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

we shouldn’t divide our cities like TV dinners with zoning. we should plan cities like salads and mix everything up

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Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 4h

You’d think this would be talked about though

Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 4h

This is astonishing and intentional

Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 14h

We hardly ever talked about zoning in planning school.

Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 4h

With a lot more ridership

Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 4h

Really? Because 2/3rds of the tunnel under downtown gets us the 2 CID stops with pathetic ridership figures

Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 8h

Overthinking it. He should be a planner for OPCD

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Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 11h

Trying to minimize costs. Seattle is not London

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Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 12h

Hah

Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 12h

I also don’t support fare free transit. The fare box is a big revenue source. Cut that and you cut service. Does Cuomo agree with me? Great. Better than him being wrong

Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 13h

Did you know that’s the motel Curt Cobain would drive to and shoot heroine? They still get fans asking to stay in that room

Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 13h

Well no. You see settlers arrived in Seattle and Aurora was already there. Set in stone. Can never ever change

Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 14h

I have been fighting for a year for an E line stop in Fremont

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Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 14h

Its always been downtown up to ballard via Queen Anne / interbay I believe

But just think. We already have a tunnel that crosses the cut and gets riders to downtown. Plus, everyone wants the east / west line. I think it’s more important than train stops at SLU. We have great buses there

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Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 14h

Yeah I mean you can throw like 3 stops on there too. The ridership would be insane

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Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 14h

The Ballard tunnel nobody is talking about

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Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 15h

Single family zoning is the most social engineered planning concept ever

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Ciattarelli: "We've got a severe overdevelopment crisis in our suburban communities because of the Democrats' idea of social engineering."

Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 15h

Literally nobody likes this program

Developers hate it
Architects hate it
State law makers hate it (passed reform)
The mayor says he hates it
Housing folks hate it

Who does it even serve?

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Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 15h

Great discussion on food deserts and how Wedgewood complained about their grocery store closing but the replacement is stuck in an insane design review process where they debated brick colors and produce graphics in the windows. I still cannot believe we haven’t killed this program it has no value

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 4d

Seattle Nice: Harrell Talks Tough on Food Deserts and Homelessness

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Seattle Nice: Harrell Talks Tough on Food Deserts and Homelessness - PubliCola

By Erica C. Barnett Mayor Bruce Harrell has issued a fusillade of official announcements in the weeks leading up to…

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Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 16h

He claims to want to streamline permitting but put off design review reform for 2+ years, missed the deadline, and promises to finally do it after re election. The plan also just nibbles around the edges and basically doesn’t change much. All the significant change came from HB1293

Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 19h

I think Bruce Harrell knows this hence his little tough guy EO shadow boxing nobody

Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 19h

I don’t actually think they’ll come here because the ICE facility is in Tacoma where more red voters are plus it’s so far from Seattle

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Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 1d

Only if it becomes an apartment building

Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 1d

And the rest are in vacation towns or being renovated

Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 1d

God. Yes.

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PubliCola @publicola.bsky.social · 2d

Three Key Questions to Save Our Light Rail Future
In a guest post, Sound Transit board member and King County Councilmember Claudia Balducci says it's time to consider light-rail options that don't require digging a second tunnel through downtown Seattle.
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Three Key Questions to Save Our Light Rail Future - PubliCola

By Claudia Balducci It’s no secret that our region needed high-capacity transit yesterday — or better yet, four decades ago.…

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Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 1d

And it wouldn’t be the worst idea honestly

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