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Jamin 🚲🚄🏔️ @jamin.app · 8d

if you weren’t able to attend, a recording of @spottnik.bsky.social‘s really inspiring presentation is available here! #WeekWithoutDriving #Bellingham

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Greg Spotts @spottnik.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you Bellingham Walk & Roll for hosting me to speak about designing our streets for walking, biking, transit and placemaking!
#WeekWithoutDriving

selfie with audience in small theater in Bellingham, WA

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Andrew Stanfill @madshrew.bsky.social · 9d

Great talk from @spottnik.bsky.social last night to kick off the #weekwithoutDriving. He set a high bar by managing the @seattledot.bsky.social without a personal or company vehicle. Enjoyed the management takeaways from his talk beyond the transportation ones.

Greg Spotts points to the finished Dutch-style protected bike intersection in Washington state, completed during his Seattle Department of Transportation tenure.

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Greg Spotts @spottnik.bsky.social · 16d

Join me Monday Sept 29th at The Uptown Theater in Bellingham for a conversation about walking, biking and transit
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Event is organized by Walk & Roll Bellingham as part of #WeekWithoutDriving

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How to Build World-Class Multimodal Infrastructure - with National Transportation Leader Greg Spotts

2025 Week Without Driving Keynote

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Jamin 🚲🚄🏔️ @jamin.app · Sep 9

the absurd part of this is that we all know that on-the-ground ICE practices would not change at all, regardless of this ruling.

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · Sep 8

BREAKING: By an apparent 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court halts an injunction that had prevented immigration agents from racially profiling Latinos in central California.

Sotomayor, dissenting, says the decision is "unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation's constitutional guarantees."

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26085894-25a169-order/

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Jamin 🚲🚄🏔️ @jamin.app · Aug 15

Jefferies needs to resign as democratic leadership immediately. What the hell are we doing here. jfc.

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · Aug 15

Hakeem Jeffries says of Cuomo's attacks on Mamdani for living in a rent controlled apartment: "It's a legitimate issue that has been raised, and the [Mamdani] campaign is going to have to address it."

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Jamin 🚲🚄🏔️ @jamin.app · Aug 6

amazing initial results out of Seattle! love to see pro-city, pro-housing candidates winning 💪

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · Aug 6

Partial results in Seattle, with roughly 100K ballots counted:

—Katie Wilson and Bruce Harrell will move on to November's general election. (Right now, Wilson is up 46/45.)

—Erika Evans and Ann Davison (the GOP incumbent) will advance for city attorney. (Right now, Evans up 51% to 37%).

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Jamin 🚲🚄🏔️ @jamin.app · Aug 5

these ones are usually camera based and can get car/bike/pedestrian counts, vehicle speeds, and traffic volume for each turning movement. pretty cool.

miovision.com/scout-plus/

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Jamin 🚲🚄🏔️ @jamin.app · Jul 22

I am SO excited about this! Demand is already off the charts for Cascades with most departures sold out. It’s time for WA, OR, & BC to invest in running frequencies deserving of these state of the art trainsets.

@sharonshewmake.bsky.social @juliareedwa.bsky.social @jessdbateman.bsky.social

Amtrak Cascades @amtrakcascades.wsdot.wa.gov · Jul 22

Drumroll, please... The first new Amtrak Cascades train is leaving the Siemens manufacturing facility in Sacramento today and heading to Pueblo, CO for testing! Following a year-long testing journey, they’ll arrive home to the PNW in 2026—stay tuned for more photos! #trains #PNW

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Jamin 🚲🚄🏔️ @jamin.app · Jul 21

thanks!! most will live in folks’ homes as personal transit arrival boards for commuting. a few will be placed strategically at local businesses as well. here’s what it looks like with the train!

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Jamin 🚲🚄🏔️ @jamin.app · Jul 21

this was a joint project by the Bellingham chapter of @strongtowns.org and local transportation advocacy group walkandrollbellingham.org

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Jamin 🚲🚄🏔️ @jamin.app · Jul 21

had a blast at yesterday’s Bellingham build party for these WTA & @amtrakcascades.wsdot.wa.gov DIY arrival display boards! huge thanks to @eastsideurbanism.org for the idea, tech, and build guide!

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Jamin 🚲🚄🏔️ @jamin.app · Jul 6

he’s building a $120B American gestapo tasked with attacking, beating, imprisoning, and disappearing brown people. but sure let’s talk about one word he used in the speech celebrating it.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jul 5

Jewish leaders denounced President Trump on Friday for using an antisemitic term at a rally in Iowa the previous evening.

Jewish Leaders Denounce Trump’s Use of Centuries-Old Trope

President Trump said he did not realize that the term “Shylock” was viewed as antisemitic.

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Jamin 🚲🚄🏔️ @jamin.app · Jun 30

hysteria about gas taxes is so odd. this will cost you $60/year if you drive a ton and get terrible mileage.

inflation adjusted, the WA gas tax will have DECREASED by 15% even after the change.

Washington State Standard @washingtonstatestandard.com · Jun 30

Washington's gas tax will rise by 6 cents a gallon on Tuesday, the first increase in nine years. The hike means Washington will have the third-highest gas tax in the country. #waleg washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/06/30/g...

Gas tax will rise in Washington on July 1 • Washington State Standard

Washington's gasoline tax will go up six cents a gallon Tuesday. Money raised will be used to sustain the state transportation system.

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Jamin 🚲🚄🏔️ @jamin.app · Jun 22

cc @spokanerising.com

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Jamin 🚲🚄🏔️ @jamin.app · Jun 22

i know they’re doing gods work on housing reform and they have the new City Line, but it feels like they can’t win this without tackling the car problem.

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Jamin 🚲🚄🏔️ @jamin.app · Jun 22

how is it that EVERY road in spokane is 2-3x the size it needs to be? just massive 4 lane, 60’ arterials through every neighborhood with the saddest, crumbling 5’ sidewalks you’ve ever seen.

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Randy Clarke @wmatagm.bsky.social · Jun 13

Starting Sunday your Metro will be operating under automatic mode, the 1st time in 16 yrs! Incredible hard work by the team to make trips safer, more reliable & cost efficient. Expect service adjustments on lines until new schedules are implemented that account for faster trips.

Metro @wmata.com · Jun 13

Metro is launching Automatic Train Operation on the Blue, Orange, and Silver lines this Sunday, enhancing safety, reliability, and efficiency!

This marks the first time the entire Metrorail system will be in automatic mode since 2009.

Learn more: wmata.com/about/news/M...