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Faith M. Jackson @kissedbythesun.bsky.social · 5h

🚨BREAKING🚨: Portland Frog receives Nobel Peace Prize.

Northwest Urbanist @thenorthwesturbanist.com · 12h

Yes! And there is a small section that was paved for one block next to a big industrial building, maybe as a required frontage improvement. The rest is in design and seeking construction funding, no estimated timeline.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 16h

When Republicans are pre-butting a pro-democracy rally like No Kings and making shit up left and right to scare people, you know they're losing and in panic mode.

Pedal to the floor.

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Northwest Urbanist @thenorthwesturbanist.com · 16h

Before this project there was no fence between the road and abandoned railroad tracks so I'm not sure why it was necessary now. The chain link is ugly and hems you in for two-thirds of a mile. With no easy escape routes it could be a safety problem.

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Northwest Urbanist @thenorthwesturbanist.com · 16h

Some more photos of the route. It's probably the only overbuilt bike facility in Seattle, with two-way paths on both sides of the street on the south end.

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Northwest Urbanist @thenorthwesturbanist.com · 16h

West Seattle bike commuters: The off-street trail on Marginal Way is finally open! It truly does make the ride safer and more comfortable, really appreciate all the people that made it happen. Still gotta plug your ears for train horns at Atlantic Street, though.

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Northwest Urbanist @thenorthwesturbanist.com · 17h

😂🐟

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Northwest Urbanist @thenorthwesturbanist.com · 1d

Go Mariners! ⚾

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Northwest Urbanist @thenorthwesturbanist.com · 1d

This is working despite no one staffing the vehicle entrance off 1st Avenue anymore. Seems that driver behaviors have already changed. It might also help that apparently Google Maps doesn't suggest turning into there and the other side streets are blocked by construction.

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

The Ballard tunnel nobody is talking about

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Northwest Urbanist @thenorthwesturbanist.com · 1d

It's a rainy weekday in October and Pike Place is as busy as any sunny summer weekend. I think the disappearance of non-essential car traffic is a huge help. This setup should be made permanent.

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Sarah Goodyear @sgoodyear.bsky.social · 1d

The forecast for NYC on October 18 looks ideal for being outside with your fellow Americans, btw.

Screenshot of a weather forecast for October 18, with a high of 68 and mixed sun and clouds.

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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 2d

No more bridge over nothing in Interbay.

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Jerome Alexander Horne @jahorne.bsky.social · 1d

This is huge! Every city should be encouraging more cycling and E-bikes are a great way to get people out there.

Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 2d

since denver launched its e-bike rebate program - the have sold 10,000 e-bikes and reduced an estimated 1,000,000 car trips - replacing millions of VMTs and reducing air pollution

there are no climate silver bullets... but damn - e-bikes and e-cargo bikes are close

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Denver Celebrates 10,000 E-Bike Rebates

Since its inception in April 2022, Denver has distributed over 10,000 electric bikes (e-bikes) to community members through its pioneering e-bike rebate program. As the first U.S. city to implement su...

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 2d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 2d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 3d

SDOT is officially opening the E Marginal Way bike lanes tomorrow - everything north of S Horton Street.

The street won't open to two-way vehicle traffic until next week, so enjoy this weekend.

Diagram showing the full E Marginal project, which extends from Atlantic Street to Spokane

Diagram showing how people on bikes will need to use the bike signal at Horton Street to cross

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 4d

committed to the bit.

Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 4d

the guy who caught cal raleigh’s homer was wearing a shirt that said dump 61 here and he immediately took it off and had a shirt that said dump 62 here

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Caleb Heeringa @calebheeringa.bsky.social · 4d

Good natured butt jokes will cure what ails this country.

Roger Cormier @yayroger.bsky.social · 4d

A gentleman with a "Dump Here 61" shirt caught the Raleigh home run (on a bounce.)

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The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 5d

"According to King County’s Affordable Housing Committee, nearly 43,000 units of permanent supportive housing will be needed to meet demand for that type of facility through 2044. Reaching such a lofty goal stands in stark contrast to the prolonged process that played out in Kenmore and Redmond."

The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 5d

A 100-unit housing project had been conceived in Kenmore, but was moved to Redmond after community opposition doomed its prospects. Affordable housing leaders see the way Redmond completed the hand-off as a model to be replicated elsewhere.

Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/06/r...

Redmond Supportive Housing Project Breaks Ground After Kenmore’s Rejection » The Urbanist

# The 100-unit housing project had been conceived in Kenmore, but was moved to Redmond after community opposition doomed its prospects. Affordable housing leaders see the way Redmond completed the han...

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Ryan Donohue @rpdonohue.bsky.social · 8d

We need to make it easier to build, yes - but we cant do it off the backs of affordable housing. We need both and vilifying MHA doesnt make more housing happen, it just hurts affordable housing! Thanks to the @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social for publishing me!

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Mandatory housing affordability fees aren't sole barrier to homebuilding | Op-Ed

Thanks to MHA and the Seattle Housing Levy, Seattle is now one of the best places for us to build affordable homes across King County.

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 5d

From @bikeportland.org: Naked bike ride to protest Trump’s invasion set for Sunday bikeportland.org/2025/10/06/n...

Naked bike ride to protest Trump's invasion set for Sunday

The start location of the ride has not been announced but is expected Friday.

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Simon ⚒️⛩️🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴‍☠️🇪🇺 @sulaco68.bsky.social · 7d

The view from an ANTIFA landing craft June 6th 1944

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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 8d

Kings and emperors but their faces on coins, not presidents.

Chris Thompson @christhompson.bsky.social · 8d

a person at Treasury gave Defector a rundown of how this process—which appears to be against the law—was expedited in order to avoid public scrutiny

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Treasury Department Has Plans To Mint Dollar Coin Featuring Donald Trump's Likeness | Defector

The United States Department of the Treasury has developed, to the brink of production, a dollar coin that features the face and likeness of President Donald Trump, according to a source within the Tr...

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Ben S @bensh3.bsky.social · 8d

Do not miss the fact that it is only transit projects getting funding frozen and not highway projects, despite the fact that on pure costs alone, far more FHWA project money is flowing to DBE contractors!

Reuters @reuters.com · 8d

White House freezes $2.1 billion in Chicago projects, Vought says reut.rs/4mFOoPX

White House freezes $2.1 billion in Chicago projects, Vought says

The U.S. federal government has put $2.1 billion in Chicago infrastructure projects on hold, Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought said on Friday, in another jab at a Democrat-led city during the U.S. government shutdown.

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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 8d

Every bold urban transformation asks a question: what will people remember—the controversy or legacy?

Showing great leadership, Seoul Mayor Lee Myung-bak bet on the latter, replacing a motorway with a waterway.

Two decades later, absolutely no one regrets the decision or remembers the controversy.

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