Noah 🚎
@noahsbwilliams.com
Union transit advocate ✊ | Electric Trolley / Zero Emissions | Parallel hybrid bike operator 🔋🚲 | Observability Engineer / SRE | Your friendly neighborhood fleet guy 🚌
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Are peak-hour bus lanes real, anywhere?
Or are they universally ignored by motorists at all times of day?
Curious if anyone has examples where they're respected...
Or are they universally ignored by motorists at all times of day?
Curious if anyone has examples where they're respected...
November 26, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Are peak-hour bus lanes real, anywhere?
Or are they universally ignored by motorists at all times of day?
Curious if anyone has examples where they're respected...
Or are they universally ignored by motorists at all times of day?
Curious if anyone has examples where they're respected...
This is essentially Saagar Enjeti's theory of how to fix air travel, btw.
Just watch how many things it magically fixes!
(lol)
Just watch how many things it magically fixes!
(lol)
Sean Duffy: "Dressing with respect -- whether it's a pair of jeans and a decent shirt, I would encourage people to maybe dress a little better which encourages us to maybe behave a little better. Let's try not to wear slippers and pajamas as we come to the airport."
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
This is essentially Saagar Enjeti's theory of how to fix air travel, btw.
Just watch how many things it magically fixes!
(lol)
Just watch how many things it magically fixes!
(lol)
Good evening, Metro Riders!
Just spotted 10 of the 89 Gillig Low Floor Plus 40' BEVs that Metro has ordered at Tukwila Base 🔋🚌
Just spotted 10 of the 89 Gillig Low Floor Plus 40' BEVs that Metro has ordered at Tukwila Base 🔋🚌
November 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Good evening, Metro Riders!
Just spotted 10 of the 89 Gillig Low Floor Plus 40' BEVs that Metro has ordered at Tukwila Base 🔋🚌
Just spotted 10 of the 89 Gillig Low Floor Plus 40' BEVs that Metro has ordered at Tukwila Base 🔋🚌
Damn right it is!
- Sent from my Talgo
- Sent from my Talgo
November 24, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Damn right it is!
- Sent from my Talgo
- Sent from my Talgo
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the fact that amtrak cascades hit another ridership record in FY25 despite shutting down for two weeks and spending half the year running smaller trains with higher prices bc of the horizon recall is another sign that the demand for rail in the pnw is genuinely insatiable
November 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
the fact that amtrak cascades hit another ridership record in FY25 despite shutting down for two weeks and spending half the year running smaller trains with higher prices bc of the horizon recall is another sign that the demand for rail in the pnw is genuinely insatiable
They're the best (?) 😎
November 22, 2025 at 8:48 AM
They're the best (?) 😎
Night (?) morning (?) bus vibes??? 🚌✨
November 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Night (?) morning (?) bus vibes??? 🚌✨
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Centrist Dems are absolutely going to try and use this as evidence of Horseshoe Theory, but that's gonna fall flat on its face for a very simple reason. Mamdani is very charming and Trump is a dumdum.
Zohran is a generational talent, but I really worry the democrats are gonna take away all the wrong lessons from this, because none of the rest of them can do this.
November 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Centrist Dems are absolutely going to try and use this as evidence of Horseshoe Theory, but that's gonna fall flat on its face for a very simple reason. Mamdani is very charming and Trump is a dumdum.
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...For reminding members of the military that they are under no obligation to obey unlawful orders. He's literally amplifying a call to hang members of the opposition party for stating the law.
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
...For reminding members of the military that they are under no obligation to obey unlawful orders. He's literally amplifying a call to hang members of the opposition party for stating the law.
Looking at the public comment from the bus tunnel proposal in Seattle in the 80s.
Keep in mind, this selfish Karen is from the FTA (then called the UMTA) in the 1980s 🤡
Thank god we've come so far. Our current region 10 rep is great, and she actually cares, despite the Trump admin...
Keep in mind, this selfish Karen is from the FTA (then called the UMTA) in the 1980s 🤡
Thank god we've come so far. Our current region 10 rep is great, and she actually cares, despite the Trump admin...
November 20, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Looking at the public comment from the bus tunnel proposal in Seattle in the 80s.
Keep in mind, this selfish Karen is from the FTA (then called the UMTA) in the 1980s 🤡
Thank god we've come so far. Our current region 10 rep is great, and she actually cares, despite the Trump admin...
