Qagggy!
@qagggy.bsky.social
📍Seattle/London. Board member at Seattle Neighborhood Greenways. Opinions amirite. Safe, sustainable, equitable, healthy cities. Dongho Chang superfan. (he/him)
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· Dec 11
A Sneak Peek at Shared Streets Coming to Seattle » The Urbanist
# A trove of documents obtained from City of Seattle through public disclosure requests shows work is proceeding gradually but steadily inside the transportation department to take advantage of Washin...
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I wrote about the new Shared Streets Law (again)
Should Seattle initiate the process of closing a downtown ramp? Or should we just wait for WSDOT to suggest it?
How much of downtown Seattle is just queueing space for the freeway?
February 14, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Should Seattle initiate the process of closing a downtown ramp? Or should we just wait for WSDOT to suggest it?
Design Review needs to be burned to the ground, its ashes mixed with kitchen scraps, then composted in a municipal composting facility, compressed under six gigapascals of pressure until it takes the form of a synthetic diamond, and shot into the sun.
A group of neighborhood councils have formed a “Design Review Reboot Coalition” in an attempt to revive Seattle’s oft and justly reviled program.
February 13, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Design Review needs to be burned to the ground, its ashes mixed with kitchen scraps, then composted in a municipal composting facility, compressed under six gigapascals of pressure until it takes the form of a synthetic diamond, and shot into the sun.
A group of neighborhood councils have formed a “Design Review Reboot Coalition” in an attempt to revive Seattle’s oft and justly reviled program.
February 13, 2026 at 9:27 PM
A group of neighborhood councils have formed a “Design Review Reboot Coalition” in an attempt to revive Seattle’s oft and justly reviled program.
Ugh.
SDOT hedging on getting @qagggy.bsky.social’s Shared Streets authorized before World Cup is 😬😬😬
February 13, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Ugh.
When I talk to SDOT about pedestrian plazas, they often fret over "who's going to pick up the trash?"
What it took to clean up after the Seahawks parade in Seattle: www.king5.com/article/spor...
What it took to clean up after the Seahawks parade in Seattle
The Seattle Department of Transportation had crews and sweepers assigned to clean up and reopen the streets as quickly as possible.
www.king5.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:13 PM
When I talk to SDOT about pedestrian plazas, they often fret over "who's going to pick up the trash?"
It appears an Uptown outpost of Gantry Public House is opening on a loading dock behind the post office.
February 13, 2026 at 4:46 AM
It appears an Uptown outpost of Gantry Public House is opening on a loading dock behind the post office.
Lucky to have one of those in my neighborhood, and it's incredible.
February 13, 2026 at 3:59 AM
Lucky to have one of those in my neighborhood, and it's incredible.
Close a downtown freeway ramp so I know you’re serious.
I’m reading the draft Seattle Downtown Regional Center Plan—drinking every time it says “dynamic,” “vibrant,” or “activated” without a clear path to achieve that result—and I’m on the verge of death by alcohol poisoning.
www.seattle.gov
February 13, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Close a downtown freeway ramp so I know you’re serious.
I’m reading the draft Seattle Downtown Regional Center Plan—drinking every time it says “dynamic,” “vibrant,” or “activated” without a clear path to achieve that result—and I’m on the verge of death by alcohol poisoning.
www.seattle.gov
February 13, 2026 at 2:03 AM
I’m reading the draft Seattle Downtown Regional Center Plan—drinking every time it says “dynamic,” “vibrant,” or “activated” without a clear path to achieve that result—and I’m on the verge of death by alcohol poisoning.
Apparently, Seattle has a Neighbor Day.
Neighbor Day - Neighborhoods | seattle.gov
Groups, businesses, and residents across Seattle come together the first Saturday in May to celebrate the people of our city and indulge in random acts of kindness!
www.seattle.gov
February 13, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Apparently, Seattle has a Neighbor Day.
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Or — and I’m just spitballing here — the city could learn from it, be inspired by it, and choose a better way.
What a Super Bowl
legacy THAT would be.
What a Super Bowl
legacy THAT would be.
Walking, biking, and transit got a million people downtown yesterday but let’s fill the streets with cars again and pretend it never happened.
February 12, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Or — and I’m just spitballing here — the city could learn from it, be inspired by it, and choose a better way.
What a Super Bowl
legacy THAT would be.
What a Super Bowl
legacy THAT would be.
Walking, biking, and transit got a million people downtown yesterday but let’s fill the streets with cars again and pretend it never happened.
