Mike Eliason

good. big ass truck abundance is climate arson.

Every time I sit waiting for imaginary cars at a red light on my bike in the rain I think about how Seattle spends millions of dollars on intelligent traffic signals to save drivers a few seconds but doesn't program them to skip or shorten left turns based on car detections.

In Connecticut, legislation that bans multilevel buildings with only a single means of egress recently passed both chambers of the General Assembly. "We are glad that our friends in the state legislature are listening to our concerns and preventing the construction of multilevel buildings with a single stairwell," said Peter Brown, president of the Uniformed Professional Fire Fighters Association (UPFFA) of Connecticut. "Allowing fire fighters and residents to go in opposite directions on the same set of stairs creates bottlenecking and other potential disasters. Having a second set of stairs is a critical safety feature during a fire."

Funny IAFF blog post where they show a total misunderstanding of the building code. They clearly do not understand that single-stair buildings up to three stories have long been and remain legal in Connecticut. www.iaff.org/news/states-...

are you on municode? i was just looking the other day - i don't think it's been updated yet?

The Trump administration took your money illegally.

They won’t give it back.

i could not believe urbanists would link to his writing. it was always bad.

alas, destroyed the climate first

'whoa, a republican administration is worse than i expected'

As Bike Cars Overflow, Caltrain Bans Large Bikes and Panniers - Streetsblog San Francisco New rules heavily restrict the types of bikes Caltrain users can bring on board. Years ago advocates warned Caltrain that they weren't allotting enough bike space on the new trains

This need to be called out at perpetuating sexist policies that privilege bikers without child carrying, errand running responsibilities. Caltrain would never consider banning kids from trains, why is it ok to make it impossible for parents who travel bike to use the system?

U.S. Gas Prices, Up 11% in a Week, Pile Pressure on Trump

In the SOTU Trump claimed gas prices were as low as $1.85, so by his logic, he own war has more than doubled the cost of gas. Ruh-roh. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/b...

Table A for 23.44.090 Required setbacks in Neighborhood Residential zones1 3 The rear setback for accessory dwelling units is 5 feet, except that, if the rear setback abuts an alley, no rear setback is required

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humanity is just people forgetting everything they ever learned.

'whoa, this pandemic is worse than i expected'

'whoa, the measles is worse than i expected'

'whoa, a global war is worse than i expected'

'whoa, a heated climate is worse than i expected'

not north, not western - but a secret third thing

(pho, gazpacho, cucumber soup, cacik, etc)

the beauty of soup is you can eat it when it's hot out

Reading oil & gas industry analysts thoughts on the catastrophic consequences of a prolonged Middle East war, and I guess the bright side is that it might dramatically accelerate the transition to solar?

things every single republican president of your lifetime has done

- started a war in the middle east
- completely destroyed the economy

Chat is this good?

in the corridors update?

It's 1992, there's a Republican president with a war in the middle east and a recession.

It's 2008, there's a Republican president with a war in the middle east and a recession.

It's 2026, there's a Republican president with a war in the middle east...

Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño

The Guardian on our new study, which shows that global heating is significantly gathering speed. Our efforts to overcome our fossil fuel addiction should do the same.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Today, we examine how cities consistently overestimate the rate at which seniors downsize their homes while simultaneously incentivizing them not to downsize, and how this creates a shortage of family-sized homes for young families.

Watch here: www.youtube.com/watc...

The affordability President just caused the fastest gas price spike in years, and the jobs President just lost 92,000 jobs in February. Are we winning yet?

Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño Humanity is heating the planet faster than ever before, a study has found. Climate breakdown is occurring more rapidly with the heating rate almost doubling, according to research that excludes the effect of natural factors behind the latest scorching temperatures. Continue reading...

Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds

Donald Trump is taking a hammer to the job market and making life more expensive for you.

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Avant / Après la piste cyclable bidirectionnelle à la place de places de stationnement Rue de Vaugirard dans le 15ème arrondissement de Paris. La piste permet aussi de créer un refuge piéton au milieu de la rue pour favoriser la traversée à pied de la chaussée.

Waymo is now blocking the only eastbound through lane on Townsend, a key SF arterial. AVs have a scaling problem in cities. This isn't just inconvenience but a loss of network capacity. Waymo cuts SF's ability to move people and goods in its streets. User convenience ≠ system efficiency

going to be great having another pro-housing and pro-transit elected representing seattle.

i've talked a fair bit about the tangible benefits to residents living in passivhaus social housing - and how it pivots living in urban areas toward a focus on improved public health outcomes, climate adaptation, and affordability

but today i had a conversation that sort of blew my mind