Keep in mind, this selfish Karen is from the FTA (then called the UMTA) in the 1980s 🤡
Thank god we've come so far. Our current region 10 rep is great, and she actually cares, despite the Trump admin...
Allowing AI to execute code on your computer is, uhh, an absolute fucking disaster...
"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
November 19, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Allowing AI to execute code on your computer is, uhh, an absolute fucking disaster...
I really hope that as a society, we can agree that people who engage in any kind of friendly relations with a pedophile mob boss like Epstein are the scum of the earth and should be cancelled and jailed. At an absolute minimum. The bar is in *hell*.
But also maybe they should ruin his life?
A guy asking Epstein for advice on how to sexually harass a junior colleague knows exactly what Epstein was and was clearly OK with it. I am frankly OK with someone ruining his life.
Evidently it ought to have happened decades ago.
A guy asking Epstein for advice on how to sexually harass a junior colleague knows exactly what Epstein was and was clearly OK with it. I am frankly OK with someone ruining his life.
Evidently it ought to have happened decades ago.
Larry Summers is 70. Firing him is not ruining his life.
November 18, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I really hope that as a society, we can agree that people who engage in any kind of friendly relations with a pedophile mob boss like Epstein are the scum of the earth and should be cancelled and jailed. At an absolute minimum. The bar is in *hell*.
Next Stop: Pine St.
Westlake Tunnel Station.
Metro customer service counter.
Westlake Tunnel Station.
Metro customer service counter.
November 18, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Next Stop: Pine St.
Westlake Tunnel Station.
Metro customer service counter.
Westlake Tunnel Station.
Metro customer service counter.
Based, woke, and cool 🫶🚌
Coach 8139, adorned in of the coolest wraps Metro has commissioned, is operating the 1 Line shuttle service today with a message that's just as important now as when it came out in 2021!
#BlackLivesMatter #KingCountyMetro
Coach 8139, adorned in of the coolest wraps Metro has commissioned, is operating the 1 Line shuttle service today with a message that's just as important now as when it came out in 2021!
#BlackLivesMatter #KingCountyMetro
November 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Based, woke, and cool 🫶🚌
Coach 8139, adorned in of the coolest wraps Metro has commissioned, is operating the 1 Line shuttle service today with a message that's just as important now as when it came out in 2021!
#BlackLivesMatter #KingCountyMetro
Coach 8139, adorned in of the coolest wraps Metro has commissioned, is operating the 1 Line shuttle service today with a message that's just as important now as when it came out in 2021!
#BlackLivesMatter #KingCountyMetro
Gotta make a plug for Cocoa Banana in Pioneer Square.
Super cute cafe! Had their soup and smoothie this morning, both were really good, and they were playing Pink Pony Club and other 🌈 music 🥰
Super cute cafe! Had their soup and smoothie this morning, both were really good, and they were playing Pink Pony Club and other 🌈 music 🥰
November 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Gotta make a plug for Cocoa Banana in Pioneer Square.
Super cute cafe! Had their soup and smoothie this morning, both were really good, and they were playing Pink Pony Club and other 🌈 music 🥰
Super cute cafe! Had their soup and smoothie this morning, both were really good, and they were playing Pink Pony Club and other 🌈 music 🥰
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NEW DATE! Learn about plans for light rail to West Seattle & what upcoming Sound Transit Board discussions mean for residents at this Forum w/ @transpochoices.bsky.social, the 34th District Dems, WS Chamber, CM Saka, @kingcounty.gov Exec. Braddock, & @sound-transit.bsky.social CEO Constantine!
November 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
NEW DATE! Learn about plans for light rail to West Seattle & what upcoming Sound Transit Board discussions mean for residents at this Forum w/ @transpochoices.bsky.social, the 34th District Dems, WS Chamber, CM Saka, @kingcounty.gov Exec. Braddock, & @sound-transit.bsky.social CEO Constantine!
I want everyone to look at this video from @alexis4seattle.bsky.social for inspiration.
She frequently celebrates wins - and not to brag, to promote!
This builds momentum. Progressive revenue passing in Seattle makes it easier to pass on a state level!
www.instagram.com/reel/DRICvVs...
She frequently celebrates wins - and not to brag, to promote!
