AvgZing
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║ Zing, they/them, 21 ║ Architectural Designer in Seattle, WA ║ Climate Justice Activist ║ https://avgzing.com ║
This thread is a clown show and I'm grateful for Ryan for covering it. More people need to be against this stupidity
This meeting is happening now, as expected, opponents of pedestrianizing Pike Place Market are pretty heavily represented when it comes to providing public comment on potential bollard installation at the Market.
URGENT BOLLARD ALERT.
SDOT is going to the Pike Place Market Historical Commission next Wednesday to get initial guidance on the "physical protective barriers" planned ahead of the FIFA World Cup.
The board is getting its temperature taken on a "hybrid approach" of bollards and vehicle barricades.
SDOT is going to the Pike Place Market Historical Commission next Wednesday to get initial guidance on the "physical protective barriers" planned ahead of the FIFA World Cup.
The board is getting its temperature taken on a "hybrid approach" of bollards and vehicle barricades.
November 13, 2025 at 2:06 AM
This thread is a clown show and I'm grateful for Ryan for covering it. More people need to be against this stupidity
Take that, forward thrust. We didn't need you anyway.
Link Light Rail has had higher ridership than MARTA every month for the past year
November 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Take that, forward thrust. We didn't need you anyway.
Why do I tell everyone to vote? Because you end up in situations like this. Where Katie Wilson and Bruce Harrell are within 100 votes of each other.
Reminder: Mandatory recounts are triggered if the gap is under 2000 votes. We're not done counting, but it's heading there.
Reminder: Mandatory recounts are triggered if the gap is under 2000 votes. We're not done counting, but it's heading there.
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Why do I tell everyone to vote? Because you end up in situations like this. Where Katie Wilson and Bruce Harrell are within 100 votes of each other.
Reminder: Mandatory recounts are triggered if the gap is under 2000 votes. We're not done counting, but it's heading there.
Reminder: Mandatory recounts are triggered if the gap is under 2000 votes. We're not done counting, but it's heading there.
Not the best of starts
Executive-elect Girmay Zahilay has announced Doug Baldwin, Microsoft's Brad Smith, MLK Labor's Katie Garrow, and Seattle Indian Health Board's Esther Lucero as his transition team's co-chairs.
Deputy Exec Karan Gill will be serving as the transition's executive director.
Deputy Exec Karan Gill will be serving as the transition's executive director.
November 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Not the best of starts
Every time I think he's hit peak awful leadership, it continues and gets worse
It's like Chuck Schumer wakes up every day by asking "what can I do to make young people despise my party even more?"
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Every time I think he's hit peak awful leadership, it continues and gets worse
Not premature or anything!
Oh hey, Sound Transit has rolled out updated information on digital signage on the Link 1 Line in anticipation of the 2 Line sharing stops on the mainline, with the addition of the 2 Line on shared station numbers and connection details. www.reddit.com/r/soundtrans...
November 9, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Not premature or anything!
Putting aside that we're using light rail for commuter rail purposes, this is a commuter rail strategy and is extremely effective at getting ridership up from car dependent suburbs without requiring massive park and rides.
Kiss and Rides are awesome, especially with integrated bus stops.
Kiss and Rides are awesome, especially with integrated bus stops.
This is apparently something called a “Kiss and Ride” drop off. A maze for cars next to a train station. I have never heard of this term, but it echos what @volts.wtf has said that we waste transit projects that still serve suburban commuters and cars over moving people to places they want to be
November 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Putting aside that we're using light rail for commuter rail purposes, this is a commuter rail strategy and is extremely effective at getting ridership up from car dependent suburbs without requiring massive park and rides.
Kiss and Rides are awesome, especially with integrated bus stops.
Kiss and Rides are awesome, especially with integrated bus stops.
Yarrow Point is #AntiBellevue
Signs your municipal tax structure is fundamentally broken: the Town of Yarrow Point is asking residents to get their new iPhone delivered to their house instead of buying it in Bellevue so they get the sales tax revenue.
November 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Yarrow Point is #AntiBellevue
These are gorgeous and this is why I'm so against arbitrary breaking up of the massing. The facade itself has more depth than most "modern" buildings, but there's no random segmented portions or major modulation here. It's simple and cohesive.
yeah Canno Design cracked the brick code here and now they sail through design review
www.cannodesign.com
www.cannodesign.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:16 AM
These are gorgeous and this is why I'm so against arbitrary breaking up of the massing. The facade itself has more depth than most "modern" buildings, but there's no random segmented portions or major modulation here. It's simple and cohesive.
