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Lynn Drake 🚴🏻

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Urbanist living in West Seattle Find me on our neighborshood’s pedestrian friendly Alki Point Healthy street 🚴🏻‍♀️ After years of advocacy, it’s permanent!! Fighting for more housing, transit, bike lanes

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Lynn Drake 🚴🏻 @lynnbikesinalki.bsky.social · Nov 8

Alki Stay Healthy Street

Before: 🚙 🚘 🛻 🛻 🚗
After: 🚴🏻 🚴🏻 🚶‍♀️ 🛴 🐕 🚙

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Lynn Drake 🚴🏻 @lynnbikesinalki.bsky.social · 5h

Seems like the Police Union is a big problem

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Seattle officers ‘undermining’ city’s police alternative, report says

The CARE team has become a darling both inside City Hall and among candidates for office, but Seattle police often aren't using this resource, records show.

www.seattletimes.com

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Lynn Drake 🚴🏻 @lynnbikesinalki.bsky.social · 12h

Yes! Let’s do this @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social

Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 12h

As far as I can tell, Seattle's design review program employs 13 people. Can they be redeployed to functions that expedite permitting, rather than slowing it to a crawl?

Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 18d

KILL DESIGN REVIEW. The legislature passed HB 1293 but Zombie Design Review continues to feed on the brains of Seattle's architects and developers. Dismantle it, de-fund it, and shift that money where it can provide benefit.

Lynn Drake 🚴🏻 @lynnbikesinalki.bsky.social · 12h

Everything makes a difference. My sister is part of a small protest that gathers every Thursday in the suburbs. The big downtown courthouse protests make a difference. Someone honking in support of our small west seattle protest makes a difference. Small and large acts add up

Lynn Drake 🚴🏻 @lynnbikesinalki.bsky.social · 12h

what do you mean? aren’t all protesters on equal footing? even if protest is small its still a legitimate protest

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Lynn Drake 🚴🏻 @lynnbikesinalki.bsky.social · 2d

The principal of the school should make it very clear to the community what is expected.

Traffic monitors in vests can be friendly greeting kids and families. A car free zone!!

Lynn Drake 🚴🏻 @lynnbikesinalki.bsky.social · 2d

I lived across from an elementary school. It’s extremely dangerous. There have been deaths because cars and kids don’t mix. Especially 2 minutes before the bell as cars race in

A person needs to be in front with a fluorescent vest making sure cars follow the rules ( a la Seatac arrivals)

Lynn Drake 🚴🏻 @lynnbikesinalki.bsky.social · 3d

@westseaurbanism.bsky.social ⭐️

Maris Zivarts @emveezee.bsky.social · 3d

Quality work here.

West Seattle Bike Blog @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 4d

lol just now seeing this

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Amy K @amyklassen.bsky.social · 5d

It's true! When I studied economics, I was stunned by the ROI of social programs. Every dollar spent on childcare returns about $2.80 to the economy, and healthcare delivers even greater returns with broader social impact.

A universal basic income is simply smart fiscal policy. Why the reluctance?

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 5d

For every €1 provided through a Basic Income For Artists pilot program in Ireland, the government got €1.46 back. So it’s being made permanent.

Over and over we see it. It saves public money to provide public housing. And it makes public money to provide basic income.

We can’t afford to NOT do it.

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 5d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

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Beth Day @thebethocracy.bsky.social · 6d

She’s 43. I’m 43. It would be really nice if the patriarchy stopped treating women my age like little inexperienced girls who shouldn’t worry their pretty little heads about things like this. I doubt we’d be saying this shit if she were a man.

The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 6d

A policy-minded advocate for left-wing causes, Katie Wilson shrugged off the idea she might be better suited for a City Council seat, instead aiming for mayor.

Katie Wilson's name might be new to Seattle voters. She says that's good

A policy-minded advocate for left-wing causes, Katie Wilson shrugged off the idea she might be better suited for a City Council seat, instead aiming for mayor.

www.seattletimes.com

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West Seattle Urbanism @westseaurbanism.bsky.social · 7d

Alki! this Monday! hope to see you there!

Tiffani @tiffanimc.bsky.social · 8d

I’m proud to cohost this fundraising event to support @wilsonkatieb.bsky.social campaign for Mayor. She is the Mayor and leader we need, and I’m also honored to call her a friend. Can you join us on Mon, Oct 6th at 6pm in West Seattle? RSVP here secure.anedot.com/kw4aas/wests...