This builds momentum. Progressive revenue passing in Seattle makes it easier to pass on a state level!
www.instagram.com/reel/DRICvVs...
November 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I want everyone to look at this video from @alexis4seattle.bsky.social for inspiration.
She frequently celebrates wins - and not to brag, to promote!
This builds momentum. Progressive revenue passing in Seattle makes it easier to pass on a state level!
www.instagram.com/reel/DRICvVs...
She frequently celebrates wins - and not to brag, to promote!
This builds momentum. Progressive revenue passing in Seattle makes it easier to pass on a state level!
www.instagram.com/reel/DRICvVs...
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This is going to be difficult in an exciting way!
We've spent the last 10 years under Mayors and city leaders who, with some awesome exceptions, did not listen to or care about our goals. Plus, we are not skilled at celebrating our wins.
Now we get to have more wins but we must also market them.
We've spent the last 10 years under Mayors and city leaders who, with some awesome exceptions, did not listen to or care about our goals. Plus, we are not skilled at celebrating our wins.
Now we get to have more wins but we must also market them.
Seattle — Now that we have electeds that listen to left urbanists, we have to be clear about what we want & be very loud so they have political cover. We have to make sure media hears us so electeds respond to us. Next 3 years hinges on being very active at council. Election was only the beginning!
November 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This is going to be difficult in an exciting way!
We've spent the last 10 years under Mayors and city leaders who, with some awesome exceptions, did not listen to or care about our goals. Plus, we are not skilled at celebrating our wins.
Now we get to have more wins but we must also market them.
We've spent the last 10 years under Mayors and city leaders who, with some awesome exceptions, did not listen to or care about our goals. Plus, we are not skilled at celebrating our wins.
Now we get to have more wins but we must also market them.
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Home Depot isn’t getting any more money from me.
As Bovino and masked DHS officers sweep another Home Depot looking to round up day laborers, a reminder of the meeting in May when Stephen Miller screamed at ICE to stop doing targeted enforcement, start hitting Home Depots and 7/11s and “just go out there and arrest illegal aliens.”
November 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Home Depot isn’t getting any more money from me.
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It was great to see the @sbworkersunited.org picket line on 15th Ave today! Reminder that Starbucks workers are *on strike* and also we live in a town with like 1000 coffee shops, so don’t cross that line!
November 15, 2025 at 11:39 PM
It was great to see the @sbworkersunited.org picket line on 15th Ave today! Reminder that Starbucks workers are *on strike* and also we live in a town with like 1000 coffee shops, so don’t cross that line!
World War II simply could not have been won without the efforts of Black soldiers.
One critical example: The men who drove the Red Ball Express, one of the most incredible feats of logistics in human history that allowed the allies to advance through France at speed.
One critical example: The men who drove the Red Ball Express, one of the most incredible feats of logistics in human history that allowed the allies to advance through France at speed.
Removing a monument honoring Black US soldiers has nothing to do with DEI. It’s erasure of history and it’s straight-up racism.
November 16, 2025 at 6:20 AM
World War II simply could not have been won without the efforts of Black soldiers.
One critical example: The men who drove the Red Ball Express, one of the most incredible feats of logistics in human history that allowed the allies to advance through France at speed.
One critical example: The men who drove the Red Ball Express, one of the most incredible feats of logistics in human history that allowed the allies to advance through France at speed.
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Removing a monument honoring Black US soldiers has nothing to do with DEI. It’s erasure of history and it’s straight-up racism.
November 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Removing a monument honoring Black US soldiers has nothing to do with DEI. It’s erasure of history and it’s straight-up racism.
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This is one of the most important yet least told stories in Seattle over the last 5 years: the steady scaling back of transit service, even as we expand light rail. We need to bring transit back closer to more people.
Seattle used to fund so much transit service until covid (and jenny durkan)
In 2019, almost 75% of the city lived within walking distance of a bus every 10 mins or better. Today, it's only like 50%!
Time to get the buses running again!
In 2019, almost 75% of the city lived within walking distance of a bus every 10 mins or better. Today, it's only like 50%!
Time to get the buses running again!
November 16, 2025 at 4:58 AM
This is one of the most important yet least told stories in Seattle over the last 5 years: the steady scaling back of transit service, even as we expand light rail. We need to bring transit back closer to more people.