Bit of lightning and thunder up at Northgate!
November 6, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Bit of lightning and thunder up at Northgate!
Wow. I wonder if some of the already-called races will get a second look, too. This is really sizable.
If you want to see some wild election data, here's the breakdown for mail, email/fax, and drop box ballot returns in King County. Over 64% of ballots were returned by drop box this cycle with 185,983 ballots returned that way yesterday alone.
November 6, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Wow. I wonder if some of the already-called races will get a second look, too. This is really sizable.
races in king county are SO IMPORTANT right now and voter turnout is historically low. please vote - and tell your friends to too!!!
November 5, 2025 at 1:06 AM
races in king county are SO IMPORTANT right now and voter turnout is historically low. please vote - and tell your friends to too!!!
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October 30, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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I love this. This is why AMR is the best on council.
A budget amendment from Alexis Mercedes Rinck asks the Office of Sustainability and the Environment to study the replacement of on-street parking spaces with trees.
October 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I love this. This is why AMR is the best on council.
PLEASE
A budget amendment from Dan Strauss, co-sponsored by Saka and Rinck, would pilot summer transit service from central Ballard to Golden Gardens.
October 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
PLEASE
THIS is the attitude we need to have. Why do we treat people as subhuman because they don't have a house?
Is it because it's easier to act that way than to reconcile that we're allowing fellow human beings to starve on the streets? All because we don't want to build homes for them to live in?
Is it because it's easier to act that way than to reconcile that we're allowing fellow human beings to starve on the streets? All because we don't want to build homes for them to live in?
We deserve better. Dehumanizing our neighbors by using photos of them on their worst days without their consent is unacceptable. We have a lot of work to do to address homelessness, but this only moves us further from that goal by othering real people in an attempt to score cheap political points.
October 28, 2025 at 3:45 AM
THIS is the attitude we need to have. Why do we treat people as subhuman because they don't have a house?
Is it because it's easier to act that way than to reconcile that we're allowing fellow human beings to starve on the streets? All because we don't want to build homes for them to live in?
Is it because it's easier to act that way than to reconcile that we're allowing fellow human beings to starve on the streets? All because we don't want to build homes for them to live in?
My hot take is that Lid I5 in the U District is as dumb of an idea as the Montlake lid.
Billions of dollars on a lid no one will use because it's still surrounded by highway and we only build with concrete nowadays.
That money should go to lid I-5 in downtown, not elsewhere (yet!)
Billions of dollars on a lid no one will use because it's still surrounded by highway and we only build with concrete nowadays.
That money should go to lid I-5 in downtown, not elsewhere (yet!)
Audience question about other highway opportunities. Nickels mentions Aurora Avenue, new traffic lights, narrower, etc. James mentions lidding I-5 in the U District. Chinatown-ID has big impacts on people. There are other opportunities citywide.
October 28, 2025 at 3:41 AM
My hot take is that Lid I5 in the U District is as dumb of an idea as the Montlake lid.
Billions of dollars on a lid no one will use because it's still surrounded by highway and we only build with concrete nowadays.
That money should go to lid I-5 in downtown, not elsewhere (yet!)
Billions of dollars on a lid no one will use because it's still surrounded by highway and we only build with concrete nowadays.
That money should go to lid I-5 in downtown, not elsewhere (yet!)
True. Seattle voters never know what's best for them 😂
So many incredible opportunities that we voted down
So many incredible opportunities that we voted down
Audience question on other failed projects that didn't do enough public outreach. Nickels says the Seattle Commons in what is now South Lake Union. He thinks the voters were skeptical of the billionaire booster and voted no twice.
October 28, 2025 at 3:40 AM
True. Seattle voters never know what's best for them 😂
So many incredible opportunities that we voted down
So many incredible opportunities that we voted down
Just put bus lanes everywhere, that'll make drivers trust them.. lol
@seattledot.bsky.social be like
October 28, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Just put bus lanes everywhere, that'll make drivers trust them.. lol
And not only should you vote yourself, you should tell all of your friends to vote too!
This isn't a federal election where our votes hardly matter.