February 12, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Walking, biking, and transit got a million people downtown yesterday but let’s fill the streets with cars again and pretend it never happened.
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Girmay living his best life.
February 11, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Girmay living his best life.
This 💯. I can barely listen to my local NPR affiliate without wanting to smash my radio.
See how this headline reduces fascism by one side to an issue where both sides are “deeply divided”?
NPR isn’t federally funded anymore. I keep waiting for them to get more direct in framing what Trump admin is doing.
NPR isn’t federally funded anymore. I keep waiting for them to get more direct in framing what Trump admin is doing.
The hearing underscored how deeply divided Republicans and Democrats remain on top-level changes to immigration enforcement in the wake of the shootings of two U.S. citizens. n.pr/4tuyI6M
February 10, 2026 at 10:18 PM
This 💯. I can barely listen to my local NPR affiliate without wanting to smash my radio.
Technology has enabled a lot of cool things but what I really wanted most—to create creepy fake images and get plausible but inaccurate answers to my questions—hasn't been possible until recently. Thank you, A.I.!
February 10, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Technology has enabled a lot of cool things but what I really wanted most—to create creepy fake images and get plausible but inaccurate answers to my questions—hasn't been possible until recently. Thank you, A.I.!
I believe a retrospective review of hefftrans.com work products over the years would show a history of bad assumptions and inaccurate projections.
February 10, 2026 at 9:20 PM
I believe a retrospective review of hefftrans.com work products over the years would show a history of bad assumptions and inaccurate projections.
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Maybe they should have watched @nerd4cities.bsky.social's "I’m Not Saying Traffic Engineering Is Junk Science But..." video.
February 10, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Maybe they should have watched @nerd4cities.bsky.social's "I’m Not Saying Traffic Engineering Is Junk Science But..." video.
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What we’re doing to expand shelter, address homelessness, and keep public space accessible.
Read the full statement:
Read the full statement:
What we’re doing to expand shelter, address homelessness, and keep public space accessible - Office of the Mayor
Last month, I visited an encampment in Ballard that was scheduled to be cleared. After hearing from concerned community members, I decided to extend the timeline to clear the site because I thought th...
wilson.seattle.gov
February 10, 2026 at 8:02 PM
What we’re doing to expand shelter, address homelessness, and keep public space accessible.
Read the full statement:
Read the full statement:
This massive interchange is justified based on traffic projections by Heffron Transportation. But guess what? THEY WERE WRONG, AS ALWAYS. (Update added by me based on SDOT annual traffic report.)
February 10, 2026 at 8:09 PM
This massive interchange is justified based on traffic projections by Heffron Transportation. But guess what? THEY WERE WRONG, AS ALWAYS. (Update added by me based on SDOT annual traffic report.)
It's funny that all plans for the Ballard Bridge replacement call for this new pickleball complex to be demolished in order to build a freeway interchange.
February 10, 2026 at 7:43 PM
It's funny that all plans for the Ballard Bridge replacement call for this new pickleball complex to be demolished in order to build a freeway interchange.
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New from me...when SDOT released the 2026 transportation levy delivery plan in late January, the question on my mind was: how can this plan be shaped by a Mayor who wasn't in office to see it put together? Here's my attempt to answer that:
www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/09/2...
www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/09/2...
2026 Levy Plan Sets Stage for a New Mayor’s Transportation Priorities » The Urbanist
# The full list of 430 levy-funded projects across Seattle was mostly assembled before Mayor Katie Wilson took office. But it contains significant opportunities for the new administration to shape tra...
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February 9, 2026 at 11:08 PM
New from me...when SDOT released the 2026 transportation levy delivery plan in late January, the question on my mind was: how can this plan be shaped by a Mayor who wasn't in office to see it put together? Here's my attempt to answer that:
www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/09/2...
www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/09/2...
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It is! I’ve always said that place will be where a death occurs. Sadly.
February 10, 2026 at 6:48 PM
It is! I’ve always said that place will be where a death occurs. Sadly.
FOUND IT. I think I found the worst street in Hoboken, NJ—a city with zero traffic deaths. It's a six-block stretch of County Road 675. Frankly, Hoboken is lucky that this is a short segment, and likely jammed at peak hours.
February 10, 2026 at 6:45 PM
FOUND IT. I think I found the worst street in Hoboken, NJ—a city with zero traffic deaths. It's a six-block stretch of County Road 675. Frankly, Hoboken is lucky that this is a short segment, and likely jammed at peak hours.