packer via @urbanistorg.bsky.social // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/20/s...
Just awful. My heart goes out to this person and this woman, her family, friends, and community.
Everyone should be able to safely get to where they need to to.
Hard to know without more info, but a bike/scooter corner corral here might have been sufficient to slow the turning driver.
This week is a collision of calendars.
Mardi Gras. Lunar New Year. Ramadan.
So many overlapping messages about how to live: celebrate, indulge, reflect, fast, pray.
Visited San Diego’s historic Brass Rail this weekend. Incredible sound, lights, and energy.
Even with all the progress we’ve made, queer spaces still matter. We need places where we can fully be ourselves and not just fit into the world outside. Grateful these spaces continue to exist.
Checked out the CV Link on this trip to Palm Springs.
A smart reuse of existing infrastructure that creates a safe, continuous route for walking, biking, and even golf carts across the Coachella Valley. Comfortable walk and clear wayfinding throughout.
Waking up to sunshine, a pool, and warm desert air does, in fact, make you happier.
Slow mornings. Blue skies. Nowhere urgent to be.
Good morning from Palm Springs. 🌴☀️
The $5.6+ billion light rail line between South Kirkland and Issaquah is planned to open by 2044 but could see delays. Newly elected Mayor Mark Mullet wants the project to serve as an example of how to get creative in response to funding shortfalls.
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/11/i...
The Seahawks Superbowl victory parade has taken over 4th Avenue and neighboring streets downtown. Upwards of a million expected.
Pedestrianization on a massive scale. 🙌
For riders in Snohomish County and Central Seattle, commuting just got faster, easier, and more reliable.
Seattle’s light metro is quietly coming into its own this decade — and this is what real regional transit investment looks like.
www.soundtransit.org/blog/platfor...
Lots to love this Saturday 🚆
Link is leveling up: twice the frequency and two lines running between Lynnwood and Chinatown–International District. That means trains every ~4 minutes through the core.
www.soundtransit.org/blog/platfor...
The city is estimating between 750,000 and one million will attend Wednesday parade