This is a LOCAL election. These are decided by just hundreds of votes! You individually make a huge difference. Vote by the end of this week!
This isn't a federal election where our votes hardly matter.
This is a LOCAL election. These are decided by just hundreds of votes! You individually make a huge difference. Vote by the end of this week!
NEW: YOUNG PEOPLE GET YOUR BUTTS TO THE BALLOT BOXES. So far, only 10% of ballots come from voters under 35. And overrepresentation of older voters could be the difference between Katie Wilson and Bruce Harrell 2.0. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/voters-...
Voters Under 35 Account For Just 10% Of Ballots Returned In King County So Far
Young people: This is fucking serious. The 2025 election could be a huge shift in the balance of power at City Hall — voters could kick out our MAGA Republican City Attorney, banish the most incompete...
www.theburnerseattle.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
And not only should you vote yourself, you should tell all of your friends to vote too!
This isn't a federal election where our votes hardly matter.
This is a LOCAL election. These are decided by just hundreds of votes! You individually make a huge difference. Vote by the end of this week!
This isn't a federal election where our votes hardly matter.
This is a LOCAL election. These are decided by just hundreds of votes! You individually make a huge difference. Vote by the end of this week!
How about instead of a committee.. we put them into USE on a streetcar line?
How about one that already has construction-ready plans?
What if it connected up some of our highest tourism spots directly along a beautiful road that's sorely lacking transit?
They could call it the Cultural Connector..
How about one that already has construction-ready plans?
What if it connected up some of our highest tourism spots directly along a beautiful road that's sorely lacking transit?
They could call it the Cultural Connector..
Dan Strauss, Mark Solomon and Joy Hollingsworth want to set aside $200K in next year's budget for "planning, relocation,
and the preservation efforts" on Seattle's Melbourne W2 trams, operated on the defunct Waterfront Streetcar line from 1982-2005. They're still sitting in a warehouse.
and the preservation efforts" on Seattle's Melbourne W2 trams, operated on the defunct Waterfront Streetcar line from 1982-2005. They're still sitting in a warehouse.
October 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
How about instead of a committee.. we put them into USE on a streetcar line?
How about one that already has construction-ready plans?
What if it connected up some of our highest tourism spots directly along a beautiful road that's sorely lacking transit?
They could call it the Cultural Connector..
How about one that already has construction-ready plans?
What if it connected up some of our highest tourism spots directly along a beautiful road that's sorely lacking transit?
They could call it the Cultural Connector..
They're totally trying to overlap Pre Revenue and Systems Integration phases for an expedited opening. Love to see it. This is much much closer to simulated service 😁
At today's Sound Transit board meeting, Dow Constantine says that systems integration testing on the 2 Line across Lake Washington has ramped up, with trains crossing the bridge seven days a week, from 8pm to 7am.
October 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
They're totally trying to overlap Pre Revenue and Systems Integration phases for an expedited opening. Love to see it. This is much much closer to simulated service 😁
buses are great, their flexibility is great. and you can build a high frequency bus that runs like a train.
but unlike a train, a bus can just be rerouted and moved and sabotaged so much easier by a hostile administration
We finally built a great bus line that acts like a train.. then this.
but unlike a train, a bus can just be rerouted and moved and sabotaged so much easier by a hostile administration
We finally built a great bus line that acts like a train.. then this.
"Tuesday night at the Capitol Hill Community Council/First Hill Improvement Association Mayoral Debate, Harrell revealed his office is looking at removing more elements installed during construction of the $144 million RapidRide G line."
October 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
buses are great, their flexibility is great. and you can build a high frequency bus that runs like a train.
but unlike a train, a bus can just be rerouted and moved and sabotaged so much easier by a hostile administration
We finally built a great bus line that acts like a train.. then this.
but unlike a train, a bus can just be rerouted and moved and sabotaged so much easier by a hostile administration
We finally built a great bus line that acts like a train.. then this.
AMTRAK CASCADES FOLLOWED ME BACK nobody panic 😁😁😁😁
October 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
AMTRAK CASCADES FOLLOWED ME BACK nobody panic 😁😁😁😁
Seattle stations represented is such a joy. ST3 will be a whole beast too 😂
my beloved
October 22, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Seattle stations represented is such a joy. ST3 will be a whole beast too 😂