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Lynn Drake 🚴🏻 @lynnbikesinalki.bsky.social · 9d

They really don’t understand the urbanism community and how this kind of thing is hard fought and a car brain can just call it in and it’s reversed without any question.

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Lynn Drake 🚴🏻 @lynnbikesinalki.bsky.social · 9d

🎉 🚌 13262 🚌 🎉

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Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 9d

This was such a huge win but I am also looking forward to Mayor Wilson coming in so we don’t have to go to the mat for every single progressive project. The fight is exhausting

Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck @councilmember-amr.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you @theurbanist.org @seattletru.bsky.social @sngreenways.bsky.social @transpochoices.bsky.social and every volunteer and advocate fighting for better mobility, connection, and safety on our streets. This is a shared win and something to celebrate.

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Lynn Drake 🚴🏻 @lynnbikesinalki.bsky.social · 9d

we told you to “slow the flock down “

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Sam Luikens @sluikens.bsky.social · 9d

Also if you’re not already supporting @theurbanist.org consider doing so with your money. If it weren’t for reporting from @typewriteralley.bsky.social so many of us would have missed this.

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Noah, some kind of engineer 🚎💻 @noahsbwilliams.com · 9d

Thank you @seattledot.bsky.social for listening, and for doing the right thing!

Thank you to @councilmember-amr.bsky.social for using your platform to elevate this issue!

And thank you @typewriteralley.bsky.social for your reporting on this story, without which this wouldn't have been possible.

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Lynn Drake 🚴🏻 @lynnbikesinalki.bsky.social · 9d

Good! Thanks for your advocacy.

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West Seattle Bike Blog @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 9d

- households in Seattle are increasingly carless
- 1/3 of all Washingtonians don't drive daily
- more and more young people aren't getting drivers licenses

Mayor of Seattle for 4 years, also councilmember for 12: "how could I have ever known people would be upset about me prioritizing cars!"

Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 9d

As far as I can tell, SDOT seemed to think this would be a fairly routine change, with the Mayor's Office caught completely off guard by the public pushback.

The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 10d

NEW STORY // What’s Easier than Adding a Bus Lane in Seattle? Deleting One
www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/01/w...

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Lynn Drake 🚴🏻 @lynnbikesinalki.bsky.social · 9d

Plus… It casts doubt on other projects. What things might change behind closed doors without notice

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Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck @councilmember-amr.bsky.social · 10d

I was just as shocked with the news about the route 2 bus only lane as you. We are working on it. We need to prioritize pedestrian safety and not go backwards on our transit investments.

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OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 10d

Every time.

We are constantly told how important community input is.

Until that input questions car dominance, then it's conveniently ignored.

Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 10d

City planners did all the overdone outreach process, got told everyone supports bus lanes, didn’t like that outcome so they opted for a closed door private meeting with the 4 people who didn’t like bus lanes and said we must cancel them

This is called reverse engineering

The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 10d

NEW STORY // What’s Easier than Adding a Bus Lane in Seattle? Deleting One
www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/01/w...

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Lynn Drake 🚴🏻 @lynnbikesinalki.bsky.social · 10d

But my parents probably drove to the hospital in a VW Bug rather than bike there. 🙂

Lynn Drake 🚴🏻 @lynnbikesinalki.bsky.social · 10d

ohhh way to go! 🚲 Yea Overlake.

Btw, I was born there in 1962! 👀

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Ron Davis @ronpdavis.bsky.social · 11d

This is fantastic. This is leadership.

Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅 @bvd100.bsky.social · 11d

“Even when the status quo sucks, even when the status quo isn't good for most people, it is much easier to just say, ‘Well, we're just not going to do anything,’ because we'll get less political pushback […]. And that's not my style, so I want to do things.”
- @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social

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CHS: There may be an appetite sometimes for a candidate that can say no in a good way. I guess that may be part of it, right?
Wilson: Absolutely, and I very much recognize the things that I want to do as mayor are not going to be universally popular, and I think that one of the reasons why we've seen a lot of good things not happen and we seem to be kind of paralyzed in a lot of respects is that the easiest thing is to do nothing. Even when the status quo sucks, even when the status quo isn't good for most people, it is much easier to just say, "Well, we're just not going to do anything," because we'll get less political pushback from inaction than action. And that's not my style, so I want to do things.

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Lynn Drake 🚴🏻 @lynnbikesinalki.bsky.social · 11d

Grandma Brooks 🌲